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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 723 Views 1 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

Analysis of Undisclosed Incomes under Sections 68 to 69D of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : A Comprehensive Analysis of Undisclosed Incomes under Sections 68 to 69D of the Income-tax Act, 1961, Taxation of these Incomes Un...

June 20, 2025 8190 Views 2 comments Print

Unaccounted deposits treated as Liabilities, and not income?

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai rules unaccounted customer deposits, with traceable identities and commercial substance, are liabilities, not income ...

April 12, 2025 1443 Views 0 comment Print


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No Addition u/s 69 When Property Payments Flow Through Explained Bank Accounts – ITAT Deletes ₹3.29 Crore Addition

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT held that investments in immovable properties cannot be treated as unexplained once payments are made through disclosed...

May 19, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Section 69B Addition Confirmed as AO Recorded Discrepancies Before DVO Reference

Income Tax : Madras High Court held that a reference to the District Valuation Officer was valid because the Assessing Officer had effectively ...

May 8, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai Upholds 6.5% Fixed Interest Benchmark on AE Loans Due to Long-Term Non-Payment

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that prolonged non-payment of interest and repeated amendments to loan agreements justified benchmarking AE loans...

May 8, 2026 150 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes On-Money Addition Due to Lack of Corroborative Evidence

Income Tax : The ITAT Hyderabad held that additions for alleged cash payments cannot be sustained merely on the basis of third-party seized doc...

May 6, 2026 747 Views 0 comment Print

Excess Stock in Survey = Business Income, Not 115BBE Hit – ITAT Pune Draws Clear Line

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that excess stock found during survey had direct nexus with business operations. It ruled that such income shoul...

May 4, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print


ITAT deletes section 69B addition for painting found during search

May 8, 2023 1143 Views 0 comment Print

Nirmal Kumar Minda Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) The ground No.2 relates to the addition of Rs.37.50 lacs u/s. 69B of the Act in respect of 6 paintings found at the residence of the assessee. The underlying facts in the impugned issue are that 6 paintings were found at the time of search which were got […]

Addition of unexplained investment u/s 69B unsustainable as source for excess stock plausibly explained

April 27, 2023 2526 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that when assessee has explained the source for excess stock found during the course of survey, then, income offered towards excess stock cannot be treated as unexplained investment u/s. 69B of the Act.

Section 68 & 115BBE cannot be invoked if assessee not required to maintain books of account

April 26, 2023 3885 Views 1 comment Print

Section 68 cannot be invoked if Assessee not required to maintain books of account. Section 115BBE comes into operation only in case of income referred in Section 68/69/69A/69B/69C and 69D

Additions on the basis of incriminating material obtained during survey is justified

April 24, 2023 2049 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allahabad held that additions made based on the incriminating material (being excess stock) found during survey conducted u/s 133A of the Income Tax Act is justifiable.

Undisclosed Income and its Taxability – Section 68 to Section 69D

April 24, 2023 11079 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the tax implications of undisclosed income from Section 68 to Section 69D. Learn about tax rates, explanations, and conditions to avoid penalties. A comprehensive guide for students.

Addition u/s 69B based on document not containing name of assessee is unsustainable

February 10, 2023 2007 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that addition under section 69B of the Income Tax Act for unexplained investment solely on the basis of the document that didn’t contained name of the assessee is unsustainable as the same is outside the purview of definition of section 153C(1)(a) & (b).

If source of income is provided than deeming section 115BBE provision not applicable

August 22, 2022 2901 Views 0 comment Print

Held that deeming provisions of section 115BBE doesn’t apply as source of income clearly explained and established by the assessee

In absence of documentary evidence addition for jewellery claimed as gift allowed

June 24, 2022 1767 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT find that jewelry has been found during the course of search from the possession of the assessee. The jewellery was inventorised. The claim of the assessee that this has been received as a gift from relatives and friends is not at all substantiated but merely remained a claim. In view of this we do not find any infirmity in the orders of the learned lower authorities in confirming the addition of Rs. 1,867,098/– u/s 69B of the act after granting benefit of 500 g of gold jewellery to the assessee in terms of CBDT instruction number 1916.

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

June 3, 2022 193215 Views 1 comment Print

This Article discusses Tax Treatment of Cash Credit, Unexplained investments, Unexplained money, Amount of investments not fully disclosed in books of account, Unexplained expenditure and Amount borrowed or repaid on hundi in cash under section 68,Section 69, Section 69A, Section 69B, Section 69C and Section 69D respectively of Income Tax Act, 1961.

Excess Stock declared to bank is taxable as Unexplained Investment

May 18, 2022 4680 Views 0 comment Print

The entire controversy revolves around the question as to whether the assessee has been able to provide explanation for difference of stock between the stock submitted to the bank as on 28/3/2005 and the stock indicated in the audit report for the period ending 31/03/2005 relating to raw material, stock-in-process and finished goods.

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