Income Tax - On 10th June, 2021, CBDT issued Guidelines prescribing framework for Compulsory Selection of returns for Complete Scrutiny during the Financial Year 2021- 22 to all PCC/CC/Pr.DG/DG of Income Tax. Study of these guidelines may help taxpayer analyze, as to under which category it falls. Framework is categorized as under: 1. Cases related ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Most of the cases selected for Scrutiny are through Computer Aided Scrutiny Selection (CASS). Only a particular class of cases such as those involving Search, Survey and Reopening of Assessment etc. come under Compulsory Scrutiny. A small Number of cases are manually selected by the Assessing Officers where they consider the Income of a p...
Read MoreIncome Tax - 1. What is Scrutiny? Once the assessee files his return of income, irrespective of whether it is filed within the due date or in pursuance to a notice requiring the assessee to file his return, the department can initiate scrutiny proceedings if it has reason to believe that income is escaping assessment, i.e. income is under stated of...
Read MoreIncome Tax - CBDT has issued an Instruction by which it has laid down the procedure and criteria for compulsory manual selection of returns/cases requiring scrutiny during the financial-year 2019-20....
Read MoreIncome Tax - In order to encourage more people to file income tax returns, necessary provisions may be introduced, such as: Individuals having taxable income upto Rs. 10 lakhs may not be subjected to scrutiny for 3 Assessment Years unless there is specific information available with the Department regarding his high value transaction....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Though less that 1% of returns filed are selected for scrutiny, this area of work has often drawn adversarial comments. Supervisory officers, have been directed to play a more pro-active role in monitoring and guiding assessments towards ensuring that high-pitched assessments without proper basis are not made and that lengthy questionnai...
Read MoreIncome Tax - 1. Where value of international transaction as defined u/s. 92B exceeds Rs.15 Crore. 2. Cases where there was addition of Rs.10 Lacs or more in earlier assessment year and question of law or fact is confirmed in appeal or pending before appellate authority. 3. Cases in which addition of Rs.10 Crore or more was made in earlier assessment y...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Selection of cases for scrutiny during the financial year 2010-11 will be done primarily through CASS this year. Manual Selection for scrutiny this year will be limited only to a few cases listed below. List of cases selected during each month in accordance with selection criteria mentioned below shall be submitted by the Assessing office...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The regular assessment tax (RAT) is one of best tools available to the Department to collect taxes. The collection from RAT not only showcases the effort of the Department to collect taxes but can also have a great deterrent effect on the tax evaders. During 2009-10, the Department has collected around Rs 31,242 crone from RAT which is ar...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has advised its field formations to scrutinise all cases in which companies have amortised foreign exchange losses under the one-time discretion allowed by the government through an amendment to Accounting Standard 11 (AS-11)....
Read MoreManju Kaushik Vs DCIT (ITAT Jaipur) - The issue under consideration is whether the conversion of case from limited scrutiny to complete scrutiny prior to receipt of approval from Pr. CIT is justified in law?...
Read MoreJoginder Pal Gulati Vs The Officer On Special Duty (ITA II) Cum CPIO and ANR (Delhi High Court) - In so far as the impugned order is concerned, there is nothing stated in the operative part which would seem to indicate that the CIC has come to the conclusion which it has, is based on the fact that, the economic interest of the country, will get effected. The CIC, in the operative part has merely...
Read MoreF. No. 225/61/2021/ITA-II - (10/06/2021) - Guidelines for compulsory selection of returns for Complete Scrutiny during the Financial Year 2021- 22 - conduct of assessment proceedings in such cases...
Read MoreF.No.225/126/2020/ITA-II - (30/09/2020) - CBDT extended the date for selection of cases for Compulsory Scrutiny on the basis of prescribed parameters, as communicated vide Board's letter dated 17.09.2020, from 30th September,2020 to 31st October,2020....
Read MoreF.No.225/126/2020/ITA-II - (17/09/2020) - Keeping in view of the Faceless Assessment Scheme,2020 implemented by the Department and the difficulties being faced amid COVID-19 pandemic, the parameters for compulsory selection of returns for Complete Scrutiny during Financial Year 2020-21 and conduct of assessment proceedings in such cases are...
Read MoreF. No. 225/333/2019/ITA-11 - (29/11/2019) - It has been brought to the notice of Board that notices under section 143(2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 ('Act') were generated in respect of certain invalid returns of the assessees filed for the Assessment Year 2017-18 through CASS Cycle 2018. As the scrutiny of such returns will pose a challenge ...
Read MoreF.No.225/169/2019/ITA-11 - (05/09/2019) - The parameters for manual selection of returns for Complete Scrutiny during financial year 2019- 20 are as under.- (i) Cases involving addition in an earlier assessment year(s) on a recurring issue of law or fact:- (a) exceeding Rs. 25 lakhs in eight metro charges at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chen...
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F. No. 225/61/2021/ITA-II - 10/06/2021
F.No.225/126/2020/ITA-II - 30/09/2020
Manju Kaushik Vs DCIT (ITAT Jaipur) -
F.No.225/126/2020/ITA-II - 17/09/2020
Circular No. MIRSD/DPS III//Cir-11/07-SEBI - 01/01/1970