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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


Procedure for Filing Income Tax Settlement Application- Admission, Validation and settlement of the Application

January 14, 2012 2574 Views 0 comment Print

Procedure for Filing Settlement Application Settlement application is to be filed only in the prescribed Form No.34-B notified under the Income Tax Rules, 1962. The form has to be signed by the applicant himself. The Form has to be properly filled up. An incomplete Form is liable to be rejected. In order to be admitted by the Commission, full amount of tax is to be paid alongwith interest payable till the date of admission The application can be made personally or by post. The applicant or his authorized representative can make application in person. Application can also be sent by registered post addressed to the Secretary. However in case of a postal application, the date of receipt in the Commission shall be treated as date of application.

Income Tax Settlement Commission – Frequently Asked Questions

January 14, 2012 3316 Views 0 comment Print

1. What is meant by Settlement in respect of tax disputes? How is it different from the appellate process? Settlement of disputes relating to Income Tax and Wealth Tax is based on the objective of dispute resolution Alternate. It is in the nature of mediation or arbitration. The Settlement orders passed by the Income Tax Settlement Commission are final and conclusive in nature.

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

November 29, 2011 585 Views 0 comment Print

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 Income Tax Settlement Commission at Delhi, Chennai, Kolkota and Mumbai. Download CBDT letter dated 25.11.2011

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

January 2, 2011 495 Views 0 comment Print

Saddled with huge tax arrears of Rs 2,50,000 crore — more than half of the total tax collection projected for 2010-11 — finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to introduce in the forthcoming Budget some major changes in direct tax laws that co

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

October 6, 2010 1811 Views 0 comment Print

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 Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Income-tax Settlement Commission hereby makes the following further amendments in the Income-tax Settlement Commission (Procedure) Rules, 1997

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

August 24, 2010 1186 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Settlement Commission, even after commencing the proceedings, is empowered to examine the authenticity of such full and true disclosure of the unaccounted return of the assessees, said the apex court dismissing the plea of real estate major Ajmera Housing Corporation and others.

Taxes Outstanding Against Multi-National Company

August 2, 2010 846 Views 0 comment Print

No separate database regarding the outstanding demand against Multi-National Company (MNCs) as a separate category or class is maintained. However, the total outstanding demand against companies as on 1.4.2009 was Rs. 75,509 crore out of which Rs. 9748 core was recovered during F.Y. 2009-10. The balance demand includes demand locked-up in appeals before CITs (Appeal), ITATs, High Courts and Supreme Courts.

In Re Rescuwear Corporation (Settlement Commission Full Bench)

August 2, 2008 631 Views 0 comment Print

U/s 245A(b), as amended by the Finance Act 2007 w.e.f. 1.6.2007, pendency of proceedings for assessment before the AO for one or more assessment years is a necessary condition for invoking the jurisdiction of the Settlement Commission. Held in that context by Five Member Bench of the ITSC that: (a) For the year for which returns have been filed but have neither been processed u/s 143(1) of the Act nor notices have been issue u/s. 143(2) of the Act, the proceeding for assessment can be said to be pending

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