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Income Tax - Section 147 of the Income tax Act , 1961 and explanation of the text ‘Reason to Believe’ Reason to believe does not mean a purely subjective satisfaction on the part of the ITO The expression ‘reason to believe’ in section 147 does not mean purely subjective satisfaction on the part of the Assessing Officer. The [&...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Section 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is a powerful weapon used by Income-tax department to reopen the case of past years. The basis for reopening of case u/s 147 is that Assessing Officer has reasons to believe that income of assessee has escaped assessment....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Income Tax Act, 1961 contains different time limits for issuance of notice, filing of application, completion of assessments, passing of penalty order under several sections. Hence, for the ease of reference for professionals and students ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - As per section 151, no notice shall be issued under section 148 by an Assessing Officer, after the expiry of a period of four years from the end of the relevant assessment year, unless the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner is satisfied, on the reasons recorded by the Assessing O...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Assessment/Re-assessment is a procedure adopted to determine the correctness of the income disclosed by the assessee and tax payable thereon. Than what is reassessment and why there is need of reassessment? Section 147 and 148 of Income Tax Act is a well designed weapon for the Income Tax Department empowering it to assess, re-assess or...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Under the provisions of Income-tax Act, 1961, notices for assessment/reassessment of income of old cases of more than six years from the end of the relevant assessment year can be issued only in the following exceptional situations: i. Under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 149 of the Act, in cases where income in […]...
Read MoreIncome Tax - It is brought to the notice of tax payers that any instance coming to the notice of Income-tax Department which reflects manipulation in the amount of income, cash-in-hand, profits etc. and fudging of accounts may necessitate scrutiny of such cases so as to ascertain the correct income of the year and may also attract penalty/prosecution ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - One of the key sources of dispute is the existing arrangement for follow up on audit objections by Internal Audit Party and the Revenue Audit Party. In terms of the existing arrangement, the Assessing Officer is required to take corrective steps following audit objections. The corrective measures take the form of rectification or reassess...
Read MoreIncome Tax - NOTICE TO AB Sr. The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Mr. Amitabh Bachchan regarding his case for A.Y. 02-03 on a petition from the revenue. On 13th October, 2002, Mr. Bachchan filed his return for the year stating his income to be Rs. 14.99 crore, later on 31st March, 2003, he filed a […]...
Read MoreIncome Tax - ASSOCHAM wants correction as FM begins pre-budget consultations Showing a grave concern over the fact that notices for reopening of assessments by the tax authorities are being issued in thousands in recent times, ASSOCHAM today said returns should not be re-opened beyond three years. As Finance Minister P Chidambaram has started his pre-...
Read MoreShri Dilpreet Singh Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) - Shri Dilpreet Singh Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) Section 148 Conclusive proof as to escapement of income at notice stage not required At the stage of issue of notice under section 148 of Income Tax Act, 1961, the only question to be seen is whether there was relevant material, on the basis of which a re...
Read MoreDCIT Vs Sovereign Pharma Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Pune) - DCIT Vs Sovereign Pharma Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Pune) A bare perusal of reasons for reopening would show that the Assessing Officer has erred in invoking the provisions of section 148 r.w.s. 147 after the expiry of four years to cover up his own follies. It is not the case of Revenue that the assessee has ...
Read MoreShri Gulab L. Bodke Vs ITO (ITAT Pune) - When a notice under section 148 is issued, the proper course of action for the assessee is to file return and if he so desires, to seek reasons for issuing notices and AO is bound to furnish reasons within a reasonable time. On receipt of reasons, the assessee is entitled to file objections to issua...
Read MoreDipti Mehta Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) - When income which was the foundation on which he based his belief of escapement of income was absent /disappeared then AO’s very usurpation of jurisdiction was on non-existing jurisdictional fact which rendered his usurpation of jurisdiction to reopen the assessment legally untenable and so null i...
Read MoreHarjeet Surajprakash Girotra Vs Union of India & Ors. (Bombay High Court) - Since the delivery of the notice of reassessment could not be made at the address of assessee available in PAN database, by virtue of the further proviso to sub-rule (2) of Rule 127, the communication had to be delivered at the address as available with the banking company however, no such steps wer...
Read MoreCircular No. 40/2016-Income Tax - (09/12/2016) - Mere increase in turnover, because of use of digital means of payment or otherwise , in a particular year cannot be a sole reason to believe that income has escaped assessment in earlier years....
Read MoreShri Dilpreet Singh Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) -
DCIT Vs Sovereign Pharma Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Pune) -
Shri Gulab L. Bodke Vs ITO (ITAT Pune) -
Dipti Mehta Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) -
Harjeet Surajprakash Girotra Vs Union of India & Ors. (Bombay High Court) -
Smt. Sapna Chauhan Vs. ITO (ITAT Agra) -
Shri Sushil Kumar Golecha Vs ACIT (ITAT Indore) -
DCIT Vs Bhaijee Portfolio Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) -
