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How to Handle Surrendered Income During a Tax Survey: A Practical Guide

Income Tax : Article explains how surrendered income is treated under I.T Act, particularly focusing on applicability of Sections 68 to 69D and...

August 23, 2024 6009 Views 0 comment Print

Latest Amendments relating to Survey under section 133A of Income Tax Act

Income Tax : Discover the latest Amendments relating to Survey under section 133A of Income Tax Act. Get guidance on relevant sections such as ...

January 19, 2023 7635 Views 1 comment Print

Impact of Finance Act 2021 on survey cases under section 133A

Income Tax : The Finance Act 2021 brought a new re-assessment procedure in respect of an income which has escaped assessment and also in survey...

June 17, 2021 6600 Views 2 comments Print

Income Tax Survey – Frequently Asked Questions

Income Tax : Q1. Whether notice is required to be issued to the assessee before initiating survey? No, the section does not require prior noti...

October 21, 2020 31223 Views 4 comments Print

Income Tax raid- What to do?

Income Tax : Our Income Tax law allows all persons to self-assess their income and pay taxes. However, to protect the revenue base, unearth con...

September 7, 2020 19461 Views 3 comments Print


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Join Free Webinar on Survey under Income Tax Act 1961

Income Tax : Join a free webinar on Jan 11, 2025, to learn about surveys under the Income Tax Act, 1961. Gain insights on taxpayer rights, obli...

January 2, 2024 4785 Views 0 comment Print

Wrongful claims of deduction under section 80JJAA detected

Income Tax : During the course of the survey operation, evidences of tax evasion have been gathered regarding wrongful claims of deduction u/s ...

July 16, 2021 1542 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Surveys unearths huge defaults in TDS deduction & deposit

Income Tax : Ministry of Finance TDS Surveys by Income Tax Department unearths huge defaults in deduction and deposit Posted On: 04 MAR 2020 In...

March 4, 2020 1056 Views 0 comment Print

Major Achievements of CBDT in Current Financial Year 2016-17

Income Tax : Major Achievements of CBDT in Current Financial Year 2016-17 so far include among others Enactment of The Benami Transactions (Pro...

January 9, 2017 4144 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Employees strike – I-T survey operations hit in Delhi

Income Tax : The crucial survey operations conducted by the Income Tax department to detect tax evasion have been severely hit due to a long dr...

November 15, 2011 621 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


No additions based solely on survey statements without supporting material

Income Tax : ITAT Indore partly allows Saaras Agro’s appeal, ruling on Section 69 and 115BBE additions. Key judicial precedents and CBDT circ...

February 20, 2025 1422 Views 0 comment Print

Survey Statements cannot be Sole Basis for Addition: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held survey statements cannot solely justify income addition without corroborative evidence. Case: DCIT Vs Ahinsa Infr...

February 6, 2025 951 Views 0 comment Print

Without Incriminating Material Section 133A Survey Statements Lack Evidentiary Value

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata confirms statements recorded during surveys under Section 133A cannot justify additions without corroborating evidenc...

December 29, 2024 987 Views 0 comment Print

Business Income declared during Survey can be set-off against Business Losses

Income Tax : Income declared in survey is to be taxed and it has to fall under one of the heads of income, i.e., business income and, therefore...

February 16, 2021 2403 Views 0 comment Print

No section 271C penalty for non-deduction of TDS on LTA

Income Tax : 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 sour...

June 30, 2020 1209 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


AO allowed to survey u/s 133A with prior approval of concerned Principal CCIT/DG

Income Tax : Now AO can also do survey u/s 133A of the Income Tax with the prior approval of concerned Principal CCIT/ DG F.No. 282/15/2022-IT ...

November 22, 2022 8238 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT amends guideline on power of survey under section 133

Income Tax : 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 head...

January 31, 2021 3360 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT issues guideline on power of survey under section 133A

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 pur...

October 19, 2020 10227 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT issues guidelines for intrusive or coercive tax recovery

Income Tax : Any coercive or intrusive action for recovery of tax demands should be taken only after exhausting alternative means of recovery a...

