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 : Income without satisfactory explanation is taxed at a special high rate under Section 115BBE. The provisions place strict liabilit...
Income Tax : ITAT held spousal gift taxable under Section 68 due to lack of evidence on genuineness, bank trail, and donor capacity despite Sec...
Finance : The Supreme Court upheld a Will executed in favour of the testator’s sister despite objections from his wife and children. The C...
Income Tax : Tribunal reiterated that credits brought forward from earlier financial years cannot ordinarily be taxed under Section 68 in subse...
Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad High Court ruled that while authorities could verify documents during transit, absence of an e-Tax Invoice did not confe...
Income Tax : The Tribunal observed that the assessee had repaid the unsecured loan along with interest after deducting TDS and the lender had o...
Income Tax : Tribunal ruled that future projections under DCF method cannot be tested solely against later actual financial performance. It obs...
Income Tax : Assessing Officers should follow the sequence as noted below for applying provisions of section 68 of the Act: Step 1: Whether the...
The Cochin ITAT has set aside a Rs.35.05 crore income addition to Keezhuparamba Service Co-operative Bank. The court remanded the matter for fresh verification, noting that the Assessing Officer mistakenly clubbed members’ deposits with share capital.
The Cochin ITAT has set aside an addition under Section 68, ruling that a taxpayer’s claim of transferring funds from a housing loan to a capital account requires further verification. The court remanded the matter back to the Assessing Officer.
An overview of Sections 68-69D of India’s Income-tax Act, which empower tax authorities to assess unaccounted income from unexplained credits, investments, and expenses.
ITAT annulled demands for AYs 2017-18 & 2018-19, holding that corpus donations, capital expenditure, and statutory accumulation by Rohilkhand Educational Charitable Trust qualify as charitable application, and cash deposits during demonetisation are not taxable under Section 68.
Relying on Malabar Industrial, Max India, and Gabriel India precedents, ITAT ruled that when two views are possible, PCIT cannot assume jurisdiction. Original assessment for AY 2020-21 was restored.
ITAT Amritsar held that the statements recorded behind the back of the assessee cannot be used for making addition unless and an opportunity to cross examine the witness is allowed. Accordingly, addition towards bogus purchases duly restricted to 1.2%.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Pune dismissed an appeal by the Income Tax Department, affirming that a cooperative credit society was not liable for unexplained cash credits under Section 68.
The ITAT Pune bench has deleted an addition made under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act, ruling that a cooperative credit society’s deposits of old currency during demonetization, received from its members, cannot be treated as unexplained income.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Pune, dismissed the Income Tax Officer’s appeal against Ambika Gramin Bigarsheti Sahakari Patsanstha, affirming that cash deposits received during the demonetization period were not unexplained cash credits.
In Aadinath Gems Vs ITO, ITAT Mumbai deleted an unexplained cash credit addition under Section 68 for an amount from a prior year, while remanding the share application money dispute to the AO for fresh verification.
