Reassessment

Redeposit of cash withdrawn from bank – Submission in Reassessment

Income Tax - Important Judgement regarding reopening of assessment u/s 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and redeposit of the same cash withdrawn from the bank earlier in sample written Submission before the Hon’ble CIT (A), Faceless...

Reduction of time limit for completing Income Tax assessment

Income Tax - Budget 2021- Section 153 of the Act contains provisions in respect of time-limit for completion of assessment, reassessment and re-computation under the Act. The sub-section (1) of the said section provides that the time-limit for passing an assessment order under section 143 or 144 of the Act shall be 21 months from the end of […]...

Conditions Precedent for Reopening of Assessment beyond 4 Year- Section 147

Income Tax - In view of the Proviso to s. 147, merely having a reason to believe that income had escaped assessment is not sufficient to reopen assessments but it must be specifically alleged by the AO in the recorded reasons that the escapement was on account of the failure of the assessee to make a full and true disclosure of material facts. In the ...

Issues in Respect of Reopening of Assessment

Income Tax - Mr. Jay Kishor Mishra, IRS (IT: 1993) CIT (DR)(ITAT)-4, Delhi [email protected] Mr. Jay Kishor Mishra is an officer of the 1993 batch of the Indian Revenue Service. He is a Graduate in Economics and Post Graduate in Sanskrit. He is an LLB and also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management. Ms Sushama Singh, IRS (IT: […]...

Comprehensive Guide to Reopening of Assessments Under the Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax - Reopening of an assessment is one of the weapons in the armoury of the Income tax Department, it empowers assessing officer to reassess or recompute the income of an assessee which has escaped assessment. Section 147 to 153 of the Income tax Act, 1961 [ Act] deals with the provisions of reassessment proceedings. The said […]...

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Notices for assessment/reassessment of income of old cases

Income 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 […]...

Return revised to change cash balance /Income may face Scrutiny

Income 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 ...

No Reopening of Assessment to be made on Audit Objections: Committee Recommends

Income 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...

SC issues notice to Amitabh Bachchan

Income 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 […]...

Government shouldn’t reopen old tax assessment cases -Assocham

Income 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-...

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Mere Cash Deposit Not A Valid Ground for Reassessment Proceedings

Ashish Natvarlal Vashi Vs ITO (ITAT Surat) - Ashish Natvarlal Vashi Vs ITO (ITAT Surat) 1. Merely cash deposit in a saving bank account does not show that income has escaped assessment. The process of reasoning is absent, and these reasons were not recorded on standalone basis therefore reopening made by the Assessing Officer may be quashed. 2...

Each Question Wise Objection Disposal Must In Reopening Proceedings: HC

Raj Arivazhagan Vs ITO (Madras High Court) - Raj Arivazhagan Vs ITO (Madras High Court) In the case on hand, the petitioner had raised a specific objection that the proposal for reopening the assessment is liable to be dropped, since there is no finding that there was escapement of income. It was further contended that for the purpose of carry...

Reopening based on mistaken facts was invalid

Excel Financial Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) - Therefore, reasons are to be examined only on the basis of reasons as recorded. Here, in this case, I note that the A.O on mistaken facts resorted to reopening which is an admitted fact on a perusal of re-assessment order (supra). Therefore, the condition precedent for reopening the assessment u/s 1...

Reassessment proceedings after 4 Years invalid if reasons recorded not alleges failure on the part of Assessee

Bharti Cellular Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) - Bharti Cellular Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) It is trite that in order to reopen an assessment made under Section 143 (3) of the Act after the expiry of four years from the end of the relevant assessment year, the reasons recorded must allege that there was failure on the part of the assessee to [&hell...

Reasons recorded cannot be substituted at a later point in time by subsequent evidences

Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) - Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) From the bare reading of the proviso to section 147 of the Act, it is mandatory on the part of the ld AO to duly mention in the reasons recorded itself as to whether there is any failure on the part of the assessee in disclosing […]...

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Potential cases for issue of Section 148 Notice- Central Charges Information

F.No.225/40/2021/ITA-II - (27/03/2021) - It is hereby- directed that the information received from Central Charges after 01.04.2019 may be considered as 'Potential cases', if ii has not been uploaded into VRU/CRIU functionality and is so flagged to the Jurisdictional Authorities concerned by the Central In such cases. Para 1(v) of Board's ...

Section 148- Instructions on handling of Non-PAN cases flagged by DRI

Notification No. 225/40/2021/ITA-11 - (26/03/2021) - These non-PAN cases have been pushed by Systems to respective Pr. CCIT/Pr. CIT based on address. Considering the time involved in allotting PAN in such non-PAN cases and other technical issues involved in generating notices through the system, the following instructions are being issued for handling...

Cases to be considered as Potential cases for section 148 notice

F. No.225/40/2021/ITA-II - (15/03/2021) - Following categories of cases will be considered as Potential cases' for taking action u s 148 of the Act tor the A.Y 2013-14 to A.Y. 2017-18 by 31.03.2021: i. Cases where there are Audit Objection (Revenue Internal) which reclaim action u/s 148 of the Act:...

Income escaping assessment | Action to be taken | AY 2013-14 to 2017-18

F.No.414/132/2018-IT (Inv. I)(Part I) - (09/03/2021) - Which functionality is to be used for uploading the information in respect of cases where the income escaping assessment pertains to AYs 2013-14 to 2017-18 as mentioned in Para 2(a) of the aforementioned directions issued vide F.No.414/132/2018-IT(Inv.I)(Part I) dated 5th March, 2021?...

Instructions for issue of Section 148 notice for Reassessment/Reopening

F. No.225/40/2021/ITA-II - (04/03/2021) - CBDT directs that following categories of cases be considered as 'potential cases' for taking action u/s 148 of Act by 31.03.2021 for the A.Y 2013-14 to A.Y 2017-18 by Jurisdictional Assessing Officer ...

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