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Streamlining Tax Dispute Resolution: Rise of Internal Board of Settlement in India

Income Tax : The article discusses the establishment of the Internal Board of Settlement (IBS) under the Income Tax Act of 1961, its role in re...

March 18, 2023 2997 Views 0 comment Print

Last Opportunity to submit an application to Settlement Commission till 30.09.2021!

Income Tax : Dont miss your last chance to submit an application to Settlement Commission by 30.09.2021! Learn more about this opportunity and ...

September 10, 2021 2517 Views 1 comment Print

Discontinuance of Income-tax Settlement Commission

Income Tax : Budget 2021- It is proposed to discontinue Income-tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) and to constitute Interim Board of settlement f...

February 4, 2021 8172 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Search & Seizure Assessments & Settlement Commission

Income Tax : Finance Bill 2021- Paradigm Shift In The Provisions Relating To Income Tax Search And Seizure Assessments And Income Tax Settlemen...

February 2, 2021 4809 Views 0 comment Print

Detection of any undisclosed income subsequent to final order of ITSC

Income Tax : Income Tax Search and Seizure & Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC)- Detection of any undisclosed income subsequent to the...

January 23, 2021 3111 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Vacancy Circular for filing up vacant posts in various Benches of Income Tax Settlement Commission-reg.

Income Tax : The CBDT has indicated vide letter dated 25.11.2011 that there are several vacant/ likely to be vacant posts in the Benches of the...

November 29, 2011 585 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2011- Pranab Mukherjee likely to bring Major change in direct tax laws

Income Tax : Saddled with huge tax arrears of Rs 2,50,000 crore -- more than half of the total tax collection projected for 2010-11 -- finance ...

January 2, 2011 495 Views 0 comment Print

Full and true disclosure of undisclosed income and their manner of acquisitions is mandatory for settlement

Income Tax : The Income Tax Settlement Commission, even after commencing the proceedings, is empowered to examine the authenticity of such full...

August 24, 2010 1186 Views 0 comment Print

Taxes Outstanding Against Multi-National Company

Income Tax : No separate database regarding the outstanding demand against Multi-National Company (MNCs) as a separate category or class is mai...

August 2, 2010 846 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Settlement applications upheld as SC declines interference despite eligibility dispute

Income Tax : Supreme Court refused to interfere with the High Court ruling that treated settlement applications filed before 31.03.2021 as vali...

December 13, 2025 303 Views 0 comment Print

Settlement applications held valid as Finance Act not in force before March 2021

Income Tax : The court ruled that settlement applications filed between 01.02.2021 and 31.03.2021 remain valid since the Finance Act, 2021 took...

December 13, 2025 243 Views 0 comment Print

HC Sets Aside IT Settlement Commission’s Order, Directs Fresh Consideration on Abated Applications

Income Tax : Rajasthan High Court reverses Settlement Commission's dismissal for missing records, stating assessee not involved in reconstructi...

June 17, 2025 306 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Settlement Cases (Feb-Mar 2021) Deemed Pending: Madras HC

Income Tax : Madras HC upholds deemed pendency of settlement applications before March 31, 2021, under Clause [iv] of S.245A, affirming Single ...

April 2, 2025 315 Views 0 comment Print

ITSC cannot Grant immunity under Section 245H(1) without recording its satisfaction

Income Tax : Delhi HC reviews immunity granted by the IT Settlement Commission to Standard Farms and others, focusing on the satisfaction of co...

January 30, 2025 624 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT notifies authority for accepting Income Tax settlement application

Income Tax : In order to avoid genuine hardship to assessees authorizes the Commissioner of Income-tax, posted as Secretary to the Settlement C...

September 28, 2021 5328 Views 0 comment Print

Revised selection criteria for appointment of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and members of SetCom

Income Tax : 4, Retirement from parent service on appointment as Chairman or Vice-Chairman or Member.— (1) Where, a Member, on the date of...

