Income Tax : Understand the statutory time limits for issuing income-tax notices and completing assessments under the Income-tax Act. The guide...
Income Tax : This article explains why reassessment proceedings may be invalid if the Assessing Officer merely relies on Investigation Wing rep...
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 : 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 : Bombay HC upheld ITAT's order, holding reassessment under Section 148 unsustainable as full reasons were not supplied and relied o...
Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that reassessment proceedings for AY 2018-19 were invalid because the sanction was granted by the PCIT ...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that reassessment notices issued after the surviving limitation period prescribed by the Supreme Court were invalid....
Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court held that reassessment cannot be sustained merely because of high-value bank transactions without evidence ...
Income Tax : ITAT Pune held that reassessment proceedings were invalid because the approval under Section 151 was granted by the Principal Comm...
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...
Reopening U/S 147 Not Valid If Certain Safeguards Not Followed By Revenue As Provided In section 147,148 And 151 of Income Tax Act, 1961 The important safeguards provided in sections 147,148 and 151 has not to be treated lightly by the concerned Assessing Officer and CIT as held in Chuggamal Rajpal Vs. S.P.Challia & others […]
Reassessment made by AO in respect of assessee-bank was quashed as no new material was brought on record by AO in the reopening of assessment to establish that the income of the assessee had escaped assessment as assessee had already disclosed all the information necessary for completion of original assessment and the reopening of assessment made beyond four years from the AY under consideration.
VSR Enterprises Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Assessing Officer in the instant case has recorded incorrect/wrong and non-existing reasons in the reason for reopening of the assessment and has not applied his mind to the information received from REIC, Ward 43(4)(New Delhi). Therefore, the reopening of the assessment is illegal and bad in law and is […]
Simranpal Singh Suri Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) This shows that the notice u/s 143(2) was issued to the assessee on the very same day on which the assessee appeared and furnished copy of ITR in response to notice u/s 148 of the IT Act. It has been held in various decisions that when the notice […]
When the notice u/s 143(2) was issued to assesseee on the very same day on which assessee filed the return in response to notice u/s 148 stating that the return already filed may be treated as return in response to notice u/s 148, such notice issued u/s 143(2) on the very same day had to be treated as invalid and assessment was vitiated due to non-application of mind by the AO.
Omkam developers Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) 1. The reasons recorded are based on suspicion, which is evident from the words used in reasons recorded, i.e., “it appears that assessee M/s Omkam Developers Ltd. has received bogus share capital/share premium to the tune of ₹ 1.93 Crores. 2. The Assessing Officer has just accepted the […]
Application of mind & availability of material must for Reasons To Believe under section 147 of The Income Tax Act, 1961 Wef 01.04.1989. Article compares Section 34 of Income Tax Act, 1922 with Section 147 of Income Tax Act, 1961 and also compare Section 147 of Income Tax Act, 1961 with Amendment made vide Amendment […]
Arpit Goel Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) 1. Assessing Officer is not suppose to arrive at the final conclusion. He is supposed to reach at a reasonable belief, which a prudent man will arrive at, that the income has escaped assessment. It has to be a prima facie case regarding escapement of income. 2. AO is […]
Watanmal Boolchand & Co. Ltd. Vs Assistant Director of Income Tax (Madras High Court) Conclusion: Reassessment against a Hongkong-based company, Watanmal Boolchand was justified as there was a prima facie the case of ‘Business Connection’ of assessee-company in India. Held: Assessee-company was incorporated outside India under the laws of Hong Kong. One of the group […]
Aircel Cellular Limited Vs DCIT (Madras High Court) Legal provisions involved As per first proviso to Section 147 where assessment has already been made under Section 143(3) and assessee had disclosed truly and fully all material facts necessary for assessment then AO cannot initiate reassessment proceedings under Section 147 beyond 4 years from end of […]
