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Recent Income Tax Notices based on Alleged Bogus Donations & Cash Deposits Decoded

Income Tax : Decoding recent Income Tax Notices on alleged bogus donations and cash deposits. Understand the implications, response options, an...

May 1, 2023 18735 Views 0 comment Print

Scrutiny of Taxpayer by Income Tax Department

Income Tax : Unravel the intricacies of Income Tax Department scrutiny with insights into notices, reasons triggering scrutiny, and types of sc...

September 13, 2022 9708 Views 0 comment Print

Cases of Compulsory Scrutiny of Income Tax!

Income Tax : CBDT has provided Guidelines for compulsory selection of returns for Complete Scrutiny for FY 2022-23 also procedure for compulsor...

July 29, 2022 7065 Views 0 comment Print

Now Agriculture Income Under Strict Scrutiny

Income Tax : CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General of India) has prepared a report on Assessments Relating to Agriculture Income which was prese...

April 11, 2022 21870 Views 1 comment Print

Check List for Scrutiny of Books for Tax Audit Purpose

Income Tax : Check List for Scrutiny of Books for Tax Audit Purpose For Assessment Year 2021-2022 Step 1: Check and Verify the opening Balances...

July 21, 2021 17466 Views 6 comments Print


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High-pitched Scrutiny Assessment- Revised Instruction – Local Committees

Income Tax : Revised Instruction for constitution and functioning of Local Committees to deal with taxpayers’ grievances due to high-pitched ...

June 17, 2022 10464 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax scrutiny reduced drastically over the years: MOF

Income Tax : Ministry of Finance  Income Tax Returns( ITR) scrutiny reduced to 0.25% in AY 2018-19 IT Dept is changing -from just enforcement ...

August 5, 2020 14934 Views 0 comment Print

No scrutiny of Start-ups related to valuations of share premiums 

Income Tax : Start-ups and their investors filing requisite declarations not to be subjected to any scrutiny regarding valuations of share prem...

July 5, 2019 1983 Views 0 comment Print

Only 0.35% returns picked up for scrutiny this year: CBDT chairman

Income Tax : Income Tax Department has accepted 99.65 per cent of tax returns as it is and has picked only 0.35 per cent cases for detailed scr...

August 9, 2018 1587 Views 0 comment Print

Giving-up of Indian addresses may not result in escaping scrutiny

Income Tax : In respect of Income Tax department, the persons are liable for taxation on income/transaction originated/attributed to India irre...

August 8, 2018 606 Views 0 comment Print


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Enquiring on issues other than limited scrutiny issue before conversion into complete scrutiny is bad-in-law

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata held that enquiring on issues other than limited scrutiny issue, before conversion of limited scrutiny to complete sc...

March 30, 2023 2400 Views 0 comment Print

Initiation of scrutiny assessment based on wrong facts is untenable in law

Income Tax : CBDT undisputedly are binding on the department and any action in violation thereof renders it as untenable in law, consequently i...

January 16, 2023 1515 Views 0 comment Print

HC set-aside scrutiny assessment carried out without Prior approval of CCIT/DGIT

Income Tax : CBDT had issued guidelines dated 10th September, 2011 mandating prior approval of the CCIT for scrutiny assessment and in the pres...

January 2, 2023 834 Views 0 comment Print

AO cannot scrutinize income tax return without issuing Section 143(2) Notice

Income Tax : AO get jurisdiction over return of income only upon service of section 143(2) notice, meaning thereby so AO cannot scrutinize retu...

August 19, 2022 2250 Views 0 comment Print

In ‘Limited Scrutiny’ AO can only examine those issues for which case been selected

Income Tax : Kintukumar Ambalal Patel Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad)  The issue raised by the assessee in additional ground is that the learned CIT-...

June 22, 2022 3627 Views 0 comment Print


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Guidelines for Compulsory Income Tax Scrutiny – FY 2023-24 clarification

Income Tax : Government of India issues guidelines for compulsory selection of returns for Complete Scrutiny during FY 2023-24. Find the proced...

August 3, 2023 17457 Views 3 comments Print

Guidelines for Complete Income Tax Return Scrutiny in FY 2023-24

Income Tax : Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) released guidelines outlining the parameters and procedures for the compulsory selection of i...

May 24, 2023 18867 Views 0 comment Print

Amendment in Guidelines for Compulsory Scrutiny of Income Tax Returns during F.Y 2022-23

Income Tax : Amendment in Guidelines for compulsory selection of returns for Complete Scrutiny during the Financial Year 2022-23 — procedure ...

