The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has deleted multiple additions made against an assessee in a search assessment after holding that the Income Tax Department could not sustain additions merely on the basis of WhatsApp chats, retracted statements and unverified third-party allegations without providing supporting evidence or opportunity of cross-examination. The…
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Mariya is the Senior Editor at Juris Hour. She has 7+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started her career as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies.
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