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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


AO entitled to draw inferences if assessee fail to offer satisfactory explanation

July 6, 2021 1104 Views 0 comment Print

Sudarsanan P. S. Vs CIT  (Kerala High Court) The last question that was argued by Adv.Arun Raj related to the claim under Section 69C of the Act for the payment of Rs.3,26,380/-. As mentioned earlier, when satisfactory explanation is not offered by the assessee, the assessing officer is entitled to draw inferences. The expenditure to […]

No Section 41(1) addition for unexplained purchases if amount shown as payable in balance sheet

June 16, 2021 2961 Views 0 comment Print

Yagnesh Dayabhai Vyas Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) Ld. A.R. cited a judgment of ITAT Delhi Bench in the matter of Smt. Sudha Loyalka vs. ITO where A.O. made addition to assessee’s income under section 69C in respect of amount payable to creditors towards purchases, in view of fact that said purchases were duly recorded in […]

Section 115BBE not attracted to Income voluntarily surrendered during Search & survey

May 24, 2021 6048 Views 0 comment Print

Bajaj Sons Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Chandigarh) We find that a separate surrender of Rs. 97.11 lacs has been made by Shri SB Bajaj Director of the assessee company on account of unexplained cash found during the search action. However, so far as the surrender of Rs. 15 lac to cover any discrepancy is concerned, […]

No Section 68/69C addition for mere non appearance of same director

April 30, 2021 2028 Views 0 comment Print

Merely because the some Directors did not appear in the case of assessee would not be a ground to have an adverse inference against the assessee, therefore, there was no justification to sustain the addition of Rs.45 lakhs under section 68 and addition of Rs.90,000/- under section 69C.

AO can make addition u/s 68/69C despite estimation of Income U/s 44AF

March 8, 2021 2493 Views 0 comment Print

Atul Dinesh Seth Vs ITO (ITAT Bnagalore) The contention of the A.R. is that once the income of the assessee estimated by applying the section 44AF of the Act, there cannot be any further addition for any lapse in the books of accounts. In these assessment years, except AY 2011-12, the turnover of the assessee is […]

Addition on matters not related to reasons recorded for reassessment based on fishing enquiry not valid

December 14, 2020 3063 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: Anil K. Shah’s appeal against reassessment. Challenges various additions including expenses, borrowed funds, and alleged bogus purchases. Legal and evidential arguments presented.

100% Addition for Bogus Purchase not sustainable if Sales were accepted by AO

November 13, 2020 5436 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Vipul K Sheth (ITAT Mumbai) In the present case the AO has not doubted the sales. The assessee could not establish the genuineness of the transaction to the satisfaction of the AO during assessment proceedings. Hence, from the facts of the case it can be concluded that assessee had made purchases from grey […]

No section 36(1)(iii) disallowance unless Direct Nexus between Borrowed Funds & Capital Withdrawals

November 4, 2020 2130 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether disallowance u/s 36(1)(iii) made by AO forming an opinion that interest bearing funds were withdrawn from the firm being capital withdrawn by the partners and interest free advances is justified in law?

ITAT Restricted Addition made by AO to 2% of Bogus Purchases

October 28, 2020 2736 Views 0 comment Print

Surana Enterprises Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) The issue under consideration is whether the addition made by AO u/s 69C by considering the purchases as Bogus Purchase is justified in law? ITAT states that, in present case, the assessee has shown sales of the goods, or otherwise the goods are lying in the closing stock. If […]

Entire Purchase cannot be disallowed by Considering it as Bogus

October 25, 2020 4167 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the disallowance u/s 69C of entire purchase amount by considering it as bogus is justified in law?

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