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AO could have taxed the accrued income or re-opened the assessment within four years. A mere incorrect claim based on full disclosures cannot be reassessed after four years by invoking sections 147 and 148 of the IT act.
HC find that the allegation of the petitioner is substantially correct in the sense that petitioner’s objection to initiation of proceeding under Section 147 and issuance of notice under Section 148 of the Act has neither been considered nor rejected.
Mumbai ITAT has quashed reopening of assessment under section 147 made by AO only on the basis of information received from report of investigation wing.
Notice under Section 148 of the Act pertaining to the Assessment Year (AY) 2013-14 was issued on 30th March 2021, i.e., prior to 1st April 2021. Also, it was beyond the period of six years after the expiry of the AY in question
Calcutta High Court held that Income Tax authorities can initiate afresh proceedings if the previous proceeding were invalid as per law.
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 […]