March 27, 2015 5081 Views 0 comment Print

All the info /material furnished by assessee before Settlement Commission to be sent to CIT to enable him issue his report

Income Tax : Notification No. 5/2014-Income Tax All the material and other information produced by the assessee before the Settlement Commissio...

January 15, 2014 733 Views 0 comment Print

Income-tax Settlement Commission (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 2010

Income Tax : Notification No. G.S.R. 820(E)-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (7) of section 245F of the Income-tax...

October 6, 2010 1811 Views 0 comment Print


Detection of any undisclosed income subsequent to final order of ITSC

January 23, 2021 3111 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Search and Seizure & Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC)- Detection of any undisclosed income subsequent to the final order of ITSC Introduction:- Chapter XIX – A of Income Tax Act, 1961 provides for settlement of cases. Income Tax Settlement Commission was set up in the year 1976 on the recommendation of Direct Tax […]

An Interplay – Income Tax Search and Seizure & Income Tax Settlement Commission

December 30, 2020 3885 Views 1 comment Print

Chapter XIX-A of the Act pertains to settlement of cases. Under sub-section (1) of section 245C of the Act, an assessee at any stage of a case relating to him can make an application for settlement in the prescribed manner.

Settlement Commission cannot re-open its concluded proceedings by invoking section 154 to levy interest

September 15, 2020 1911 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs M.A. Jacob & Company (Madras High Court) The order passed on the Settlement Applications filed by the assessee is dated 07.01.2000. The second order of ITSC was passed on 19.02.2004. After those orders passed by ITSC on the issue in question, concerning the assessee, in the year 2010, the Honourable Supreme Court had […]

Introduction of Income Tax Settlement Commission

September 9, 2020 21297 Views 0 comment Print

Find out how the Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) can help settle tax liabilities and avoid lengthy litigation.

Bar on Subsequent Application to Income Tax Settlement Commission

June 14, 2020 1716 Views 0 comment Print

Bar on Subsequent Application to Income Tax Settlement Commission: Conflict between Legislative Intention and Judicial View The scheme of Settlement of cases under the Income Tax Act’1961 is governed by Sections 245A to 245M contained in ‘Chapter XIX-A: Settlement of Cases’. In the common parlance, it is believed that the settlement of cases is a […]

All about Income Tax Settlement Commission

May 10, 2020 70700 Views 1 comment Print

Explore the role and functioning of the Income Tax Settlement Commission in resolving complex tax cases and reducing litigation.

Assessment proceedings not conclude till assessment order served upon Assessee

October 22, 2019 3771 Views 0 comment Print

M3M India Holdings Pvt. Ltd Vs ITSC (P&H High Court) For purposes of making an application for settlement, a case i.e. an assessment would be pending till such time as the assessment order is served upon the assessee. The assessee is entitled to proceed on the basis that till the service of the assessment order, […]

AO cannot do reassessment after assessment by Settlement Commission

May 6, 2019 5442 Views 0 comment Print

Since there was an order of the Settlement Commission under section 245D(4) in relation to the assessment year in respect of which assessment was sought to be reopened, AO had no jurisdiction to reopen the assessment as once an order had been passed under section 245D by Settlement Commission, assessment for year stood concluded. 

ITSC chairman cannot direct to pass a particular order in pending judicial proceedings

December 24, 2018 1185 Views 0 comment Print

Raghuleela Builders Pvt Ltd Vs. Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) (Bombay High Court) While disposing of these Petitions with the above clarifications, we may note that these Petitions have been filed challenging a somewhat curious and unforeseen development. We do not know in what circumstances the Chairman flew down to Mumbai and invited the members […]

Alternative Dispute Resolutions Forum

December 14, 2018 1656 Views 0 comment Print

Discover the benefits of the Alternative Dispute Resolutions Forum: settle tax cases, gain immunity from penalties and prosecutions, and resolve disputes efficiently.

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