Category: Income Tax

It is well-settled that once the source of cash is explained to be business receipts already accounted for and taxed, addition u/s 68 is unwarranted – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Surat has deleted addition u/s 68 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) holding that …

ITAT confirmed addition u/s 69C as unexplained expenditure over and above Gross Profit addition In a recent judgment, ITAT Hyderabad confirmed addition under section 69C as unexplained expenditure over and above the GP addition holding that the two additions serve different purposes i.e. one addresses the unexplained nature …

Merely non furnishing of purchase & sale register would not amount to escapement of income In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble Supreme Court dismissed the SLP against the judgment of Gujarat High Court holding that and merely non furnishing of purchase and sale register would not amount to …

Exemption u/s 54F allowed holding that assessee was owner of only one house at the time of transfer and became owner of second house property only after mutation In a recent judgment, ITAT Delhi has allowed capital gain exemption u/s  54F holding that assessee was owner of only …

Notice u/s 143(2) issued by ITO who lacked jurisdiction held valid as in substance it was in conformity with the intent & purpose of Income Tax Act 1961. In a recent judgment, Guwahati High Court has held that in absence of ITAT finding that notice u/s 143(2) issued …

Assessment quashed as the return of income was filed by the assessee was above Rs.10 lacs, for which, the jurisdiction vested only with the DCIT/ACIT and not with ITO. In a recent judgment, ITAT Raipur quashed assessment as the return of income was filed by the assessee above …

Revenue record is only one of evidence and not a conclusive piece of evidence that land is used for agricultural purposes – Supreme Court dismisses SLP of assessee. In a recent case, Hon’ble Supreme Court has declined to interfere with the judgment of the Bombay High Court in …

High Court allows capital gain exemption u/s 54(1) on purchase of seven row houses before the amendment brought w.e.f. 01.04.2015. In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Bombay High Court has held that the words ‘a residential house’ in unamended Section 54(1) of the Income Tax Act would not mean …

Uncorroborated WhatsApp message, in the absence of any independent supporting evidence, cannot constitute a valid basis for initiating proceedings under section 153C of the Act – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Mumbai deleted addition under section 69A of the Act on account of alleged cash received over …

Income-tax (Twentieth Amendment) Rules, 2025. Amendment to Rule 21AK CBDT notifies Income-tax (Twentieth Amendment) Rules, 2025. Amendment to Income Tax Rule 21AK- Conditions for the purpose of clause (4E) of section 10. Under clause (4E) of section 10 of the Act, transfer of non-deliverable forward contracts or offshore …