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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 327 Views 1 comment Print

Section 69C: Tribunal Rulings on Unexplained expenditure (Bogus Purchases)

Income Tax : Courts have clarified that purchases cannot be disallowed without proper evidence. Genuine transactions supported by documents can...

March 30, 2026 1593 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Fails Due to Wrong Use of Section 69 for Recorded Purchases with out book rejection

Income Tax : ITAT held that section 69 cannot be invoked where purchases are duly recorded in books and paid through banking channels, making t...

December 21, 2025 1284 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 5379 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus Purchase Addition Quashed: ITAT Rules Inactive GST Status Alone Not Enough

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT deleted a 69C unexplained expenditure addition for alleged bogus purchases, ruling that when corresponding sales are ac...

October 28, 2025 957 Views 0 comment Print


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Disallowance of Interest Unsustainable Without Final Decision on Loan Validity: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that disallowance of interest cannot be finalized when the validity of underlying loans is still under appeal. I...

April 16, 2026 225 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus Purchases addition Based on Investigation Reports Fails Where Evidence Exists: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The issue was whether purchases could be treated as bogus based on investigation reports. ITAT held that when documentary evidence...

April 15, 2026 240 Views 0 comment Print

Section 69C Addition Deleted as Purchases Supported by 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...

April 15, 2026 216 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rajkot: Hybrid Seed Company’s Income Held as Agricultural

Income Tax : The issue was whether income from hybrid seed production on leased land qualifies as agricultural income. The Tribunal held that o...

April 14, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi: No Proper Service of U/s 148 Notice – Entire Reassessment Quashed

Income Tax : The issue was whether reassessment is valid without proper service of notice. The Tribunal held that absence of valid service make...

April 14, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print


ITAT Rajkot directs AO to verify genuineness of transaction for addition towards unsecured loan

February 15, 2025 408 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rajkot remanded the matter as lower authority has not exercised their power to enquiry in section 131 and 133(6) of the Act to verify the genuineness of the transaction and creditworthiness of the party in case of addition towards unsecured loan u/s. 68.

ITAT Deletes Notional Addition for Unsold Flats, Section 23(5) Not Applicable to AY 2014-15

February 14, 2025 432 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata clarifies Section 14A disallowance limits, deletes notional income addition for unsold flats (AY 2014-15), and remands interest expense and unexplained expense issues.

Section 69C Addition of ₹6.80 crore for Bogus Purchase: ITAT Upholds Deletion 

February 14, 2025 7074 Views 0 comment Print

Key ITAT Delhi decision in ACIT Vs Hella India Lighting Ltd.: Analysis of Section 69C addition, expense disallowance, and foreign exchange loss claims for AY 2017-18.

ITAT Delhi Quashes Search Assessment due to Consolidated Section 153D Approval

February 11, 2025 708 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi sets aside search assessment in Amit Gupta & Sons HUF case, citing lack of proper approval under Section 153D of the Income Tax Act.

Senior Citizen faced Tech Constraints: ITAT Pune Sets Aside Ex-Parte Order

February 6, 2025 570 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune remands an ex-parte order after considering the senior citizen assessee’s tech constraints, allowing fresh appeal proceedings with a fair hearing.

No addition u/s 68 for long-term capital gain on sale of shares as independent investigation was not conducted by AO

February 1, 2025 1008 Views 1 comment Print

When an assessee deposes on oath giving explanation of the reasons and circumstances for investment, the same could not be brushed aside on the basis of general principles of the modus operandi of bogus LTCG claims.

 Section 68 to 69D and 115BBE: Remove these draconian sections from statute

January 24, 2025 9423 Views 3 comments Print

The Sections by which the assessees are suffering too much due to high pitched assessments passed by NFAC are from 68 to 69D and 115 BBE. Many orders are struck down by the High Courts through writs and majority of the orders are appealed against and are cancelled by the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)/Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. The brief contents of the relevant sections are given below:

No further addition required when cash in books are more than physical cash: ITAT Jaipur

January 22, 2025 1047 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that when the cash found in books are more then physically found no further addition is required to be made in the hands of the assessee. Accordingly, addition towards unexplained cash set aside.

No power to Designated Authority to reopen concluded cases under Vivad se Vishwas Act

January 20, 2025 1308 Views 0 comment Print

There was no provision under the DTVSV Act that empowered a Designated Authority to reopen a concluded settlement. Once a final certificate was issued under Section 5(1), all disputes with regard to the ‘tax arrear’ stood concluded.

ITAT Allows Appeal & Quashes AO’s Additions, Citing Prior Order in Similar Case

January 16, 2025 444 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad allows Ashokbhai Shah’s appeal for AY 2014-15, addressing issues of capital gains and procedural lapses by the AO.

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