The existing provisions of section 153 and 153B, inter alia, provides the time limit for completion of assessment and reassessment of income by the Assessing Officer. Time limits have been provided for completion of assessment or reassessment under section 143(3), 147, 153A, 153C, etc. Further, these time limits get extended if a reference is made under section 92CA to the Transfer Pricing Officer during the course of assessment/reassessment proceedings. These time limits are either from the end of the financial year in which the notice for initiation of the proceedings was served or from the end of the assessment year to which the proceedings relate.

The expressions ‘assessment’ and ‘assessee’ have been defined in the Central Excise Rules, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the said Rules). ‘Assessment’ includes self-assessment of duty made by the assessee and provisional assessment under rule 7 of the said Rules. ‘Assessee’ means any person who is liable for payment of duty assessed or a producer or manufacturer of excisable goods or a registered person of a private warehouse in which excisable goods are stored and includes an authorized agent of such person.

We have attached a file in excel format. The file contains the format of various details which normally assessing officer asks Assessee to furnish during Scrutiny Assessment U/s. 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. We have attached the format of following details :-

Self reporting of Tax Bases & Acknowledgment [Section 148 & 154] 1. Similar to the concept of filing return of income, taxpayers have been required to file ‘Return of Tax Bases’ (‘RTB’) 2. The RTBs have to be filed on or before: • 30th June – If the person is not a company and does [...]

Sub-section (2) of section 143 of the Income-tax Act provides that the notice under this sub-section shall be served on the assessee within a period of twelve months from the end of the month in which the return is furnished. Further, the service of such notice must be affected in a manner laid down in [...]

NEW SCRUTINY NORMS FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2007-08 – Board hereby lays down the following procedure for selection of returns / cases of *Non-Corporate Assessees* for scrutiny during the current financial year i.e. 2007-08.2. The following categories of cases shall be compulsorily scrutinized; -