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ITAT Deletes On-Money Addition as Unsigned Agreement & Third-Party Records Lacked Evidence

Income Tax : Smt. Ranjana Kumari/Kalta Vs DCIT/ACIT (Central) (ITAT Chandigarh) The appeals involved three assessees belonging to the Kalta Gro...

June 30, 2026 330 Views 0 comment Print

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

Addition Deleted Due to Lack of Corroborative Evidence in Search-Based Case

Income Tax : ITAT held that additions based solely on third-party search material without independent evidence or cross-examination are invalid...

April 21, 2026 1038 Views 0 comment Print

Unexplained Income: Taxation under Sections 68 to 69D of Income-tax Act

Income Tax : Income without satisfactory explanation is taxed at a special high rate under Section 115BBE. The provisions place strict liabilit...

April 9, 2026 1083 Views 1 comment Print

A Doctrinal Analysis of Deemed Income under Sections 68–69D of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : A doctrinal analysis of unexplained cash credits, investments, and expenditure under Sections 68–69D. Explains burden of proof a...

February 25, 2026 1173 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 69 Addition Unsustainable as Joint Ownership & Foreign Investment Source Established: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai deleted a Section 69 addition after finding documentary evidence established joint ownership, source of funds, and ear...

July 5, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

Sale Deed Alone Cannot Justify Tax Addition as It Is Not Incriminating Material: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT held that a registered sale deed without corroborative evidence is not incriminating material and cannot support additions in...

July 4, 2026 288 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Restricts Section 69 Addition as Unsupported Extrapolation Lacked Evidence

Income Tax : ITAT held that multiplying a seized figure without supporting evidence was unjustified and restricted the Section 69 addition to t...

July 3, 2026 279 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Cancels Section 153C Proceedings as Amended Law Barred Jurisdiction

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that proceedings initiated under the old Section 153C framework after the Finance Act, 2021 amendments were leg...

June 29, 2026 312 Views 0 comment Print

Non-Mention of Sections 69 to 69D Cannot Defeat Unexplained Cash Addition: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : Tribunal held that omission to mention the exact charging provision did not vitiate the assessment where unexplained cash and bull...

June 28, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print


Entire purchases cannot be treated as bogus for mere non-production of dealers

June 3, 2018 2001 Views 0 comment Print

Simply because the assessee could not produce the dealers, the entire purchases could not be treated as bogus purchases as AO could have made further investigations to ascertain the genuineness of the transactions.

ITAT deletes addition made based on transactions wrongly reported in AIR

June 1, 2018 1536 Views 0 comment Print

There is a mistake of getting the information through AIR which was collected by the appellant’s AR from bank. The transaction reported in the AIR was wrongly reported by the department. The AO should inform DGIT(System) to verify such information from the department server and correct it in future.

Addition deleted as money deposited in the bank account was received from son

May 25, 2018 2337 Views 0 comment Print

It was explained by the appellant that the money deposited in the bank account represented cash received from elder son, who was tax payer and the withdrawals in the bank account had a a chronologically progressive linkage of events.

No addition for cash deposits when Assessee offered Income u/s 44AE

May 23, 2018 4176 Views 0 comment Print

Bijoy Shribastab & Anr. Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) It is not in dispute that the assessee had not maintained books of accounts for his transport business. It is not in dispute that the assessee owns less than 10 vehicles and is accordingly entitled to offer income u/s 44AE of the Act. It is not the […]

No addition U/s. 69 if Source of Funds was referable to Monies Pooled from Customers in the Form of Advances and Sales in Business

April 27, 2018 1389 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee is engaged in the business of purchase and sale of matching material for women clothing and she was also running a tailoring centre. For the year under consideration she declared total income of Rs. 1,33,900/- and net agricultural income of Rs. 52,450/-.

Addition cannot be made on the basis of unsigned impounded dumb document

March 3, 2018 3216 Views 0 comment Print

Devaram C. Bhavani Vs. ITO (ITAT Mumbai) We have given a thoughtful consideration to the notings in the impounded document, viz. Annexure A-2– Page 37 & Page 105 and are unable to persuade ourselves to be in agreement with the view taken by the lower authorities. We find that as against the working of the amount […]

Budget 2018 Rationalises provisions of section 115BBE

February 3, 2018 8643 Views 0 comment Print

Sub-section (2) of said section provides that no deduction in respect of any expenditure or allowance or set-off of any loss shall be allowed to the assessee under any provision of the Act in computing his income referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1).

Addition U/s. 69 for Jewellery duly reflected in Books with evidenced source not sustainable

January 3, 2018 1563 Views 0 comment Print

The Kolkata bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, in its recent order said that Investment in Jewellery cannot be treated as Unexplained when it is reflected in the books & the source of Fund is evidenced through Bank A/c.

Addition U/s. 69 justified on failure of Assessee to establish that cash deposited in her bank a/c belong to her clients

December 8, 2017 2238 Views 0 comment Print

When assessee failed to file any reliable evidence or documents, which could establish that she was a sub-broker and cash deposited in her bank account belong to her clients, then action of treating the entire cash deposits as per section 69 as unexplained investment of the assessee was held to be fully justified.

Addition U/s. 69 justified if assessee cannot furnish any explanation regarding source of receipt of money

December 6, 2017 1098 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee could not furnish any explanation regarding source of receipt of money, except saying that it was loan borrowed from parties, the addition made by the AO under section 69 was justified.

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