Income Tax : The framework clarifies that refunds can be claimed only through valid ITR filing and mandatory verification. It emphasizes proced...
Income Tax : The new Act continues the existing tax payment framework without altering compliance obligations. It simplifies presentation while...
Income Tax : Learn why refund claims are being paused under a risk-based system and how timely reconciliation or revision can ensure smooth pro...
Income Tax : Automated risk alerts are delaying income-tax refunds without clear reasons. The law allows withholding only through statutory pro...
Income Tax : Learn why the Income Tax Department is sending risk management SMS alerts and how they differ from scrutiny notices. This guide ex...
Income Tax : India's net direct tax collections fell by 1.34% to ₹562,827 crore by July 10, 2025, despite a 3.17% rise in gross collections, ...
Income Tax : Income Tax Department warns against wrongful refund claims in ITRs. Explains consequences like penalties, scrutiny, prosecution, a...
Income Tax : Out of 3.94 crore valid ITRs for AY 2024-25, refunds were processed for 3.68 crore. Reasons for delays include invalid bank detail...
Income Tax : The Finance Act 2023 integrates sections on refund set off and withholding into section 245 of the Income-tax Act, impacting how r...
Income Tax : Learn about the rise in tax returns filed in India, targeted campaigns encouraging filings, and steps taken by the government for ...
Income Tax : The Kerala High Court held that delay condonation applications under Section 119(2)(b) must comply with the revised five-year limi...
Income Tax : The Court held that adjusting a refund against a disputed demand during the subsistence of a stay order is illegal and arbitrary, ...
Income Tax : High Court held that adjusting the entire refund during operation of a Tribunal stay order contravened the order and required refu...
Income Tax : The Court directed the PCCIT to appoint a senior officer to re-examine a refund claim where both parties lacked decades-old record...
Income Tax : The Court directed tax authorities to release refund under Sections 240 and 244A with interest calculated up to the actual date of...
Income Tax : SOP for investigating high-risk refund cases for AY 2024-25. Clusters of suspicious ITRs identified and disseminated for verificat...
Income Tax : Insight Instruction No. 8 guides Assessing Officers in verifying high-risk refund ITRs for AY 2024-25, detailing steps for verific...
Income Tax : CBDT issues comprehensive guidelines for condonation of delay in filing returns claiming refunds or losses under Section 119(2)(b)...
Income Tax : Explore detailed guidelines & procedures for verifying high-risk refund cases using Insights investigation tool. Learn how to navi...
Income Tax : Discover how jurisdictional assessing officers verify high-risk refund cases with Insight Instruction No. 77. Learn the SOP and st...
The respective authorities was restrained from declaring Company as a defaulter under the SVLDR Scheme and from from taking any coercive action against the Directors, Officials of company as the Income Tax department did not release the refund due to assessee and therefore, assessee could not pay the amount determined by the Designated Committee under the SVLDRS.
Holding legitimate refund due to the assessee assigning the reason that Miscellaneous Application is filed before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal is not as per Sections 240 and section 241 of Income Tax Act, 1961. Section 240 covers the refund in case of Appeal effect. Punjab and Haryana High Court: Naurata Ram v. CIT [1998] 100 Taxman 266 […]
Tata Communications Ltd. Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court) FULL TEXT OF THE JUDGMENT/ORDER of BOMBAY HIGH COURT Bombay high court on unlawful illegal refund adjustment u/s 245 by tax authorities held that Interim relief granted by Bombay HC vide order dated 26th March, 2020 also applies to Income Tax Refund and refund cannot be […]
CBDT has issued refunds of more than Rs. 2.62 lakh crore to more than 2.38 crore taxpayers from 1st April, 2020 to 31st March, 2021, as against total refunds of Rs. 1.83 lakh crore issued during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, marking an increase of almost 43.2%.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Vs JCIT (OSD) (ITAT Delhi) The disputes pertain to the sole issue of interest under Section 244A of Income Tax Act, 1961 payable by Revenue to the assessee. Vide impugned appellate order Ld. CIT(A) expressed the view that interest should be given to the assessee under Section 244A of I.T. Act […]
Whether order u/s 241A withholding refund pending completion of scrutiny assessment can be quashed by writ court under article 226 of the Constitution of India?
Vrinda Sharad Bal Vs ITO (Bombay High Court) The Bombay high court recently held that income tax (I-T) officers cannot adjust the refunds due to taxpayers against outstanding demands in excess of the limits laid down in instructions, circulars and guidelines issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). he I-T returns for the […]
Ingenico International India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (Delhi High Court) A plain reading of Section 241A shows that the mere issuance of the scrutiny notice under Section 143 (2) of the Act cannot stall the remittance of refund to the assessee. The refund can only be stalled if the conditions stipulated in Section 241A of […]
Overview: Finance Act, 2017 inserted the section 241A to enable the AO to withhold the refund arise after processing of the Income Tax Return. The provision has been analyzed as under. Provision of Income Tax Act Withholding of refund in certain cases. 241A. For every assessment year commencing on or after the 1st day of April, […]
1. A taxpayer may have received an e-mail informing that his return has been processed and the refund amount will be credited to the pre-validated bank account. He must be wondering even after so many days why the amount has not been reflected in his account. 2. The Income Tax department has initiated a new […]
