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Any verification or survey u/s 133A of the Act by the TDS charges shall be conducted by its officers. Where the TDS charge is headed by the Pr.CCIT of the region /CCIT (TDS) / jurisdictional CCIT of TDS charge, the verification or survey action shall be approved by the Pr. CCIT of the region / CCIT (TDS) / jurisdictional CCIT of TDS charges, as the case may be and shall be conducted by the officers of the TDS charge.
Q1. Whether notice is required to be issued to the assessee before initiating survey? No, the section does not require prior notice of the survey to be given to the affected person – N.K. Mohnot v. Dy. CIT [1995] 215 ITR 275/83 Taxman 238 (Mad.). Q2. Which are the authorities empowered to conduct a survey? Section 133A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 empowers the following income-tax authorities to conduct a survey:— (a) Commissioner of Income-tax, (b) Joint Commissioner of Income-tax,
Order under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for exercising power of survey u/s 133A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and in pursuance of The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020 Regarding
Any coercive or intrusive action for recovery of tax demands should be taken only after exhausting alternative means of recovery as mentioned in Para 2((i) of Board’s letter F.No. 275/29/2020-(IT(B) dated 21st September, 2020.
Instances have come to the notice of CBDT where despite detection of considerable unaccounted cash and other valuables during the course of survey under section 133A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, Investigation Directorate concerned was not informed to consider appropriate action as per the provisions of section 132 of the Act.
Before approving any Income Tax survey action by Pr. CCsIT/ Pr. DGsIT/CCsIT/DGsIT must ensure that all the other possibilities are exhausted and the survey action has to be resorted to only as a last resort.
Our Income Tax law allows all persons to self-assess their income and pay taxes. However, to protect the revenue base, unearth concealed income and to act as a deterrent, tax authorities have been vested with powers to conduct surveys and searches (commonly referred to as ‘raids’). These raids are made the basis of information available by the department’s investigation wing and after obtaining requisite internal approvals.
CBDT directs that the officers posted in Directorates of Investigation (Investigation Wing) and Commissionerates of TDS, only and exclusively shall act as Income-tax Authority for the purposes of power of survey under section 133A of the Income-tax Act.
Explore the legality of converting Income Tax surveys (Section 133A) into full-fledged Search & Seizure actions (Section 132) under the Income Tax Act 1961. Uncover governing laws, judicial pronouncements, and expert insights on this complex issue.
The issue under consideration is whether the AO is correct in levying penalty u/s 271C of the Act for non-deduction of tax at source on Leave Travel Allowance?