September 26, 2022 23898 Views 0 comment Print

Revised Guidelines for compulsory Income Tax returns scrutiny

Income Tax : F.No.225/ 81/2022/ITA-II Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes (ITA-II divis...

June 3, 2022 24546 Views 0 comment Print

Compulsory Income Tax Scrutiny criteria/Guideline for FY 2022-23

Income Tax : CBDT Issues Guidelines for compulsory selection of Income Tax returns for Complete Scrutiny during the Financial Year 2022-23 and ...

May 11, 2022 51918 Views 1 comment Print


Income-Tax department is scrutinising companies that have set up subsidiaries or units in SEZ

February 8, 2009 250 Views 0 comment Print

The Income-Tax department is scrutinising companies that have set up subsidiaries or units in special economic zones (SEZ) after it foundthat many of these firms were using their SEZ operations as a vehicle for claiming undue tax benefits. The modus operandi adopted by a number of companies is to manipulate the accounts to transfer the […]

Banks' accounts under scanner for deductions clamied

December 23, 2008 415 Views 0 comment Print

Concerned at the government’s ‘revenue loss’ due to giving ‘large deductions’ while calculating the income tax payable by banks, tax authorities have decided to scan the accounts of lenders, including foreign banks, in minute detail.

Scrutiny of A.Y, 2008-09 Returns To Take Place in Current Fiscal

December 11, 2008 540 Views 0 comment Print

In a major departure from the usual practice, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued directions that scrutiny of the self-assessment returns filed by September 30, 2008 for the financial year 2007-08 will be taken up in the current fiscal.

If notice U/s. 143(2) not served before due date then Assessment proceeding are not valid- (ITAT Delhi)

September 16, 2008 1208 Views 0 comment Print

Cebon India vs. ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Where the record did not show that the assessee had been served with a notice under section 143(2) before the due date HELD that the assessment proceedings were not valid as the non-service of the notice was a jurisdictional defect and not merely a procedural defect. Held also that s. 292BB was procedural and prospective.

Cos with Rs 50 lakh fresh capital induction may come under tax lens

August 7, 2008 634 Views 0 comment Print

Your company could face a tax scrutiny if it had introduced fresh capital exceeding Rs 50 lakh last fiscal, or, as in the tax lingo, during the previous year relevant to the assessment year 2008-09. This is according to the new scrutiny norms by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

Norms relaxed for scrutiny of company tax returns

August 2, 2008 358 Views 0 comment Print

In what could be a major relief to the corporate sector, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided not to scrutinize tax returns of more than 1,000 top companies provided no serious disputes are pending against them. The annual returns of tax complying companies would not be scrutinized this year. The decision has been taken by the CBDT to encourage better tax compliance among the corporate,” a senior finance ministry official, who did not wish to be identified, said.

Procedure for Selection of Cases for ‘Scrutiny’ For Non-Corporate Assessees

July 16, 2008 1740 Views 0 comment Print

NEW SCRUTINY NORMS FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2007-08 – In super cession of earlier instructions on the above subject the Board hereby lays down the following procedure for selection of returns / cases of Non-Corporate Assessees for scrutiny during the current financial year i.e. 2007-08.

Income Tax scrutiny policy not open to RTI query – CIC

February 23, 2008 376 Views 0 comment Print

The Government is not bound under the Right to Information law to divulge details about its Income Tax scrutiny policy, used to identify tax payees before subjecting them to detailed investigation. The Central Information Commission held this while accepting the Finance Ministry’s view that revealing information related to the scrutiny guidelines would adversely affect economic interests of the country.

Compulsory scrutiny of returns involving refund of Rs. 5 lakhs or above – problem in selection

January 14, 2008 745 Views 0 comment Print

INSTRUCTION NO. 1/2008, DATED 9-1-2008 Your attention is drawn to the guidelines for selection of cases under scrutiny for the F. Y. 2007-08 under which claim of refund of Rs. 5 lakhs or above is one of the criteria for compulsory scrutiny. Such cases were to be selected for scrutiny by CASS in all the networked stations and manually in non-networked stations.

Income Tax Scrutiny Norms for A.Y. 2007-08

September 14, 2007 4229 Views 0 comment Print

The CBDT has given norms for current fiscal for selection of cases meant for scrutiny. For corporates: All banks and public Sector undertakings are liable for scrutiny. Also, all NSE-500 companies and BSE-A group companies listed in Bombay Stock Exchange as on March 31, 2007, are covered. Companies in Delhi , Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad , Bangalore and Ahmedabad paying book profit tax under Section 115 JB on the book profit of Rs 50 lakh and above are liable for scrutiny. In the case of companies in other places the monetary limit for book profit is Rs 25 lakh.