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Section 69A Addition Deleted Because Cross-Examination of Third-Party Witness Was Denied

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that an addition under Section 69A cannot be sustained when the assessee is denied the opportunity to cross-exami...

May 13, 2026 399 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 732 Views 1 comment Print

The IT Ecosystem of India Is Non-Democratic: A Critical Legal Analysis

Income Tax : Explains the centralization of digital platforms, surveillance powers, and opaque governance. Key takeaway: citizens have limited ...

November 22, 2025 399 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Penalty provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Detailed overview of penalties under various sections of the Income Tax Act, covering defaults in tax payment, reporting, document...

October 30, 2025 5523 Views 0 comment Print

Unexplained Income Provisions: Sections 68, 69, 69A, 69B, 69C & 69D

Income Tax : An overview of Sections 68-69D of India's Income-tax Act, which empower tax authorities to assess unaccounted income from unexplai...

September 24, 2025 3582 Views 0 comment Print


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YouTube Channel Blocking: Govt. Actions & Reasons

Corporate Law : Details on Indian government's blocking of YouTube channels, citing IT Rules 2021 and Section 69A of IT Act 2000. Learn about reas...

March 31, 2025 1020 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Indore Sets Aside Ex Parte CIT(A) Order as Notices Were Sent to Wrong Email Address

Income Tax : ITAT Indore held that appellate order violated principles of natural justice after finding that key hearing notices were sent to a...

May 22, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes ₹9.75 Cr Addition as Cash Deposits Were Explained Through Business Receipts

Income Tax : ITAT Rajkot held that cash deposits made during demonetization were fully supported by audited books of account, cash books, and b...

May 22, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Section 69A Addition Cannot Be Made Through Section 154 Rectification: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that addition of Rs. 13 lakh under Section 69A through rectification proceedings exceeded the scope of Section...

May 22, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune Set Aside Section 69A Addition as Reopening Notice Was Time Barred

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the reassessment notice issued on 26.07.2022 was beyond the permissible timeline under the surviving limita...

May 21, 2026 216 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rejects Addition Based on Excel File Entries Due to Lack of Direct Evidence

Income Tax : Tribunal dismissed a Revenue appeal after finding that additions were made solely on basis of entries in a seized Excel file. It h...

May 19, 2026 486 Views 0 comment Print


Ex-Parte Tax Order Set Aside as Assessee’s Counsel Faced depression & memory loss

July 24, 2025 303 Views 0 comment Print

Chandigarh ITAT remands DTC Trading Co. tax appeal for fresh hearing, citing advocate’s depression and memory loss as sufficient cause for ex-parte order.

Additions for unexplained cash deposits u/s 69A and loans made u/s 68 without proper verification was restored back

July 24, 2025 1311 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee claimed that cash sales were recorded and backed by VAT invoices, and that AO had misread e cash balance figures. Audited financials, VAT returns, and confirmations were placed on record, which AO had not examined.

Refund of money from earlier advances cannot be added under Section 68

July 24, 2025 909 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad confirms CIT(A)’s decision, ruling Section 69A inapplicable as high-value bank transactions were explained and recorded.

Negligence of accountant not sufficient cause for condoning delay of 477 days: ITAT Ahmedabad

July 23, 2025 432 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that delay of 477 days in filing of an appeal on the reason that there was gross negligence on the part of the accountant is not condonable since negligence of accountant not sufficient shown for cause.

Amounts declared under PMGKY scheme cannot be taxed again u/s. 69A

July 23, 2025 465 Views 0 comment Print

The addition of Rs.0.58 Crores as made for cash deposit in the account of IJF with respect to Maheshwari Brothers Coal also stand deleted on same logic. The corresponding grounds of appeal stand allowed.

Cash deposits recorded in books of accounts cannot be treated as unexplained money u/s. 69A

July 22, 2025 2400 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that addition under section 69A of the Income Tax Act towards cash deposits as unexplained money cannot be sustained since the cash deposits is already recorded in books of accounts. Accordingly, appeal allowed.

Issue of notice u/s 143(2) was mandatory even if return of income was filed beyond time limit provided u/s 142(1)

July 21, 2025 2037 Views 0 comment Print

Once assessee had filed the Return of Income, in response to notice, u/s 142(1), (although it was late), then it was mandatory for AO, in order to acquire the jurisdiction, to make the assessment on the assessee, to issue the notice u/s 143(2).

Protection against clutches of 69A not available by mere disclosing and paying tax

July 19, 2025 456 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that provisions of section 69A r.w.s. 115BBE of the Income Tax Act gets applicable as source of undisclosed income admitted during the course of survey not explained. Merely disclosing and paying tax doesn’t protect assessee from clutches of section 69A.

Only Profit on Unaccounted Sales Taxable; 12% NPR Upheld: ITAT Ahmedabad

July 17, 2025 954 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad reviews Sankalp Recreation’s tax appeals concerning unaccounted income, expenses, book rejection, and PF/ESIC disallowances following a search operation.

Addition towards unexplained receipts based on seized dairies sustained

July 16, 2025 504 Views 0 comment Print

There is no cavil that an addition can made on the basis of documents, which are found during the course of Search and Seizure operations if on appreciation, it is found that the said documents have a bearing on the income of the Assessee.

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