Income Tax : From April 2025, updates to Sections 132 & 132B will streamline search and seizure processes, extending approval timelines and upd...
Income Tax : Understand the process of search & seizure under the Income Tax Act, including taxpayer rights, obligations, and key legal precede...
Income Tax : Explore the re-introduction of block assessments in search cases under the Income Tax Act effective from 01 September 2024. Learn ...
Income Tax : Discover the updated Income Tax assessment procedures for searches starting from September 2024, including tax rates, penalties, a...
Income Tax : Explore Section 132 of the Income Tax Act, detailing search and seizure powers, authorizations, examinations, and rules for a tran...
Income Tax : Learn about the new block assessment provisions for cases involving searches under section 132 and requisitions under section 132A...
Income Tax : In-depth analysis of the Income Tax Department crackdown in Chhattisgarh, uncovering a Rs. 13 crore scam involving a PEP, associat...
Income Tax : Ministry of Finance reveals Income Tax Department's massive search operation exposing a major tax evasion scheme in Mumbai's elect...
Income Tax : Income Tax Department's recent searches reveal tax evasion schemes by contractors, leading to unaccounted cash and asset creation....
Income Tax : Recent Income Tax search operation in Kashmir Valley exposes a prominent business group's substantial tax evasion in sectors inclu...
Income Tax : Rupesh Kantilal Savla Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) - Power to assess block period of ten years could not be attracted in case of a Income...
Income Tax : Explore Section 153A of Income Tax Act, its implications, and judicial interpretations. Learn about search proceedings, panchnama,...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court dismisses the Income Tax Departments appeal against Meera Gupta for Assessment Years 2009-10, 2011-12 & 2013-14, ...
Income Tax : In respect of completed/unabated assessments, no addition can be made in absence of any incriminating material found during search...
Income Tax : Madras HC declares search at Anil Jain's residence and office illegal. Jurisdictional issues raised. Reference to Section 120 and ...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department carried out searches on 14.12.2020 in a group case from Erode in Tamil Nadu, covering 15 premises at Ero...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on 13.12.2020 in the case of a Chandigarh based listed pharmac...
Income Tax : The related concerns of the assessee group are involved in financing, money lending and real estate development. The unaccounted t...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has carried out searches at 5 locations in Chennai and Madurai on 4.11.2020 in the case of a Chennai bas...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has carried out search and seizure operations on 05.11.2020 in the case of a well-known self-styled evan...
Checking avoidance of TDS/ TCS liability in respect of the following payment,/ transactions; 1. Payment for purchase of land under sale deed by project implementing authorities towards compulsory land acquisition for SEZs/public utilities implemented under Fast Track procedure where the implementation is not done directly by state government. 2. Payment of commission by cooperative banks to agents/daily deposit collectors
Income-tax Department takes appropriate action against black money which is an on-going process. Such action under the Direct Tax laws includes searches, surveys, enquiries, assessment of income, levy of penalties and filing of prosecution complaints before criminal courts, wherever applicable.
Search, according to normal dictionary meaning, means to look out, to seek or to find something the presence of which is suspected etc. Seize means to take possession of goods, contrary to the wishes of the owner or to take forcible possession. From income tax point of view, in common parlance search is referred to as RAID. However, there is no such term as raid anywhere in income tax law.
No addition can be made solely on the basis of a retracted statement made during the survey operation, particularly, when proper justification for retraction was also offered.
Principal CIT Vs Manoj Hora (Delhi High Court) The text of section 132(4), clarifies that the presumption arises in the case of the searched party. In case the statements by the party whose premises are searched, or to be attributed to a third party – as in the case of the assessee, there has to […]
Mrs. Nawaz Singhania Vs. DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) Instruction 1916 issued by the Board with regard to seizure of jewellery has inherent foundation of undisclosed portion of jewellery that may be identified in the search. The Instruction No. 1916, therefore is describing the criteria for decision making for jewellery to be undisclosed. Accordingly, any portion of […]
IT search and seizure case of Priyanka Chopra: with reference to the materials found specific amount to various heads given wherein the undisclosed income had been utilized, later on retraction by her mother: additions to income held to be justified
Shri Keshav Lila Vs. ACIT (ITAT Indore) CBDT instructions which in our view provides a guideline to the search conducting team that no seizure should be made of the jewellery and ornaments found during the course of search proceedings u/s 132 of the Act, if the same have been duly declared in the wealth tax […]
From the perusal of the provisions of section 153A of the Act that notice under section 153A can only be issued where a search is initiated under section 132 of the Act or books of account or other documents other documents are requisitioned under section 132A after the 31-5-2003.
Legislature had conferred powers on AO to just follow assessments already concluded unless there is an incriminating material found in search to disturb concluded assessment.
