ITAT Remands Income Tax Case Despite Assessee’s Repeated Non-Response

Mitalben Rahulkumar Shah Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Ahmedabad bench, has sent a tax appeal back to the Assessing Officer for a fresh assessment, despite the taxpayer’s failure to respond to multiple notices during the appeal process.

The case involved Mitalben Rahulkumar Shah challenging an order from the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) for Assessment Year 2012-13. The CIT(A) had dismissed the appeal, reportedly on grounds of maintainability.

The ITAT noted that the assessee did not respond to four separate notices issued

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