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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
Recently, I had an occasion to deal with a case, where no notice under section 143(2) of the Income‑Tax Act, 1961 (the Act), was served on the assessee, within the stipulated period of twelve months. But after the expiry of the aforesaid period, the Assessing Officer (AO) issued a notice under section 148 read with section 147 of the Act. We requested the AO to supply us the reasons recorded under section 148, which the AO did.
Delhi High Court held In the case of Dushyant Kumar Jain vs. DCIT held that it is only the AO who has issued the original assessment order under Section 143 (3) ,who is empowered to exercise powers under Section 147/148 to re-open the assessment.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Vs. DCIT (Delhi High Court) Vide this judgment, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court was pleased to read down the effect of para 4 of Instruction No. 9 of 2006, which provided that the AO was compelled to initiate reassessment in case of an audit objection, even if the AO is not in agreement with the objections of the Audit party.
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
In the case of ITO Vs. M/S JAGDAMBA OPTICS PVT. LTD. Delhi Bench of ITAT have held that there was existence of correct information which prompted to the AO to proceed to issue notice u/s. 148 of and hence, the reassessment proceedings could not be declared as null and void.
Delhi High Court held In the case of CIT vs. Vishishth Chay Vyapar Ltd. that the legal requirement that the reason to believe must be predicated on tangible material or information” and that the belief must be rational and bear a direct nexus to the material on which such a belief is based” was not fulfilled in the present case.
Delhi High Court held In the case of Shri Parasram Industries Pvt. Ltd. vs. ITO that the present case is related to change of opinion. This is so, because in the questionnaire, the AO specifically raised the issue with regard to the validity of shareholdings.
Raj Hans Towers Pvt. Ltd. -Vs- ITO (ITAT Delhi) There is no tangible material, which come to the possession of the AO to lead to the conclusion that there was an escapement of income from assessment.
