Category: Income Tax

CBDT notifies format of ITR-3 for AY 2025-26 for For individuals and HUFs having income from profits and gains of business or profession. CBDT notifies format of ITR-3 for Ay 2025-26  CBDT vide Notification No. 41/2025 dated 01.05.2025 has notified the format of Income Tax Return-3 (ITR-3). What is …

Patwari certificate should be on government letter head bearing government seal, signature and designation of designated local revenue authority – ITAT  In a recent judgment, ITAT Indore has held that Patwari certificate for municipal limit of land should be on government letter head instead of plain paper leaving …

Sales of two incomparable years cannot be compared. ITAT directed addition to be deleted after verification   In a recent judgment, ITAT Delhi held that sales of two incomparable years cannot be compared to treat the increase in sale as unexplained money the basis that sales recorded by …

Uploading of notice on ITBA portal cannot be treated to be a valid service of notice unless assessee has opted for service of notice through e-mail.  In a recent judgment, High Court of Chhattisgarh has held that uploading of notice on ITBA portal (e-portal) cannot be treated to …

ITR-1 Sahaj and ITR-4 Sugam has been notified for AY 2025-26. Scope of ITRS enlarged for capital gain u/s 112A CBDT vide Notification No. 40/2025 has notified the Income-tax (twelfth Amendment) Rules, 2025 w.e.f. 01.04.2025. ITR-1 Sahaj and ITR-4 Sugam has been notified for AY 2025-26. Amendments have …

If a contribution is not voluntary, it cannot be taxed as income u/s 11 r.w.s. 12(1) – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Hyderabad has held that under section 12(1), any contribution which is voluntary, can only be treated as income in the hands of the assessee. if …

ITAT erred in rejecting application for admission of additional evidence on the ground that application was not made either before the Assessing Officer or CIT (Appeals) In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Chhattisgarh High Court has held that ITAT committed grave legal error in rejecting the application for admission …

Finding of ITAT that retracted statement cannot be termed as incriminating material not appealable before High Court In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Guwahati High Court has held that finding of the ITAT and CIT(A) that retracted statement cannot be termed as incriminating material not liable to be interfered …

Income tax penalty can not be imposed on the HUF which was no longer in existence and dissolved upon partition In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Calcutta High Court has held that income tax penalty can not be imposed on the HUF which was no longer in existence. Even …

CBDT enlarges the scope of section 37, to exclude expenditure incurred to settle proceedings under four laws out of business expenditure CBDT has issued notification enlarging the scope of section 37, to exclude from the definition of business expenditure, any expenditure incurred to settle proceedings under four laws …