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Synfonia Tradelinks Pvt Ltd Vs ITO (Delhi High Court) Delhi HC explains certain well-established principles enunciated by the courts over the years vis-à-vis initiation of proceedings under Section 147 of the Act. (i) The reasons which lead to the formation of opinion or belief that the assessee’s income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment should […]
Garg Zevar Palace Pvt. Ltd Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Section 147 mandates that the case can only be reopened after expiry of four years only if there was a failure on the part of the assessee to fully and truly disclose all material facts necessary. The assessee has disclosed the fact of receipt of Rs.60,00,000/- […]
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 […]
NXP India Private Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) In this case AO passed a combined order giving effect to earlier orders of Tribunal with regard to original assessment and also reassessment order u/s. 143(3) r.w.s. 147 of the Act which is incorrect. The AO must have passed distinct and separate orders giving effect to the […]
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 […]
