Wealth Tax Payable on Land Situated within Corporation Limit of City by Mysuru’s Erstwhile Royal Family

CIT Vs Smt. Meenakshi Devi Avaru (Karnataka High Court) Protective, precautionary or alternate assessment is an assessment which is made ex- abundanti cautela by the Assessing Authority and is therefore called protective or Precautionary Assessment or alternative assessment. When the Department has any doubt as to the person who is or will be deemed to be in receipt of the income, protective or alternative assessments are permitted. Thus, there is no double assessment if the first assessment is void. It is no doubt true that the IncomeTax Act/Wealth-Tax Act nowhere provides that a protective o...