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...
Balbir Investment Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) A perusal of the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer shows that he has reopened the assessment by recording the reasons that shares of G.J. Holdings has been procured by Blabir Investments Pvt. The relevant observations of the Assessing Officer in the reasons recorded by the Assessing […]
Kaushal Devendra Doshi Vs I.T.O (ITAT Ahmedabad) As it can be seen after going through the impugned order that Ld. A.O. made reassessment on the basis of audit objection. We are of the considered opinion that Ld. A.O. should have formed independent opinion and copy of the said opinion should have been given to the […]
Space Chem Engineers Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) A perusal of the reasons recorded shows that the name of the companies from whom the assessee company is alleged to have accepted share capital / share application money are different from the companies mentioned in the assessment order from whom the assessee company has actually taken the […]
AO had recorded wrong, incorrect and non-existing reasons for reopening of the assessment. It made clear that there was a total non-application of mind on the part of AO while recording the reasons for reopening of the assessment. The reasons failed to demonstrate the live link between the alleged tangible material and the formation of belief that income chargeable to tax had escaped assessment. Thus, reopening of the assessment was invalid and bad in law.
Where the transaction itself, on the basis of the subsequent information, was found to be bogus transaction, the mere disclosure of that transaction at the time of original assessment proceedings could not be said to be disclosure of the ‘true’ and ‘full’ facts in the case and the Income Tax Officer would have the jurisdiction to re-open the concluded assessment in such a case.
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:
Tek Chand Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) The A.O. obtained the approval of the PR. CIT before issuing the notice under section 148 of the Act. The proposal dt. 11/03/2016 seeking the approval for issuance of notice under section 148 of the Act, by the A.O. is placed at page no. 2 & 3 of the […]
Purshottambhai Bachubhai Pitroda Vs DCIT (Gujarat high court) Thus, on receipt of the reasons, the noticee is entitled to file his objections and the Assessing Officer, in turn, is obliged to dispose of the objections by passing a speaking order. Though the Assessing Officer had an opportunity at the stage of dealing with the objections […]
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?
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
