No “succession of business” u/s. 170 even on 100% sale of shares

RELEVANT EXTRACT

S. 170 provides that where there is a “succession of business”, the predecessor has to be assessed in respect of the income upto the date of succession and the successor has to be assessed thereafter. 100% of the assessee’s shares were sold by the existing shareholders to another person.

The CIT in revision took the view that the result of the said transfer of shares was that there was a “succession”

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