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Income Tax : ITAT Pune held that the reassessment proceedings were invalid because the notice under Section 148 was approved by the Principal C...
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Income Tax : The High Court set aside the assessment order, demand notice, and bank attachment after finding that the proceedings were complete...
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The Mumbai ITAT held that a Section 148 notice issued beyond three years was invalid because the alleged escaped income was only Rs. 2,03,816, below the Rs. 50 lakh threshold. The reassessment and consequential additions were quashed.
Pune ITAT observed that the Revenue had accepted the assessee’s scrap business in earlier and later years by estimating profit on turnover. The ruling held that this history must be considered before treating deposits as unexplained income.
ITAT Amritsar held that reassessment proceedings were invalid because the reopening was based on factually incorrect AIR information. The Tribunal ruled that failure to verify bank records before issuing notice showed non-application of mind.
The Tribunal held that the assessee’s delayed appeals warranted condonation in light of an earlier decision on similar facts. The appeals were sent back to the CIT(A) for adjudication on merits.
The ITAT Lucknow held that acute depression prevented timely compliance with statutory notices and amounted to a reasonable cause under Section 273B. Consequently, the penalty under Section 272A(1)(d) was deleted.
The assessee challenged an ex parte reassessment order that treated property investment as unexplained under Section 69. ITAT held that adequate opportunity should be provided before sustaining substantial additions and remanded the matter for fresh adjudication.
The Mumbai ITAT found that the assessment order was passed without granting a reasonable opportunity to the assessee to furnish complete details or avail a hearing. The matter was remanded for fresh adjudication.
The assessee contended that cash deposits in the bank account represented sales proceeds from a medicine business. The ITAT remanded the matter to the Assessing Officer to verify turnover details and determine taxable income on a reasonable basis.
The Pune ITAT held that estimating net profit at 18% of contract receipts was excessive in the absence of supporting material. Applying principles similar to presumptive taxation under Section 44AD, the Tribunal restricted the profit rate to 8% and granted substantial relief.
The Tribunal ruled that a notice issued beyond three years from the relevant assessment year requires sanction from the authority prescribed under Section 151. Since approval was obtained from the wrong authority, the reassessment proceedings were held to be illegal.
