Category: Income Tax

Rejecting condonation of delay and dismissing appeal without verifying medical certificates – ITAT sets aside order of CIT(A) In a recent judgment, ITAT Lucknow set aside the order of the CIT(A) as he rejected the assessee’s request for condonation of delay without conducting any independent inquiry regarding the …

Common Area Maintenance (CAM) Charges cannot, by any stretch, be construed as payment of rent liable to TDS under section 194-I – Supreme Court dismissed SLP.  In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Supreme Court has dismissed SLP of the Income Tax Department against the judgment of the High Court …

SC upheld that merely producing audit objection in order u/s 148A(d) ignoring reply of assessee is non application of mind In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble Supreme Court upheld the judgment of Gujarat High Court in holding that merely producing of audit objection in the order under Section …

CBDT assigns jurisdiction of CIT(Appeals) in pursuance of assessments completed in pursuance to search u/s 132, requisition u/s 132A or survey u/s 133A or against penalty orders Ministry of FinanceDepartment of RevenueCentral Board of Direct Taxes Notification No. 170/2025 New Delhi, the 15th December, 2025 INCOME-TAX S.O. 5799(E).—In …

Assessee cannot be granted immunity from prosecution u/s 276B for late deposit of TDS merely because ultimately TDS was deposited belatedly – Delhi High Court In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Delhi High Court has held that an assessee cannot be granted immunity from prosecution under section 276B for …

Section 44C applies to exclusive expenditure on head office for the Indian branches incurred by non resident assessee’s. In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Supreme Court has held that Section 44C of Income Tax Act is not limited to mere common expenditure incurred by the head office attributable to …

Addition u/s 68 can not be made applicable where there is no fresh receipt of unsecured loans at all during the year – ITAT In a recent judgment, Agra ITAT has held that addition u/s 68 of the Act could be made applicable where there is no fresh …

Amount of taxes on sales comprising in turnover to be excluded while computing gross receipts for estimating net profit – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Hyderabad directed AO to exclude the amount of taxes collected on sales comprised in turnover, while computing gross receipts for the purpose …

Addition u/s 69A confirmed as alleged capital contribution by partners was deposited in bank account of assessee not in account of partnership firm In a recent judgment, Andhra Pradesh High Court confirmed addition under section 69A of Income Tax Act as the alleged capital contribution by the partners …

Every provision invoked casts a different sort of onus on the assessee – ITAT deleted addition u/s 69 towards bogus purchases – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Delhi has held that every provision invoked casts a different sort of onus on the assessee and assertion that merely …