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...
ITAT Mumbai held that where the entire foundation of reopening solely based on material found during the search of another person, the appropriate course of action is to proceed under Section 153C, and not under Section 147. Accordingly, reassessment proceedings u/s. 147 quashed.
ITAT Mumbai held that no addition can be made on the ground that notices issued u/s 133(6) of the Act were not replied. Accordingly, deletion of addition by CIT(A) is justified and appeal of department quashed to that extent.
When sales were not doubted, entire purchases could not be disallowed merely on the ground that suppliers were non-genuine, it was deemed appropriate to restore the matter back to the file of AO for carrying out limited verification and addition should be restricted to profit estimation.
Gujarat High Court held that entire addition towards bogus purchases not justifiable accordingly, addition at the rate of 6% of the bogus purchases is fair and reasonable. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.
ITAT Delhi ruled that Section 115BBE’s higher tax rate applies only to transactions from April 1, 2017, aligning with a Madras High Court precedent.
ITAT Chandigarh held that addition based on statement is liable to be quashed as the statement was recorded from the back of the assessee and the assessee was not given an opportunity to cross-examine the deponent. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.
ITAT Ahmedabad reviews Sankalp Recreation’s tax appeals concerning unaccounted income, expenses, book rejection, and PF/ESIC disallowances following a search operation.
ITAT Raipur sets aside reassessment order for Kachrulal Jitendra Kumar, ruling the Section 148 notice time-barred. Cites Supreme Court judgments in Ashish Agarwal and Rajeev Bansal on reassessment limitation.
ITAT Mumbai held that the addition in respect of bogus purchases is to be limited to the extent of bringing the gross profit rate on such purchases at the same rate as of other genuine purchases. Accordingly, matter restored to file of AO with direction to restrict addition.
ITAT Mumbai overturned an income addition for Leena Haresh Harde, ruling that unsecured loans were genuine, and an assessment based solely on uncorroborated third-party statements without cross-examination is invalid.
