GST

Section 148A Reassessment: From Information to Notice

Reassessment is a sequence of separate statutory steps, and a defect at any one of them can be fatal to the notice, so the first task on a new file is to map the...

The Defective Penalty Notice: When the Limb Is Not Struck Off

A penalty notice that leaves both limbs standing tells the assessee nothing about the charge he has to answer, and that silence is often fatal to the penalty. The assessment order has come. The addition...

Bogus Purchases: How the Addition Is Actually Decided

Where the sales are accepted and the stock records tally, the argument on bogus purchases is almost never about the whole amount. The information has come from another wing of the Department. A list of...

Cash Found in a Search or Survey

Cash found during a search is added under section 69A only where the assessee is its owner and the explanation of how he came by it is unsatisfactory. The panchnama lists cash recovered from the...

Identity, Creditworthiness and Genuineness: The Three Tests

The three limbs of section 68 are three separate tests, and a submission that runs them together usually loses on the one it never actually answered. Read the last order you received on a cash...

Section 68 Unexplained Cash Credit: What the Assessee Has to Prove

Section 68 asks the assessee to explain a credit in the books, and the explanation has to satisfy three separate tests before the Assessing Officer is obliged to accept it. The notice usually arrives in...

L&T Share Price Surge: Why Shares Rose Over 6% After Q2 Results

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) shares rose over 6% in early trading on October 28, 2026, after the company announced its September-quarter results a day earlier. The rally followed a 32.5% increase in consolidated...

India’s Petroleum Exports Rise 50% as Oil Prices Surge and Rupee Weakens

India’s petroleum export earnings rose nearly 50% between April and September 2026, even as the country shipped 16% less fuel overseas. At first glance, that sounds like a remarkable win for India’s energy sector....

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