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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 7629 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 31217 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


Survey Provisions in Income Tax- Section 133A

January 22, 2019 17883 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the provisions of Income Tax Section 133A for survey purposes. Learn about the authoritys power to enter and inspect books/documents at any place of business or profession.

Directions for forwarding pending survey /verification report- Reg.

September 19, 2018 1455 Views 0 comment Print

Vide Instruction No. 4/2018 dated 20.08.2018 issued in file of even no., CBDT has laid down Guidelines for selection of scrutiny cases during the financial-year 2018-19.

Issues which may invite TDS surveys & inspections

August 8, 2018 20912 Views 0 comment Print

Checking avoidance of TDS/ TCS liability in respect of the following payment,/ transactions; 1. Payment for purchase of land under sale deed by project implementing authorities towards compulsory land acquisition for SEZs/public utilities implemented under Fast Track procedure where the implementation is not done directly by state government. 2. Payment of commission by cooperative banks to agents/daily deposit collectors

Adverse material collected or found during survey can be utilised in Block Assessment

May 6, 2018 2613 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs S. Ajit Kumar (Supreme Court of India) The power of survey has been provided under Section 133A of the IT Act. Therefore, any material or evidence found/collected in a Survey which has been simultaneously made at the premises of a connected person can be utilized while making the Block Assessment in respect of […]

Interest U/s. 234B / 234C cannot be levied for period prior to date of survey on Income declared during Survey

January 2, 2018 3660 Views 0 comment Print

Emem Freight Forwarders Vs Dy. CIT (ITAT Mumbai)  Section 210 of the Act requires the assessee to pay advance tax at his own or in pursuance of the order of the assessing officer on or before each of the due dates specified under section 211 of the Act. In the instant case, the assessment year […]

Unrecorded stock of rice noticed during survey is Business Income

September 12, 2017 1860 Views 0 comment Print

(i) Whether the Tribunal was legally justified in reversing the findings of the Commissioner (Appeals) and deleting the addition of Rs. 70,04,814 which was surrendered by the assessee by holding that such amount was included in the purchases and was reflected in the sales and closing stock

Budget 2017 extends power of survey to charitable activity place

February 3, 2017 1470 Views 0 comment Print

The existing provisions of section 1 33A empower an income-tax authority to enter any place, at which a business or profession is carried on, or at which any books of account or other documents or any part of cash or stock or other valuable article or thing relating to the business or profession are kept, for the purposes of conducting a survey.

Major Achievements of CBDT in Current Financial Year 2016-17

January 9, 2017 4144 Views 0 comment Print

Major Achievements of CBDT in Current Financial Year 2016-17 so far include among others Enactment of The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016, Implementation of The Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016 and of GAAR from Assessment Year 2018-19;

Statement U/s.133A have no evidentiary value if recorded by officer not empowered to

September 2, 2016 8323 Views 0 comment Print

If the officer is not empowered to administer oath, then by scoring off the sections in the heads of the stationery would not authorize officer to administer oath and take statement under section 131 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 during the survey. Therefore, this statement is only a piece of information, and does not carry any evidentiary value.

Mere Statement recorded during survey cannot be the sole basis for making addition

July 28, 2014 1027 Views 0 comment Print

A survey proceedings was carried out in the middle of the accounting year (on 1.12.2006) in the case of AHS Joint Venture, the sister concerns of the assessee firm. During the course of survey there was no incriminating material nor undisclosed income found in the hands of the assessee

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