October 16, 2020 18453 Views 1 comment Print

Detection of substantial unaccounted cash & other valuables during surveys under section 133A of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Instances have come to the notice of CBDT where despite detection of considerable unaccounted cash and other valuables during the ...

September 30, 2020 3222 Views 0 comment Print


If section 69 not invoked by AO in Order u/s 143(3) then section 115BBE can’t invoked for rectification u/s 154

June 9, 2020 2949 Views 0 comment Print

whether CIT(A) is justified in quashing the action of the AO u/s 154 of the Act in applying provision of section 115BBE of the IT Act on undisclosed investment surrendered during the course of survey proceedings?

ITAT upheld addition for Tax Evasion by misuse of Client Code Modification

May 21, 2020 1404 Views 0 comment Print

Nirmala Devi Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) In the given case, the Investigation Directorate, Ahmedabad carried out survey u/s 133(A) to examine the misuse of Client Code Modification for tax evasion. The client code of the assessee was SS 493 & as per the Assessing Officer the error by the operator could be in the form […]

Income Tax RAID – understanding Survey Vs. Search

April 30, 2020 56363 Views 9 comments Print

Often termed as Raid by laymen, income tax survey and search are becoming increasingly common as businesses continue to grow. Apparently, there is no word called raid in the Income Tax Act. The two important tools which the department uses are survey and search and when one or both of these two operations get initiated, people term it as raid.

Survey under section 133A of income tax act 1961

March 20, 2020 152794 Views 11 comments Print

Survey in a wider sense means to scrutinize or to inspect. The power of survey under the Income tax Act has been provided U/S 133A and 133B. The provisions contained in section 133A are independent and to the exclusion of the other provisions of the act since the wording of the section starts with ‘Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of the act .

Income Tax Surveys unearths huge defaults in TDS deduction & deposit

March 4, 2020 1056 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry of Finance TDS Surveys by Income Tax Department unearths huge defaults in deduction and deposit Posted On: 04 MAR 2020 In a major breakthrough, the Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) wing of the Income Tax Department has unearthed default of TDS of Rs 324 crore in the case of a major Telecom Operator in […]

Budget 2020 Provides check on Section 133A survey operations

February 5, 2020 1929 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2020– Under the existing provisions of section 133A of the Act, an income-tax authority as defined therein is empowered to conduct survey at the business premises of the assessee under his jurisdiction. To prevent the possible misuse of such powers, vide Finance Act 2003, a proviso to sub-section (6) in the said section was […]

‘Taxpayer’s Parade’: Beware of Anti-Tax Evasion Weapons

January 26, 2020 3636 Views 0 comment Print

Krishna, on 26th January, India celebrates its Republic Day. Over the past few months GST and Income Tax departments have been sending notices to the taxpayers to increase the collection of Revenue. Please tell what are the weapons that department is using to take the Taxpayer’s parade?

Scope of Section 115BBE and applicability in survey U/S 133A

January 9, 2020 121287 Views 4 comments Print

115BBE. Tax on income referred to in section 68 or section 69 or section 69A or section 69B or section 69C or section 69D.—(1) Where the total income of an assessee includes any income referred to in section 68, section 69, section 69A, section 69B, section 69C or section 69D, the income-tax payable shall be the aggregate of

No addition for gifts if Assessee proves Identity, capacity & genuineness of donor

September 6, 2019 1161 Views 0 comment Print

Gifts are normally made by relatives out of natural love and affection and do not necessarily require any particular occasion. Assessee had discharged his burden by furnishing necessary details before AO. In the absence of anything to show that the transactions were by way of money laundering,

Addition not maintainable on the basis of mere statement recorded during survey

August 28, 2019 5079 Views 0 comment Print

 Statement recorded during survey, under section 133A, does not have a evidentiary value on its own and, therefore, no addition was maintainable on the basis of statement recorded during the course of survey as there was no evidence supporting the statement.

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