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Income Tax - Procedure for conducting assessment proceedings through ‘E-Proceeding’s in scrutiny cases As per Instruction No. 1/2018 dated 12th February 2018 issued by CBDT, Following procedure will be apply for conducting assessment proceedings through ‘E-Proceeding’s in scrutiny cases:- Enquiry before assessment in electronic mode Notice...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Documentation can play a pivotal role in ensuring correct tax impact. It reduces great amount of time and energy of the company, advisors, auditors and most importantly the judiciary system....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Electronic assessment, also known as e-assessment, online assessment, computer assisted/mediated assessment and computer-based assessment, is the use of information technology in various forms of assessment. Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, also announced of such scheme in his budget speech on February 1, 2018; which would almost eliminate...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex body for Income Tax Assessments has set up a high powered committee of nine members to prepare a roadmap by February 28, 2018 to do e-based income tax assessment. ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - CBDT directed that that except for search related assessments, proceedings in other pending scrutiny assessment cases shall be conducted only through the `E-Proceeding’ functionality. However, in cases where the concerned assessee objects to conduct of assessment proceedings electronically through the ‘E-Proceeding’ facility, such c...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Paperless assessment/ e-mail based assessment on a pilot basis was commenced in the financial year 2015-16 in non-corporate charges of five cities i.e. Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai. The e-mail based assessment scheme has now been extended to two more cities, namely Hyderabad and Kolkata during the current financial year...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The retrospective clarificatory amendments now under consideration of Parliament will not be used to reopen any cases where assessment orders have already been finalized. I have asked the Central Board of Direct taxes to issue a policy circular to clearly state this position after the passage of the Finance Bill....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Indian Premier League (IPL) involves city teams managed by private entities. Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports does not deal with IPL because the national team does not participate in the IPL tournaments. However, Ministry of Finance ( Deptt. Of Revenue has informed that Income Tax Department is conducting investigations to ascertain the...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Central Board of Direct Taxes recently framed a scheme for ensuring quality tax assessments by its officers across India. In the preface to the scheme (issued in December 2009), the CBDT has expressed its concerns on the need for improving the general quality of tax assessments conducted by its officers....
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Bombay High Court has postponed a hearing on details of another significant court case on the issue of jurisdiction of Indian tax authorities on foreign companies in business deals with Indian domestic ones. MMM Holdings and New Cingular Wireless, subsidiaries of AT&T, have challenged a showcause notice from the Income Tax Department ...
Read MoreShri Vinodbhai Naranbhai Vaghani Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) - Section 251(2) provides that the Commissioner (Appeal) shall not embark on enhancement of an assessment unless the assessee has been granted a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against such We find no reference to the issuance of enhancement notice in the appellate order of the CIT(A). ...
Read MoreUKT Software Technologies Vs. ITO (ITAT Delhi) - It is mandatory for the AO to issue notice u/s 143 (2). The issuance and service of notice u/s 143 (2) is mandatory and not procedural. If the notice is not served within the prescribed period, the assessment order is invalid...
Read MoreSadbhav Engineering Ltd. Vs. DCIT (OSD) (Gujarat High Court) - Reopening of tax assessment beyond four years on the basis of a retrospective amendment is not justified, if the assessee has fully and truly disclosed all the material facts necessary during the original assessment proceedings...
Read MoreGrasim Industries Ltd. Vs Commissioner Of Income Tax (Bombay High Court) - CIT revised the order u/s 263 to include the sum of Rs.1,75,32,600/- in the total income of the assessee under Sec.41(1) of the Income Tax Act on the ground that there had been a complete cessation of liability in regard to this amount in the previous year relevant to the assessment year 1982-83 –...
Read MoreKalyan Memorial & Charitable Trust Vs ACIT (ITAT Agra) - According to section 68 where any sum is found credited in the books of assessee maintained for any previous year, and the assessee offers no explanation about the nature and source thereof or the explanation offered by him is not, in the opinion of the Assessing Officer, satisfactory, the sum so c...
Read MoreF.No. 225/ 287 /2017/ITA.II- Income Tax Notification - (18/08/2017) - In April, 2017, Board had called for all India information regarding functioning of Regional Committees to deal with Tax Payer Grievances from High Pitched Assessments. Some of the charges had reported that the Committees had identified some cases as 'High-Pitched'....
Read MoreF. No. 225/246/2014-ITA-11 - (15/11/2016) - Reconstitution of Committee to study the feasibility of the recommendations regarding Group Assessment and System of Peer Review Before Assessment...
Read MoreCircular No. 02/2009-Income tax - (21/05/2009) - CIRCULAR NO. 02 / 2009 One of the fundamental principles of financial accounting is that if a person claims credit for payment of money to a third person, the credit should be allowed only if the payment and the information relating to the transaction have been received from the third person. The ...
Read MoreCircular No. 887/07/2009-CX - (11/05/2009) - These guidelines supersede the earlier instructions issued vide Circular No.818/15/2005- CX from F.No.224/1/2005- CX.6 dated 15th July, 2005 and Circular No.249/83/96- CX issued from F.No.206/1/96- CX.6 dated 11.10.96. These guidelines seek to explain the content of the Return Scrutiny Manual, whic...
Read MoreNotification No. 7/2009-ST - (03/02/2009) - TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (ii) ] MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (Central Board of Excise and Customs) New Delhi, the 3rd February,2009 Notification No. 7/2009-ST G.S.R. …. (E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sect...
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