Section under which penalty should be initiated cannot be subject matter of revisionary jurisdiction under section 263 of Income Tax Act – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Surat has held that the section under which AO should initiate penalty cannot be determined under revisionary jurisdiction under section …

Related party transaction u/s 40A(2) shall be treated as bona fide, unless AO finds that one of them is trying to evade the payment of tax – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Rajkot has held that as per CBDT Circular, provisions u/s 40A(2) and particularly with regard …

The word ‘transfer of property’ does not include ‘acquiring’ of property or ‘purchasing’ of property and only can be confined to ‘sale’ of property only – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Raipur has held that the word ‘transfer of property’ does not include ‘acquiring’ of property or …

AO is not justified in questioning the cash withdrawals from bank account on the ground that the assessee had sufficient cash-in-hand in the books – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Chandigarh has held that AO was not justified in questioning the cash withdrawals from the bank account …

Return/Balance sheet to be considered as being within time if filed within timeline condoned by Hon’ble Supreme Court due to Covid-19 In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Allahabad High Court has set aside the order of CIT(Exemption) passed u/s 119(2(b) and order u/s 154 passed by the Assessing Officer …

Satisfaction Note u/s 153C – term “immediate” cannot be extended to defeats the purpose of cost effective, efficient and expeditious completion of search assessments. In a recent judgment the Hon’ble Supreme Court dismissed the SLP of the Revenue against the judgment of the High Court holding that the …