![Failure to Issue Mandatory Draft Assessment Order to Non-Resident u/s 144C(1) Invalidates Search Assessment: ITAT Quashes Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/2113416-failure-issue-mandatory-draft-assessment-order-non-resident-invalidates-search-assessment-itat-order-taxscan.webp "Failure to Issue Mandatory Draft Assessment Order to Non-Resident u/s 144C(1) Invalidates Search Assessment: ITAT Quashes Order [Read Order]")
Failure to Issue Mandatory Draft Assessment Order to Non-Resident u/s 144C(1) Invalidates Search Assessment: ITAT Quashes Order [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) quashed search assessment and ruled that the Assessing Officer (AO) failed to...
![S.56(2)(viib) Not Applicable to Shares issued to Non-Resident Holding Company: ITAT Deletes ₹198 Cr Addition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/2113435-itat-deletes-198-cr-addition-taxscan.webp "S.56(2)(viib) Not Applicable to Shares issued to Non-Resident Holding Company: ITAT Deletes ₹198 Cr Addition [Read Order]")
Madras HC affirms CBIC Notifications Extending Time limit to Issue order u/s 73 Ultra vires to S. 168A, says both ‘Illegal’ [Read Order]
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has once again confirmed that the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ( CBIC ) exceeded its statutory powers while issuing two Notifications which...
![Madras HC affirms CBIC Notifications Extending Time limit to Issue order u/s 73 Ultra vires to S. 168A, says both ‘Illegal’ [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/2113517-madras-hc-affirms-cbic-notifications-extending-time-limit-issue-order-taxscan.webp "Madras HC affirms CBIC Notifications Extending Time limit to Issue order u/s 73 Ultra vires to S. 168A, says both ‘Illegal’ [Read Order]")
Search and Seizure Proceedings, Powers, and Procedural Safeguards in New Income Tax Act [Old vs New Income Tax Series - Article 3]
Income-tax search actions, commonly called search and seizure or raids, are among the strongest powers available to tax authorities. From 2025, these powers are reorganised under the...
![Search and Seizure Proceedings, Powers, and Procedural Safeguards in New Income Tax Act [Old vs New Income Tax Series - Article 3]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/2113496-new-income-tax-act-old-vs-new-taxscan.webp "Search and Seizure Proceedings, Powers, and Procedural Safeguards in New Income Tax Act [Old vs New Income Tax Series - Article 3]")
![Transport of Minerals Inside Mines Is Not ‘Mining Service’: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/2113228-transport-minerals-inside-mines-not-mining-service-cestat-rejects-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Transport of Minerals Inside Mines Is Not ‘Mining Service’: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Inadvertent Wrong Citation of Notification Not Fatal When Eligibility Conditions are same: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹82.84 Crore Demand of Erroneous Refund [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench ofCustoms, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside a ₹82.84 crore demand for recovery of erroneous refund under Section 11A of theCentral Excise Act, 1944,...
![Inadvertent Wrong Citation of Notification Not Fatal When Eligibility Conditions are same: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹82.84 Crore Demand of Erroneous Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/2113355-cestat-sets-aside-8284-crore-demand-erroneous-refund-taxscan.jfif "Inadvertent Wrong Citation of Notification Not Fatal When Eligibility Conditions are same: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹82.84 Crore Demand of Erroneous Refund [Read Order]")
SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed the service tax demand against an Amway distributor since the Show Cause Notice (SCN) lacked clarity and...
![SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/2111025-scn-lacks-precise-bas-classification-cestat-sets-aside-service-tax-demand-against-amway-distributor-taxscan.webp "SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]")
PIMS Registration Timeline Directory, Not Mandatory: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation for Delayed PIMS Compliance [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT), New Delhi, held that the timeline prescribed under the Paper Import Monitoring System (PIMS) was directory and...
![PIMS Registration Timeline Directory, Not Mandatory: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation for Delayed PIMS Compliance [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/2112741-pims-registration-timeline-directory-not-mandatory-cestat-quashes-confiscation-delayed-pims-compliance-taxscan.webp "PIMS Registration Timeline Directory, Not Mandatory: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation for Delayed PIMS Compliance [Read Order]")
