High Court declined to quash proceedings u/s 276B r/w 278B for delay in deposit of TDS and delay in filing TDS returns. In a recent judgment, the Madras High Court held that when substantial evidence was already on record, it cannot quash the proceedings under section 276B r/w …

Once ITAT set-aside order of CIT(A) for denovo adjudication, CIT(A) do not have any power to direct the Assessing Officer to frame Fresh Assessment. In a recent judgment, ITAT Pune has held that once ITAT set-aside the order u/s 250 for denovo adjudication, the CIT(A)/NFAC do not have …

Addition u/s 41(1) deleted as spot enquiry of creditors done by Inspector was not as per procedure laid down In a recent judgment, ITAT Lucknow has deleted addition under section 41(1) of Income Tax Act based on spot enquiry of creditors made by the AO through inspector who …

Law does not require needless formalism when substantive compliance is manifest – ITAT deleted disallowance of exemption made under section 54 – ITAT  In a recent judgment, ITAT Mumbai has deleted disallowance of exemption made u/s 54 of the Income Tax Act on the premise that the assessee …

There is no legal provision which compels a person to necessarily deposit/invest the cash available in hand – ITAT In A recent judgment, ITAT Jabalpur has held that there is no legal provision which compels a person to necessarily deposit/invest the cash available in hand in bank. Keeping …

ITAT deleted addition of undisclosed income made solely on the basis of WhatsApp chat message In a recent judgment, ITAT Ahmedabad deleted addition made solely on the basis of WhatsApp chat message on account of undisclosed income being unaccounted cash received as ‘on-money’ on sale of land. ABCAUS …