Duplicate PAN allocation requires record verification and deactivation reasons before assessment-related transactions can be attributed to an assessee...
Faceless assessment safeguards require requested personal hearings and adequate final show-cause response time, failing which reassessment is required...
Embezzlement losses in charitable institutions remain allowable when misappropriation is established, irrecoverable, and not a specified-person benefi...
National long-distance undertaking status supports deduction where separately licensed infrastructure, resources, revenue, and expenditure establish c...
Agency reimbursement income follows contractual deposit-liability computation, while pending deposit collections do not constitute deemed-dividend loa...
The ITAT Ahmedabad held that a best judgment assessment u/s 144 without issuing notice u/s 143(2) is invalid if the assessee has filed a return and responded to AO's notice. Courts emphasize Section 144 is for non-compliance cases. Assessee provided details of cash deposits, supported by affidavits from relatives. Deposits were found to be from maturity proceeds, not unexplained money u/s 69A. Addition in brother's hands linked to joint account. CIT(A) erred in upholding half of assessment u/s 69A. Affidavits, if credible, can explain cash source. Lack of concrete reasons to reject explanations. Entire u/s 69A addition deleted, penalty proceedings u/s 271AAC(1) & 271F dropped. Assessee's appeal allowed.
The ITAT Ahmedabad held that a best judgment assessment u/s 144 without issuing notice u/s 143(2) is invalid if the assessee has filed a return and responded to AO's notice. Courts emphasize Section 144 is for non-compliance cases. Assessee provided details of cash deposits, supported by affidavits from relatives. Deposits were found to be from maturity proceeds, not unexplained money u/s 69A. Addition in brother's hands linked to joint account. CIT(A) erred in upholding half of assessment u/s 69A. Affidavits, if credible, can explain cash source. Lack of concrete reasons to reject explanations. Entire u/s 69A addition deleted, penalty proceedings u/s 271AAC(1) & 271F dropped. Assessee's appeal allowed.
Note: It is a system-generated summary and is for quick reference only.