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Survey and Assessment Proceedings under New Income Tax Act, 2025

Income Tax : The new Income-tax Act, 2025 replaces the old survey framework with a streamlined regime under Section 253. It expands digital rec...

June 6, 2026 1086 Views 0 comment Print

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 6384 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 8061 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 6771 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 31601 Views 4 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 4848 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 1671 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 1113 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 4192 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 684 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 1686 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 1104 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 1176 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 2508 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 1251 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 8613 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 3450 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 10521 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 18621 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 3465 Views 0 comment Print


Confession made during survey is not conclusive and can be retracted- Delhi high Court

October 8, 2010 1359 Views 0 comment Print

Briefly stated the relevant facts of the present case are that on 14th September, 2004, a survey under Section 133A of the Act was conducted out on the respondent-assessee?s business premises. During the course of survey, the tax officials noticed some discrepancies in stock and cash in hand. During the said survey, respondent-assessee surrendered an amount of ` 99,50,000/- and offered the same for the purposes of taxation. The additional income offered included a sum of Rs. 45,00,000/- on account of excess stock found during the course of survey and offered by one of the partners of the respondent-assessee as additional income.

Income Tax Department surveys five companies in Chandigarh

September 23, 2010 1201 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department, Chandigarh, today carried out surveys on as many as 10 premises belonging to five companies. The entities on which surveys were carried out are Silver Oaks Hospital, Mohali, Atop Fasteners, Meltonics Industries Private Ltd,

Statement taken u/s. 133A during survey cannot have same value as evidence recorded during search u/s 132(4)

August 19, 2010 2504 Views 0 comment Print

We heard the rival contentions. Before proceeding in this matter, we feel it is better to analyse the decision of Honb’le Madras ITAT decision in the case of Sivabala Devi, supra, as both the assessee and Ld. CIT(A) have placed their reliance on it. In that case, the appellant had furnished certain information regarding — her investments, sources thereof and the na

Countrywide Income Tax Survey at the offices of Parsvnath Developers

May 15, 2010 1017 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax (I-T) department today searched seven offices of Parsvnath Developers. The department also conducted survey in 22 premises of the company at various locations across the country. “We have done a routine tax enquiry based on some information we had and have seized some documents. There are 100 tax officials involved in this investigation, conducted at Delhi and other regional offices of Parsvnath Developers,” said a source at the I-T Department.

IPL: Income Tax Survey at Sahara India office in Lucknow

April 23, 2010 813 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax officials on Thursday swooped down on the Sahara India office in Lucknow looking for documents relating to the company’s bid for the IPL Pune team. The Sahara Group is the owner of the IPL Pune team. It paid a whopping Rs 1,700 crore to win the bid.

Income Tax department surveyed Ahmedabad-based Astral Poly Technik Ltd

April 20, 2010 516 Views 0 comment Print

Ahmedabad-based Astral Poly Technik Ltd today said that Income Tax department has carried out survey on the premises of the company on April 15 and 16. Astral said IT department raised two technical issues on allocation of expenses between Gujarat plant and Himachal Pradesh plant of the company.

Professionals are under Income Tax scanner after Mumbai-based lawyer disclosed income of 7.50 Crore

March 6, 2010 1123 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai based lawyers, doctors and film professionals are under Income-Tax department scanner, the department is planning to carry out a series of raids on such professionals, on grounds of incomplete disclosures. According to people familiar with the development, the department got into action after reports that a low-profile Mumbai-based lawyer had an unreported income of Rs 8 crore in his bank account.

No addition can be made or sustained simply on basis of statement recorded at the time of survey/search

February 1, 2010 1729 Views 0 comment Print

In order to make an addition on the basis of surrender during search or survey, it is sine qua non that there should be some other material to co-relate the undisclosed income with such statement.

Documents, books of accounts found after the search could be used to ascertain the true income of assessee

January 16, 2010 571 Views 0 comment Print

Those trying to evade the taxman may find that showing a lower income has just got tougher. The Bombay high court on Thursday, in a significant ruling, held that the income-tax department can rely on any relatable document when it comes to a block assessment. A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud essentially made it easier for the tax officials to add or join other monies into the `income’ bracket based on surveys or search and seizures

Interpretation of the words "manufacture or production" for the purpose of deduction U/s. 10B

May 27, 2009 1368 Views 0 comment Print

In view of the foregoing, we are in agreement with the findings of Id. CIT(A) that activities undertaken by the taxpayer were in respect of production and export of computer software within the meaning of provisions of section 10B of the Act, especially when the AO himself concluded so for the purpose of section 80HHE of the Act. We are also in agreement with the uncontroverted submission of the Id. AR on behalf of the taxpayer that the taxpayer did not claim any deduction in AY 1996-97 and for the first time claimed deduction u/s 10B in AY 19987-98 and this being the 5th year, claim has to allowed.

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