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Bombay High Court held that initiation of re-assessment proceedings in violation of the procedure prescribed under section 148A(b) of the Income Tax Act i.e. without supplying requisite material is bad in law and liable to be set aside.
AO is only entitled to reopen assessment, but he cannot review an assessment in the sense that there cannot be a rethinking or different opinion on the same material, which was the subject matter of the original assessment proceedings.
ITAT Mumbai held that re-opening of assessment under section 148 of the Income Tax Act on account of mere change of opinion is bad-in-law and liable to be quashed.
ITAT Chennai held that AO duly verified the subject matter in re-assessment proceedings and concluded that LTCG declared by the assessee is genuine. Accordingly, setting aside the assessment order invoking revisional jurisdiction u/s 263 on the same subject matter unjustified.
Bombay High Court held that reassessment proceedings u/s. 148 of the Income Tax Act is liable to be quashed and set aside as original assessment was completed after considering all the facts and material.
It is seen in a number of cases that notices u/s 148A(b) are being issued on the basis of report of Investigation Wing of Income Tax Department, the Income Tax Officers hardly make any independent enquiry and thus relies on the report of Investigation Wing. This is called ‘borrowed satisfaction’ and an assessment order culminated on the basis of borrowed satisfaction can’t survive the test of appeal and shall be set aside at some stage in appeal.
The impugned notice, other than merely quoting that the Insight portal contains information as stated by the Assessing Officer in his reasons for the reopening, does not further investigate the information or come to an independent assessment connecting the petitioner to the particular transactions specified in the information.
Bombay High Court held that re-assessment proceedings, in absence of any failure to disclose any material fact and without any new tangible material which was not available at the time of passing of the original assessment order, is unsustainable.
ITAT Delhi held that reassessment proceedings without issuance of notice under section 143(2) of the Income Tax Act is bad in law and liable to be quashed.
Ashok Kumar Garg Vs ACIT (Delhi High Court) According to the petitioner, although the amount of alleged bogus purchase bills has been quantified as Rs.24,10,705/- the amount in issue is only Rs.13,73,503/-. It is, thus, the petitioner’s case that Rs.10,37,202/- has been wrongly included. Mr Puneet Rai, learned senior standing counsel, who appears on behalf […]