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The reasons supplied to the assessee for reopening of the case relates mainly to Share capital, which is already been investigated by Assessing officer in detail during Original Assessment. Therefore, The present exercise of issuing the notice under Section 148 of the Act would amount to nothing but a change of opinion, which is not permissible.
Smt. B. Radha & Ors. Vs. DCIT (ITAT Hyderabad) The impugned issue to be considered is whether the reopening of assessment on the basis of so-called statement of Shri Ramalinga Raju (Satyam Computers) is warranted. As seen from the additions made, there is no live-link with the reasons recorded and the additions made. In fact, […]
Bombay High Court held In the case of M/s. Bayer Material Science Pvt. Ltd. vs. DCIT that the draft Assessment order was passed on 30th March, 2015 without having disposed of the Assessee’s objections to the reasons recorded in support of the impugned notice.
It remains undisputed that in the reasons recorded by the AO, there is no allegation, much less any specific one, regarding any alleged failure on the part of the assessee to disclose fully and truly all material facts necessary for his assessment.
digitisation of processes within the Department has enhanced its efficiency in handling workload. In order to simplify the provisions of existing section 153 by retaining only those provisions that are relevant to the current provisions of the Act, section 153 is proposed to be substituted with the following changes in time limit from the existing time limits
A plain reading of reasons, gives rise to doubts whether some lines have gone missing or some punctuation marks have been left out. Grammatically also the reasons recorded make little sense. It is well settled that the reasons recorded for reopening the assessment have to speak for themselves.
Impact on All- 1. It will bring transparency and speed in the assessment procedure. It will especially reduce the travelling time / meeting time / waiting time of both AOs and CAs increasing their efficiencies. 2. There will be permanent / reliable repository [ on cloud ] to store / retrieve the submissions. 3. The geographical location of any concerned person will become completely irrelevant.
There has been prevailing in the Income-Tax Department a very erroneous impression that under the provisions of the amended section 147 of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (the Act), with effect from 1st April, 1989, the Assessing Officer (AO) has got unbridled powers to assess or reassess income which has escaped assessment. This is so, particularly, in respect of cases where no assessment has been made under section 143(3) of the Act
One of the key sources of dispute is the existing arrangement for follow up on audit objections by Internal Audit Party and the Revenue Audit Party. In terms of the existing arrangement, the Assessing Officer is required to take corrective steps following audit objections. The corrective measures take the form of rectification or reassessment (by reopening the case under section 147 or revision by the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner under section 263).
ITAT Delhi held In the case of ITO vs. M/s Shakti Securities Pvt. Ltd. that merely based on investigation wing information without surveillance of substantiation and without any statement being mentioned therein and without nature of transaction being narrated therein and without tangible material
