Income Tax : Income without satisfactory explanation is taxed at a special high rate under Section 115BBE. The provisions place strict liabilit...
Income Tax : Courts have clarified that purchases cannot be disallowed without proper evidence. Genuine transactions supported by documents can...
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 : Detailed overview of penalties under various sections of the Income Tax Act, covering defaults in tax payment, reporting, document...
Income Tax : Delhi ITAT deleted a 69C unexplained expenditure addition for alleged bogus purchases, ruling that when corresponding sales are ac...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that disallowance of interest cannot be finalized when the validity of underlying loans is still under appeal. I...
Income Tax : The issue was whether purchases could be treated as bogus based on investigation reports. ITAT held that when documentary evidence...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that purchases cannot be treated as bogus when supported by invoices, bank payments, and GST records. It ruled t...
Income Tax : The issue was whether income from hybrid seed production on leased land qualifies as agricultural income. The Tribunal held that o...
Income Tax : The issue was whether reassessment is valid without proper service of notice. The Tribunal held that absence of valid service make...
Cash deposits made by assessee during the demonetization period were explained as being sourced from earlier withdrawals and household savings, and deleted the addition of ₹10,46,500 made under section 69A.
Mere involvement in a flagged scrip, in absence of concrete evidence of manipulation or unaccounted funds, could not justify taxing bonafide transactions. Therefore, the additions under sections 68 and 69C were unsustainable.
ITAT Bangalore condones a 349-day delay in a tax appeal, citing the assessee’s illiteracy and issues with his former auditor’s email. The case is sent back for fresh assessment.
The Delhi ITAT has quashed a reassessment based on “borrowed satisfaction,” ruling that the tax department acted without independent inquiry and on suspicion, not tangible material.
The Delhi ITAT has remanded an ex-parte tax assessment, directing the AO to re-examine additions for unexplained investment and creditors after giving the taxpayer a fresh hearing.
CIT(A) dismissed the appeals and upheld the assessments with the additions. It was held that search assessments were legally valid, JCIT had granted proper approval after due consideration, and the additions were based on incriminating material found during the search.
The ITAT ruled that the PCIT’s revision order was invalid as the AO had already examined the assessee’s agricultural income claim, thus not acting erroneously.
The ITAT Delhi deleted an addition for bogus purchases against Deepak Pawar. The tribunal ruled that since sales were accepted and purchases were supported by evidence, a profit estimation was invalid.
The ITAT Ahmedabad dismissed the tax department’s appeal, ruling that cash withdrawals of ₹8.89 crore were not unexplained. The tribunal upheld the assessee’s claim that the cash was used for business payments, as the tax officer had accepted the corresponding sales.
The ITAT Ahmedabad remands a tax case, directing the AO to verify the genuineness of purchases by examining GST records and supplier bank accounts.
