Income Tax : This guide explains when penalties can be imposed under various provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It also outlines the appli...
Income Tax : This guide explains how unexplained cash credits under Section 68 and related provisions can attract steep taxation under Section ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits during demonetisation cannot be treated as unexplained when backed by audited books, invoices...
Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that profit cannot be estimated arbitrarily when regular books of account are maintained and not rejected unde...
Income Tax : A large spousal gift exemption was denied due to failure in proving genuineness, creditworthiness, and source of funds. The ruling...
Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata deleted the Section 68 addition, holding that share application money already assessed in subscribers' hands cannot b...
Income Tax : Calcutta HC dismissed the Revenue's appeal after the remand report confirmed the disputed receipt was sale proceeds of investments...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held Section 68 cannot apply to sale proceeds of disclosed investments already recorded in books. Revenue's appeals wer...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held Section 68 inapplicable where shares were disclosed in an earlier year and sale proceeds were already offered as i...
Income Tax : ITAT Agra held Section 44AD could not apply where turnover exceeded the limit, adopted past profit history, allowed telescoping an...
Income Tax : CBDT has instructed tax officers to uniformly apply Sections 68 to 69D and Section 115BBE after a C&AG audit found inconsistencies...
Income Tax : Assessing Officers should follow the sequence as noted below for applying provisions of section 68 of the Act: Step 1: Whether the...
Unxeplained Cash Credits, Investment, Money Under Provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961 It is our duty to pay our taxes on time and disclosing all our income in our returns properly. The income of an assessee is governed by the provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961. The Act, 1961 provides various types of exemptions, deductions […]
As per section 68 of the Income Tax Act, any sum found credited in the books of a taxpayer, for which he does not explain the nature and source or the explanation provided by him is not satisfactory by the Assessing Officer is termed as ‘Cash Credit‘. Other provisions to be kept in mind with […]
DCIT Vs Singhania Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Raipur) 1. AO has not made any attempt to rebut the claim of the assessee. The confirmations were filed by the assessee to support the factual position. The assessee has placed the facts which are apparent in nature for which no rebuttal has been done. 2. The Hon’ble […]
Where AO made addition under section 68 in respect of a loan received by assessee, however, it was found that the said loan was not received during the assessment year under consideration; the addition made under section 68 on account of such loan was not called for during the said assessment year and hence, the said addition was liable to be deleted.
DCIT Vs Jaguar Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) We find that there is no dispute that the assessee has received share application money from six companies, out of which, from three companies assessee has received premium for sums aggregating to Rs.103,80,00,000/-. In the case of Ganesh Buildcon Pvt. Ltd., Feelgood Creation Pvt. Ltd., and Beyond […]
DCIT Vs Mahalaxmi TMT Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Pune) AO found that the assessee company was established dated 10 August 2004 i.e. during the financial year 2004-05 corresponding to the assessment year 2005-06 and it did not carry out any business activity till the year under consideration. Conversely, it has issued shares at a premium of […]
Suraj Pulses Pvt. Ltd. Vs PCIT (ITAT Delhi) We find that as far as the reasons recorded, though there is a specific mention about amount of 20,50,000/- received by way of accommodation entry, however neither there is any mention from whom the assessee had received the amount nor what is the nature of the entry […]
The basic edifice of presumptive scheme u/s 44AD is assessee would not be called to maintain books under the Act and get them audited if profit shown by assessee is otherwise in accordance with prescription of section 44AD of the Act. But maintaining books of account is sine qua non for making addition under section 68. Since […]
The Revenue contended that the Appellant has not proved the genuinity and the credit worthiness of the Mauritius company and therefore, the entire share application money was treated as undisclosed income and added to the returned income by applying Section 68 of the Act.
The onus to prove the identity, the creditworthiness and genuineness of the transaction was solely on assessee under section 68 and merely because statutory approvals had been obtained by assessee, viz., FIPB and RBI did not sanctify the transaction especially when according to AO they were all unexplained investment.
