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Budget 2025: Changes to Search & Seizure Rules Under Sections 132, 132B

Income Tax : From April 2025, updates to Sections 132 & 132B will streamline search and seizure processes, extending approval timelines and upd...

February 2, 2025 1146 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Search & Seizure: Key Rights and Obligations

Income Tax : Understand the process of search & seizure under the Income Tax Act, including taxpayer rights, obligations, and key legal precede...

January 14, 2025 1041 Views 0 comment Print

Reintroduction of Block Assessments for Income Tax Search Cases from 1st September 2024

Income Tax : Explore the re-introduction of block assessments in search cases under the Income Tax Act effective from 01 September 2024. Learn ...

August 22, 2024 2976 Views 0 comment Print

Scope of Income Tax Search Assessment – A Tabular Form

Income Tax : Discover the updated Income Tax assessment procedures for searches starting from September 2024, including tax rates, penalties, a...

August 19, 2024 3198 Views 0 comment Print

Overview of Section 132: Search and Seizure under Income Tax Act

Income Tax : Explore Section 132 of the Income Tax Act, detailing search and seizure powers, authorizations, examinations, and rules for a tran...

January 30, 2024 19599 Views 0 comment Print


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Budget 2024: Block Assessment provisions for Section 132 & 132A Searches

Income Tax : Learn about the new block assessment provisions for cases involving searches under section 132 and requisitions under section 132A...

July 23, 2024 1107 Views 0 comment Print

Chhattisgarh Tax Raid Exposes Rs. 13 Crore Scam – Ministry Report

Income Tax : In-depth analysis of the Income Tax Department crackdown in Chhattisgarh, uncovering a Rs. 13 crore scam involving a PEP, associat...

February 9, 2024 999 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Raids: Unearthing a Rs. 1,000 Crore Scam in Mumbai’s Electrical Industry

Income Tax : Ministry of Finance reveals Income Tax Department's massive search operation exposing a major tax evasion scheme in Mumbai's elect...

January 11, 2024 1344 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Raids in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Income Tax : Income Tax Department's recent searches reveal tax evasion schemes by contractors, leading to unaccounted cash and asset creation....

October 17, 2023 1203 Views 0 comment Print

Kashmir Valley Income Tax Search Operation Reveals Major Tax Evasion

Income Tax : Recent Income Tax search operation in Kashmir Valley exposes a prominent business group's substantial tax evasion in sectors inclu...

October 12, 2023 660 Views 0 comment Print


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Power to Assess Block Period of 10 Years Not Applicable for Searches Before 1-4-2017

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...

January 2, 2025 489 Views 0 comment Print

Mere name in panchnama cannot be treated as authorisation to conduct search

Income Tax : Explore Section 153A of Income Tax Act, its implications, and judicial interpretations. Learn about search proceedings, panchnama,...

May 21, 2024 3852 Views 0 comment Print

HC Quashes Appeal as No Incriminating Material Found During Income Tax Search

Income Tax : Delhi High Court dismisses the Income Tax Departments appeal against Meera Gupta for Assessment Years 2009-10, 2011-12 & 2013-14, ...

August 11, 2023 459 Views 0 comment Print

No addition in case of search Assessment, if no incriminating material found during search: SC

Income Tax : In respect of completed/unabated assessments, no addition can be made in absence of any incriminating material found during search...

April 25, 2023 14256 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Search to be conducted by jurisdictional officers of assessee only

Income Tax : Madras HC declares search at Anil Jain's residence and office illegal. Jurisdictional issues raised. Reference to Section 120 and ...

April 17, 2023 2913 Views 0 comment Print


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Income Tax Dept searches a group from Erode in Tamil Nadu

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...

December 17, 2020 1056 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Chandigarh

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...

December 16, 2020 846 Views 0 comment Print

Detection of undisclosed income of more than Rs. 450 crore in searches in Tamil Nadu

Income Tax : The related concerns of the assessee group are involved in financing, money lending and real estate development. The unaccounted t...

November 29, 2020 753 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department searches at Chennai based IT Infra group

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...

November 7, 2020 921 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Kerala

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...

November 6, 2020 705 Views 0 comment Print


Additional Income cannot be treated as undisclosed merely for admission during search

October 18, 2017 1725 Views 0 comment Print

Merely for the reason that the assessee had admitted additional income in the course of search for taxation, it cannot be said that such admitted income was undisclosed income within the meaning of ‘undisclosed income’ provided in Explanation to section 271AAA of the Act to impose the penalty.

Assessment u/s 153A can be made only on the basis of incriminating material found in search

September 24, 2017 3270 Views 0 comment Print

Though the name of the respondent ­ assessee is distinct in each of these Appeals, it is agreed that the Revenue is proposing similar questions in all of them. These Appeals of the Revenue arise out of the order passed by the Tribunal and taking a view that the grounds raised are covered, in majority of the cases, by the earlier order of the Tribunal.

Tax Payers advised to confirm identities of Income Tax Search Authorities

September 22, 2017 1566 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department in the Delhi region regularly conducts search/survey/verification exercises in case of suspected tax evaders to uncover concealment of undisclosed income/assets as per the law.

Penalty u/s 271AAA cannot be levied on undisclosed Income for which AO did not put a specific query to assessee

August 21, 2017 1887 Views 0 comment Print

1. The Revenue is in appeal against the order dated 28th October, 2016 passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in ITA NO. 476/Del./2014 for Assessment Year (‘AY’) 2010-2011. 2. The question sought to be urged by the Revenue is whether the ITAT erred in law in confirming the order of the Commissioner of Income […]

Sec.153B(2)(a) Mere Panchnama would not extend period of limitation

July 26, 2017 2985 Views 0 comment Print

The Court is not prepared to accept the plea of the Revenue that merely because a panchnama was drawn up on 15thMay, 2007 showing that the search was ‘finally concluded’ on that date, it postponed the period of limitation in terms of Section 153B (2) (a) of the Act.

Notice U/s. 153A issued without search is bad in law

June 13, 2017 2847 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, it is the assessment of person allegedly searched, which is disputed before us, unlike the notice issued for the assessment of `other person’ before the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Even otherwise, the issue of invalidity of the search warrant in that case was not raised at any point of time prior to […]

Adjustment of Seized cash against advance tax- Explanation 2 to Section 132B is prospective in nature: CBDT

June 12, 2017 6489 Views 0 comment Print

Dispute arose between the Department and the assessees with regard to adjustment of such seized/requisitioned cash against advance tax liability etc. Several Courts held that on an application made by the assessee, the seized money is to be adjusted against the advance tax liability of the assessee.

Finding of incriminating material during search of third party is a pre-requisite for exercise of power U/s. 153C r.w. section 153A

June 5, 2017 2508 Views 0 comment Print

Materials such as books of account, documents or valuable assets found during a search should belong to a third party which would lead to an inference of undisclosed income of such third party. Such an inference should be recorded by the Assessing Officer having jurisdiction over the searched persons and communicated to the Assessing Officer […]

In absence of incriminating material found during search concluded assessments cannot be reopened U/s. 153A

May 28, 2017 2343 Views 0 comment Print

A perusal of the common order of the ITAT shows that it first dealt with one common ground raised by the Assessee in all its appeals which concerned the jurisdictional issue of the validity of the invocation of Section 153A of the Act by the Revenue. It was contended that for the AYs 2000- 01 […]

Concealed income found during search and Survey is to be distributed among all family members

April 6, 2017 2142 Views 2 comments Print

We have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the impugned order dated 14th December,2005 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras. The High Court has dismissed the appeal filed under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act,1961 on the ground that no substantial question of law arises.

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