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CBDT Gets a New Chairman Ravi Agrawal, Succeeding Nitin Gupta

In an influential administrative move, Ravi Agrawal, a 1988-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the supreme policy-making body for the Income Tax Department. Agrawal succeeds Nitin Gupta, a 1986-batch IRS officer, whose extended tenure concludes on June 30. New Leadership […]

Kolkata ITAT Directs Assessee to Correct Address Due to Improper Service by the CIT or AO

Discovering that the hearing notices were not duly served via the CIT(A) or the AO and resultantly the assessment order was passed ex-parte, the Kolkata ITAT asked the taxpayer to provide its correct address before the competent authority. The Bench of Sanjay Garg (Judicial Member) and Sanjay Awasthi (Accountant Member) noted that “the assessee has […]

Madhya Pradesh State Cabinet Overturnes a 1972 Rule, Now Ministers to Pay Income Tax

The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet decided that state ministers shall pay their income tax on salaries and allowances, striking down a 1972 rule under which the state government paid it for them. Urban Administration Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya expressed the proceed was proposed by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav at the time of the Cabinet meeting. “The Chief […]

Andhra Pradesh HC Quashes Prosecution Proceedings When Assessee Deposits Belated TDS

The prosecution proceedings launched against the taxpayer for belatedly depositing tax deducted at source (TDS) have been quashed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The bench of Justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa has marked that CIT overlooked the material placed by the taxpayer to show that there was a reasonable cause for their failure to remit […]

Delhi ITAT Cancels Reassessment Order Due to Partner’s Land Mistakenly Considered as Firm’s Asset

In the matter of Chaudhary Stone Crusher vs. Income Tax Officer (ITO), adjudicated by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Delhi, the central issue related to the validity of reassessment proceedings commenced against the taxpayer’s firm for the assessment year 2011-12. Below is a summary of the matter and the tribunal’s decision: Background Chaudhary Stone […]

Buying Agricultural Land Doesn’t Come Under Capital Asset, Delhi ITAT Quashes Addition

The taxpayer has purchased agricultural land, which is outside the purpose of a capital asset; thus, the deeming provision u/s 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax Act cannot be invoked, Delhi Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) mentioned. The bench of Sudhir Pareek (Judicial Member) and S.Rifaur Rahman (Accountant Member) has marked that the taxpayer […]

Mumbai ITAT Quashes Addition Due to Lack of Proof About Money Receipt from Seized Documents

The income tax addition of Rs. 1.61 crores has been deleted by the Mumbai Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), because the seized documents lack information as to the date and mode of receipt of “on money.” The bench of Anikesh Banerjee (Judicial Member) and B.R. Baskaran (Accountant Member) has remarked that the entries […]