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Punjab and Haryana High Court held that interest can be waived in case the circumstances are beyond the control of the assessee in filing return in time. Accordingly, interest u/s. 234-A of the Income Tax Act waived.
Delhi High Court held that initiation of customs recovery proceedings against a dead person is unsustainable and liable to be quashed. Accordingly, recovery proceedings quashed.
ITAT Chennai held that failure to issue notice u/s. 143(2) of the Income Tax Act after issuing notice u/s. 147 and prior to finalizing the re-assessment vitiated the entire proceedings. Accordingly, order quashed.
Delhi High Court held that reinitiating of reassessment action u/s. 148 of the Income Tax Act on the same set of reasons on which assessment proceedings had already been concluded is unjustified and hence liable to be set aside.
Reopening of assessment was initiated before the lapse of four years, and there was no scope for interference with the Income Tax authorities’ reopening decision if escapement income was found.
Assessee had claimed a tax exemption under Section 10(23C)(vi) which allowed tax exemptions for educational institutions provided certain conditions prescribed by the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT) were met.
Alena Cyprus had also filed its return of income in India for the AY 2018-19 wherein LTCG of Rs. 80,86,75,225 arising from sale of shares to assessee were declared exemption claimed under Article 13 of the India-Cyprus DTAA.
Budget 2021 came up with the insertion of section 148A of the Income Tax Act. It is a welcome section from the point of view of taxpayers. In simple terms, section 148A acts as an opportunity granted to taxpayer to explain their case before issuance of notice for reopening of assessment by the tax authorities […]
Madras High Court held that addition towards difference between purchase value and guideline value without awaiting report of valuation officer, as matter was referred to valuation officer, is clearly unsustainable.
Where AO failed to issue a notice under Section 143(2) and proceed directly by rejecting the return filed by assessee, the reassessment action would thus be liable to be quashed.
