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FAQs on Penalty provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This guide explains when penalties can be imposed under various provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It also outlines the appli...

June 22, 2026 5895 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Treatment of Cash Credit U/s. 68, 69, 69A, 69B, 69C and 69D

Income Tax : This guide explains how unexplained cash credits under Section 68 and related provisions can attract steep taxation under Section ...

June 13, 2026 194778 Views 1 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 68 Addition Because Cash Deposits Were Supported by Recorded Sales

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits during demonetisation cannot be treated as unexplained when backed by audited books, invoices...

May 15, 2026 681 Views 0 comment Print

Ad Hoc Profit Addition Deleted as Books of Account Were Never Rejected by AO

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that profit cannot be estimated arbitrarily when regular books of account are maintained and not rejected unde...

May 14, 2026 549 Views 0 comment Print

Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s ₹12.54 Crore Gift from Husband Lands Before ITAT & What Every Taxpayer Must Know

Income Tax : A large spousal gift exemption was denied due to failure in proving genuineness, creditworthiness, and source of funds. The ruling...

April 13, 2026 1407 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 68 Addition Deleted as Share Application Money Already Taxed in Subscribers’ Hands: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata deleted the Section 68 addition, holding that share application money already assessed in subscribers' hands cannot b...

July 5, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Addition Rejected After Remand Report Confirmed Sale of Investments: Calcutta HC

Income Tax : Calcutta HC dismissed the Revenue's appeal after the remand report confirmed the disputed receipt was sale proceeds of investments...

July 4, 2026 321 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Inapplicable to Sale Proceeds of Disclosed Investments: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held Section 68 cannot apply to sale proceeds of disclosed investments already recorded in books. Revenue's appeals wer...

July 4, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Addition on Sale of Previously Disclosed Shares Deleted to Avoid Double Taxation: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held Section 68 inapplicable where shares were disclosed in an earlier year and sale proceeds were already offered as i...

July 4, 2026 225 Views 0 comment Print

Section 44AD Inapplicable Above Turnover Limit; Past Profit Rate Adopted: ITAT Agra

Income Tax : ITAT Agra held Section 44AD could not apply where turnover exceeded the limit, adopted past profit history, allowed telescoping an...

July 4, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print


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CBDT Directs Uniform Application of Sections 68 to 69D as C&AG Flags Tax Assessment Errors

Income Tax : CBDT has instructed tax officers to uniformly apply Sections 68 to 69D and Section 115BBE after a C&AG audit found inconsistencies...

May 29, 2026 14451 Views 3 comments Print

SOP to apply provisions of section 68 of Income tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Assessing Officers should follow the sequence as noted below for applying provisions of section 68 of the Act: Step 1: Whether the...

January 10, 2018 30954 Views 3 comments Print


No addition if assessee discharged initial onus to prove identity of Investor Companies, creditworthiness, genuineness of transaction

May 22, 2021 2826 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Shyam Sunder Infrastructure (P) Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: Since assessee produced sufficient documentary evidences before AO to prove the identity of the Investor Companies, their creditworthiness  and genuineness of the transaction and no evidence had been brought on record by AO to disprove the same, hence addition made under section 68 was […]

Section 68 addition for share capital & Premium without any verification not sustainable

May 17, 2021 3348 Views 0 comment Print

Seth Carbon and Alloys Private Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) We find that assessee by furnishing all the aforesaid documents had duly explained the nature and source of credit in the form of share capital and share premium received from the aforesaid two shareholders. From the balance sheet of the shareholders, it could be seen […]

Cash Deposit Out of Cash Sales treated as Undisclosed Income Under Section 68 & 69A

May 15, 2021 18732 Views 0 comment Print

Cash Deposit Out of Cash Sales treated as Undisclosed Income Under Section 68 & 69A of Income Tax Act, 1961 On the night of 8th November 2016 the honorable Prime Minister of India announced that Rs. 500.00 and Rs. 1000.00 notes will no longer be legal tender. No fresh transaction could be done using these […]

Section 68 not applies when assessee explained nature & source of Income

May 13, 2021 2592 Views 0 comment Print

Harish Sharma Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) Admittedly, in the present case the notebook entries containing entry pertaining to the business of M/s Sharma Overseas Services was recovered from the possession of the assessee. The authorities below have not rejected the contention of the assessee that the entries in note book pertained to the business concern […]

No Section 68/69C addition for mere non appearance of same director

April 30, 2021 2094 Views 0 comment Print

Merely because the some Directors did not appear in the case of assessee would not be a ground to have an adverse inference against the assessee, therefore, there was no justification to sustain the addition of Rs.45 lakhs under section 68 and addition of Rs.90,000/- under section 69C.

Gift cannot be treated as unexplained cash credit u/s 68 merely based on doubts

April 30, 2021 1692 Views 0 comment Print

Tapasi Singh Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) It is observed that all the four donors who had given the gifts in question to the assessee during the year under consideration were engaged in the business and in the returns of income filed regularly for the year under consideration, the business income earned by them was duly […]

ITAT deletes Section 68 Addition for Share Premium

April 26, 2021 1941 Views 0 comment Print

Renu Proptech Pvt Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Considering the plethora of documentary evidences, we find that not only the assessee has established the source of the creditor, but it has also furnished documentary evidences to show the’ source of source’. We find that the AO, while making addition, has made general observations relating to […]

Actual Receipt of Money mandatory to invoke section 68

April 23, 2021 4446 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Zexus Air Services Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) It is an undisputed fact that there is no actual receipt of any cash by the assessee company in the instant case towards issue of share capital and such shares were issued in lieu of goodwill. In the instant case, the assessee has debited goodwill account […]

Section 68 addition by treating creditors as not genuine- Draft Submission

April 23, 2021 6396 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the implications of Section 68 of the Act regarding cash credits and the treatment of creditors as not genuine in our draft submission.

Repayment of Loans Mitigates Invocation of Section 68 When Genuineness Proved

April 19, 2021 4155 Views 0 comment Print

Shree Samruddhi Overseas Trading Co. Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) It is submitted on behalf of the assessee that the assessee had taken a temporary loan of Rs.8 Lakhs and Rs.2 Lakhs aggregating Rs.10,00,000/- in the month of June 2012 from Shri Rakesh Vallabhbhai Swadia. The loan so obtained was also repaid in the month of […]

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