Income Tax : Explore the Bombay High Court's ruling on the invalidity of a reassessment notice under Section 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, f...
Income Tax : Learn about Section 147 to 153 Income Escaping Assessment and Reopening of Cases Under Income Tax Act, 1961. Get guidance on the p...
Income Tax : Explore legality of Section 148A(b) & Section 148A(d) proceedings post Finance Act 2021. Understand implications of local assessm...
Income Tax : In a recent case, Madras High Court rules on reassessment proceedings against a struck-off company, highlighting the need for rev...
Income Tax : Understand the critical role of the initial enquiry under Section 148A(a) for taxpayer protection in income tax assessments. Explo...
Income Tax : Humble Representation for modification of Section 151 of the Income Tax Act relating to Sanction for issue of Notice under sec. 14...
Income Tax : Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association requested CBDT to issue Clarification in respect of the judgement of Hon’ble Supreme...
Income Tax : In view of Indiscriminate notices by income Tax Department without allowing reasonable time it is requested to Finance Ministry an...
Income Tax : Lucknow CA Tax Practicioners Association has made a Representation to FM for Extension of Time Limit for Assessment cases time bar...
Income Tax : Under the provisions of Income-tax Act, 1961, notices for assessment/reassessment of income of old cases of more than six years fr...
Income Tax : PCIT Vs Farmson Pharmaceuticals Gujarat Pvt Ltd (Gujarat High Court): Reassessment cannot be solely based on a reevaluation of exi...
Income Tax : Himachal Pradesh High Court quashes reassessment notice for J.B.J. Perfumes Pvt. Ltd. based on 'Change of Opinion'. Learn about th...
Income Tax : Analysis of Swarn Singh Vs ITO (ITAT Amritsar) on validity of notice u/s 148 by Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (JAO) vs Faceless...
Income Tax : Learn why a reassessment notice issued under Section 148 beyond the four-year period from the end of the relevant assessment year ...
Income Tax : Reassessment proceedings initiated by officers without jurisdiction and completed by different officers without recording fresh re...
Income Tax : Supreme Court in the matter of Shri Ashish Agarwal, several representations were received asking for time-barring date of such cas...
Corporate Law : Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association (W.B.) Unit Date: 02.02.2023. To The Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, W...
Income Tax : CBDT directed that cases reopened u/s 147/148A in consonance with Judgement of SC in case of UoI vs. Ashish Agarwal & CBDT instruc...
Income Tax : Consequent to order passed by Allahabad High Court passing severe strictures and proposing to levy exemplary cost of Rs 50 lakhs i...
Income Tax : Salient features of new Section 148 to 151A 'i.e. assessment/reassessment procedure of Income Escaping Assessment...
Stalco Consultancy & Systems Private Limited Vs PCIT (Orissa High Court) HC relied on the Supreme Court judgment in Union of India v. Ashish Agarwal and quashed notices under Section 148 of the Act which were issued prior to 1st April, 2021 but beyond the period of six years after the expiry of the relevant […]
ITAT Mumbai held that reopening of assessment alleging that assessee has failed to provide fully and truly all material facts necessary for his assessment is bad in law as details already made available to AO during the course of scrutiny assessment proceedings.
DCIT Vs Reliance Industrial Holdings Pvt Ltd (ITAT Mumbai) In the cases of the reopened assessments first and foremost one has to see the reasons recorded for reopening the assessment, as these are the reasons which give jurisdiction to the Assessing Officer for initiating, and proceedings with, the reassessment. The reasons so recorded must meet […]
Mobis India Limited Vs DCIT (Madras High Court) Hon’ble Supreme Court way back in 1979, in Indian and Eastern News Paper Society, put the issue beyond any pale of doubt by holding that the opinion on law rendered by an audit party cannot be the basis for exercising the power of reassessment. Evaluation of law […]
Dr. Shri Gurunath Shankarappa Wachche Vs ITO (ITAT Pune) Section 292BB provides that where an assessee has appeared in any proceedings etc., it shall be deemed that any notice under any provision of this Act, has been duly served upon him in time and such assessee shall be precluded from taking any objection in any […]
ITAT Pune held that it is an admitted fact that assessee has fully and truly disclosed all the material facts and hence initiation of re-assessment proceedings merely on the change of opinion by AO is impermissible in law.
Gujarat High Court held that details relating to share application money from the four entities was supplied by the assessee during regular assessment and AO was satisfied with the genuineness of the same Hence reopening the assessment doubting the same entries on the basis of change of opinion is unsustainable.
Delhi High Court held that reassessment proceedings cannot be initiated by mere change of opinion of the Assessing Officer regarding the question of the fair market value or whether the amount paid by the assessee to his sisters was deductible from the total consideration.
Income Tax Reassessment invalid if A.O having jurisdiction over the case of the assessee had failed to obtain the requisite sanction u/s 151 of the Act from the Pr. CIT qua his ‘reasons to believe’
Delhi high court held that there was no new/ fresh material before AO to initiate reassessment proceedings, accordingly, mere change of opinion cannot form the basis for initiating reassessment proceedings
