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The issue under consideration is whether the re-opening of the assessment u/s 147 based on information from investigation report is justified in law?
When a notice under section 148 is issued, the proper course of action for the assessee is to file return and if he so desires, to seek reasons for issuing notices and AO is bound to furnish reasons within a reasonable time. On receipt of reasons, the assessee is entitled to file objections to issuance of notice and the AO is bound to dispose of the same by passing a speaking order.
Fresh information in the form of investigation report clearly demonstrated that initial disclosure regarding price of shares was not true and there was whole ‘live link’ between material in the form of investigation report and formation of belief that income had escaped assessment, therefore, reassessment notice was sustained as valid.
In view of the clear fact situation available on the record where such reopening is simply founded on the advisory dated 10.03.2016 issued by the department and where the reasons so present for the formation of belief is not resting on any tangible material, in possession of the Assessing officer as confirmed from the discussions above, in our opinion, the entire exercise is illegal and de hors the provisions of Section 147/148 of ‘the Act’.
Since the delivery of the notice of reassessment could not be made at the address of assessee available in PAN database, by virtue of the further proviso to sub-rule (2) of Rule 127, the communication had to be delivered at the address as available with the banking company however, no such steps were taken, therefore, service of notice was not complete and reopening of assessment was invalid.
Section 147 of the Income tax Act , 1961 and explanation of the text ‘Reason to Believe’ Reason to believe does not mean a purely subjective satisfaction on the part of the ITO The expression ‘reason to believe’ in section 147 does not mean purely subjective satisfaction on the part of the Assessing Officer. The […]
Smt. Sapna Chauhan Vs ITO (ITAT Agra) It is settled position in law that the question of Jurisdiction is not a matter of acquiescence. The proprietary of Notice under section 148, based upon ‘reasons recorded’ is not dependent upon the objection or no objection by the assessee at the stage of assessment. If the Reasons […]
Section 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is a powerful weapon used by Income-tax department to reopen the case of past years. The basis for reopening of case u/s 147 is that Assessing Officer has reasons to believe that income of assessee has escaped assessment.
DCIT Vs Sovereign Pharma Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Pune) A bare perusal of reasons for reopening would show that the Assessing Officer has erred in invoking the provisions of section 148 r.w.s. 147 after the expiry of four years to cover up his own follies. It is not the case of Revenue that the assessee has […]
Shri Sushil Kumar Golecha Vs ACIT (ITAT Indore) The law is well settled where the issue of jurisdiction of assessing authority is concerned, if the jurisdiction assumed is not in accordance with law, then it cannot be cured or ignored under the provisions of section 292B of the Act. In our considered view, the assumption […]
