Income Tax : This guide explains when penalties can be imposed under various provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It also outlines the appli...
Income Tax : This guide explains how unexplained cash credits under Section 68 and related provisions can attract steep taxation under Section ...
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 : The ITAT Mumbai held that Section 69C cannot be invoked where expenditure is duly recorded in the books and its source is fully ex...
Income Tax : ITAT Guwahati held that additions could not be sustained where the transactions related to a separate partnership firm with a diff...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that an untested third-party statement, without supporting evidence or cross-examination, cannot form the sole basis...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that repayment of the entire loan with TDS-compliant interest payments undermined the allegation that the loan...
Income Tax : ITAT Chennai held that loose sheets and estimates alone cannot justify an addition under Section 69B without independent corrobora...
Income Tax : CBDT has instructed tax officers to uniformly apply Sections 68 to 69D and Section 115BBE after a C&AG audit found inconsistencies...
Gujarat High Court held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act towards bogus Long Term Capital Gains [LTCG] from sale of penny stock cannot be sustained since genuineness of the stock proved with evidence. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.
ITAT Visakhapatnam upholds additions for demonetisation deposits but rules tax under section 115BBE for AY 2017-18 should apply at 30% instead of 60%.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Ahmedabad has dismissed a Revenue appeal, affirming that a real estate developer was correctly allowed to claim a project loss.
Income surrendered during survey and accounted as business income should not attract section 115BBE rates, clarifying application of sections 69, 69A, and 69B.
An overview of Sections 68-69D of India’s Income-tax Act, which empower tax authorities to assess unaccounted income from unexplained credits, investments, and expenses.
Relying on Malabar Industrial, Max India, and Gabriel India precedents, ITAT ruled that when two views are possible, PCIT cannot assume jurisdiction. Original assessment for AY 2020-21 was restored.
ITAT Amritsar held that the statements recorded behind the back of the assessee cannot be used for making addition unless and an opportunity to cross examine the witness is allowed. Accordingly, addition towards bogus purchases duly restricted to 1.2%.
The ITAT Mumbai ruled in favor of Nilesh Shirish Mehta, setting aside a reassessment order for AY 2015-16. The tribunal found the Section 148 notice, issued after April 1, 2021, to be time-barred and invalid based on concessions made by the Department before the Supreme Court in the case of Union of India v. Rajeev Bansal.
The ITAT Raipur quashed the reopening of an assessment under Section 147, ruling that search-based cases on third-party material must be initiated under Section 153C.
In a recent order, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Mumbai has provided a significant verdict in the case of Rajesh Shivji Shah vs. Income Tax Officer (ITO) for the assessment year 2011-12.
