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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 1281 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 954 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 234 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 210 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 69 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 114 Views 0 comment Print


Reassessment u/s. 148 based on cryptic reasons and mechanical approval quashed: ITAT Delhi

October 14, 2024 1326 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the issuance of notice u/s. 148 based on cryptic reasons combined with a mechanical approval of the Pr.CIT u/s. 151 of the Income Tax Act do not pass the test of judicial scrutiny. Thus, reassessment quashed.

ITAT Mumbai direct AO to compute addition at 3% of Bogus Purchase

October 10, 2024 1116 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai grants partial relief to Ramniklal & Sons in the bogus purchase case, directing reassessment based on judicial precedents.

No Section 271AAB Penalty as AO failed to link disclosed income with material found during search

September 19, 2024 843 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that penalty u/s. 271AAB of the Income Tax Act not imposable as AO failed to link additional income disclosed by the assessee with the incriminating material found during search. Thus, penalty u/s. 271AAB deleted.

78% Tax Plus 6% Penalty for Unexplained Investments

September 18, 2024 7284 Views 0 comment Print

Assessees face 78% tax and 6% penalty for unexplained investments or expenditures under Sections 69 to 69C of Income Tax Act if details are not satisfactorily explained.

Disallowance of purchases without examining documentary evidences unjustifiable: ITAT Delhi

September 5, 2024 519 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that disallowance of purchases and restricting the amount of purchases to 12.50% without examining the documentary evidences produced by the assessee is unjustified. Accordingly, matter remanded back to AO with direction to decide afresh.

How to Handle Surrendered Income During a Tax Survey: A Practical Guide

August 23, 2024 6009 Views 0 comment Print

Article explains how surrendered income is treated under I.T Act, particularly focusing on applicability of Sections 68 to 69D and related provisions.

Bogus Purchases: Bombay HC upholds addition of 12.5% of purchases

August 20, 2024 2634 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court upholds ITAT ruling in PCIT Vs SVD Resins, focusing on the legitimacy of purchase transactions and tax implications under Section 69C.

Bogus purchase addition cannot be based on superficial inquiry: Bombay HC

August 17, 2024 3246 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that half-hearted approach on the part of AO to make additions on the issue of bogus purchase would not be conducive. Bogus purchase addition also cannot be on the basis of superficial inquiry.

Settlement commission offering immunity by accepting explanation in spirit of settlement cannot be faulted: Karnataka HC

August 16, 2024 399 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka High Court held that settlement commission, accepting additional income offered as reasonable and giving immunity from penalty and prosecution, by accepting the explanation ‘in the spirit of settlement’ cannot be faulted.

CIT needs to independently apply his mind prior to invoking revisionary provisions u/s. 263: ITAT Kolkata

August 16, 2024 531 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that CIT has not applied his mind analytically while assuming jurisdiction for taking cognizance under section 263 of the Income Tax Act. Thus, in absence of independent application of mind, invocation of revisionary provisions by CIT unsustainable.

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