Income Tax : ITAT held that additions based solely on third-party search material without independent evidence or cross-examination are invalid...
Income Tax : Income without satisfactory explanation is taxed at a special high rate under Section 115BBE. The provisions place strict liabilit...
Income Tax : A doctrinal analysis of unexplained cash credits, investments, and expenditure under Sections 68–69D. Explains burden of proof a...
Income Tax : This covers how unexplained credits and investments are taxed under Sections 68 to 69D. The key takeaway is that additions require...
Income Tax : ITAT held that section 69 cannot be invoked where purchases are duly recorded in books and paid through banking channels, making t...
Income Tax : The issue was whether a notice issued before filing of return satisfies Section 143(2) requirements. The Tribunal held such notice...
Income Tax : The issue was whether third-party diaries using code “DD” can justify 153C action. ITAT held that without clear identification...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that additions cannot be sustained without incriminating material directly connecting the assessee to alleged ca...
Income Tax : The ruling clarified that unverified electronic records and third-party statements cannot justify additions without proper verific...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held reassessment invalid as the alleged escaped income did not exceed ₹50 lakh required for extended limitation. I...
ITAT Mumbai held that addition u/s 69 of the Income Tax Act unsustainable as the assessee being non-resident, income has been invested in India and not arisen in India.
ITAT Mumbai held that addition u/s 115BBE of the Income Tax Act unsustainable as present case doesn’t involve invocation of any of the sections i.e. section 68, 69, 69A, 69B, 69C & 69D of the Income Tax Act.
The ITAT in Delhi has directed a re-adjudication in the case of Kishan Singh & Associates Vs ITO involving an addition made by AO under sections 69A and 115BBE of the Income Tax Act due to non-filing of ROI.
ITAT Delhi held that addition u/s 69 of the Income Tax Act towards unexplained investment untenable as source of investment made by the appellant stands sufficiently explained.
ITAT Amritsar held that in case of non-cooperation during conduct of special audit under section 142(2A) of the Income Tax Act, the time limit to do the same can be extended at the end of the department.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, in the case of Raj Kumar Vs ACIT, held that a S. 69 addition is not sustainable based on a mere delay in deposit during the demonetisation period.
CESTAT Chennai held that demand for extended period sustained as appellant collected service tax without registration and without filing of ST-3 returns and also failed to credit the amount collected into the Government account.
ITAT Delhi held that disallowance of genuine claim of depreciation merely because the depreciation figure is not reflected in column no. 45 of ITR is unsustainable in law. Action of lower authorities of disallowing the genuine claim of depreciation on a very flimsy reason is unjustified.
ITAT Indore held that addition u/s 69 of the Income Tax Act towards gifts received from family members unsustainable as receiving gift from family members, namely father and mother for personal use, do not require any special occasion.
ITAT Amritsar held that because of wrong allotment of two PANs, assessee cannot be set as a non-filer or undeclared of tax in the return of one PAN as income duly declared via other PAN. Matter remanded back.
