Income Tax : The Income Tax Act, 2025 replaces old reassessment provisions with Sections 279 to 286 and increases reopening timelines in certai...
Income Tax : Explains how routine approvals under Section 151 can nullify reassessment proceedings. The key takeaway is that lack of applicatio...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that reassessment cannot run parallel to ongoing scrutiny proceedings. Such action was declared without jurisdiction...
Income Tax : The High Court held that reassessment proceedings for AY 2013-14 were time-barred after computing the surviving limitation as clar...
Income Tax : A detailed look at how the Finance Act, 2021 reshaped Sections 147–151, introduced Section 148A, and reduced limitation periods ...
Income Tax : Discover how Finance Act 2021 revamped assessment and reassessment procedures under Income-tax Act, impacting notices, time limits...
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 : The Madras High Court held that reassessment notices required to be issued by the Faceless Assessing Officer are invalid if issued...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held reassessment orders invalid because the assessee was not supplied with the recorded reasons for reopening under Se...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court dismissed the challenge to a Delhi High Court ruling that quashed reassessment proceedings under Sections 148A(d...
Income Tax : The Telangana High Court held that reassessment proceedings initiated by the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer after implementation...
Income Tax : Gujarat HC held that reassessment under Sections 147 and 148 was valid where Assessing Officer received fresh investigation materi...
Income Tax : The department has identified high-risk cases through its Insight Portal for AYs 2022-25. It directs officers to initiate reassess...
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...
Sylph Technologies Limited Vs Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Madhya Pradesh HC) The time limit for issue of notice under section 149 is in respect of Section 148 and not for Section 148A. 1. The AO had issued issued a notice dated 28.06.2021 under pre-amended sec. 148 of the Income tax Act. 2. Later […]
Ekaksh Commerce Pvt Ltd Vs ITO (Calcutta High Court) By this writ petition, petitioner has challenged the impugned order dated 27th April, 2022 under Section 148A(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, relating to assessment year 2018-19 on the ground that the same being without jurisdiction and contrary to the provision of Section 149(1)(a) and […]
Shrikant Phulchand Bhakkad Vs JCIT (Bombay High Court) It was seen that the issue under consideration of the office had not been examined by the assessing officer while passing the assessment order. The transactions entered into by the assessee were non genuine and were carried out with a view to avoid paying tax. The assessee […]
Priya Vs ITO (Allahabad High Court) Heard Sri Rahul Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Gaurav Mahajan, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 1 and 2/ Income Tax Department. This writ petition has been filed praying, inter alia, for the following relief:- “(i) Issue a writ, or direction in the nature of certiorari […]
Recording of reasons before initiation of reassessment proceedings & communication thereof to assessee is sine qua non that goes to root of matter
Rochana Agarwal Vs ACIT (Allahabad High Court) The reason for issuing the notice under Section 148 of the Act is that during investigation, the Assessing Officer has gone through the income tax return and other related documents of the assessee and has found that the M/s KCGP Share Broking Service Pvt. Ltd. has been used […]
Consequent to order passed by Allahabad High Court passing severe strictures and proposing to levy exemplary cost of Rs 50 lakhs in a writ challenging reopening of assessment on wrong facts, CBDT today ( 22nd August, 2022 ) has issued instructions to all its officers that for initiating proceedings under Section 148/147 of the Act, […]
Midland Microfin Ltd. Vs Union of India and others (Punjab and Haryana High Court) Whether at this stage of notice under Section 148, writ Court should venture into the merits of the controversy when AO is yet to frame assessment/reassemment in discharge of statutory duty casted upon him under Section 147 of the Act Admittedly […]
Understanding the time limit for reopening proceedings for A.Y 2013-14 & 2014-15 under the old provisions. Learn the implications and exceptions.
Salient features of new Section 148 to 151A ‘i.e. assessment/reassessment procedure of Income Escaping Assessment
