FAOs And JAOs Have Concurrent Jurisdiction For Assessment, Re-assessment Or Re-Computation U/S 147 Income Tax Act: Madras High Court
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FAOs And JAOs Have Concurrent Jurisdiction For Assessment, Re-assessment Or Re-Computation U/S 147 Income Tax Act: Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court recently clarified that both the Faceless Assessment Officer and Jurisdictional Assessment Officer have concurrent jurisdiction as far as assessment, re-assessment or re-computation under Section 147 of the Income Tax Act. In such case, the FAO will not have any jurisdiction to make assessment, re-assessment or re-computation…As far as the issuance of notice under Section 148 of the IT Act is concerned, only the JAO will have exclusive jurisdiction,” the court said. The petitioner company challenged the jurisdiction of the JAO to issue notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act. Advocate Vardhini Karthik, appearing for the company, argued that the JAO would not have any jurisdiction subsequent to the incorporation of Section 151A of the IT Act and introduction of the “E-Assessment of Income Escaping Assessment Scheme 2022” and the “Faceless Jurisdiction of Income-tax Authorities Scheme 2022”.

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S.147 Of IT Act Doesn't Postulate Review Jurisdiction Such That Assessment Can Be Reviewed By AO Intending To Form Different Opinion: Bombay HC
1 week, 6 days ago

S.147 Of IT Act Doesn't Postulate Review Jurisdiction Such That Assessment Can Be Reviewed By AO Intending To Form Different Opinion: Bombay HC

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The Bombay High Court ruled that the materials which were already available before AO and which ultimately were considered in passing assessment order u/s 143, cannot form basis of reopening, on ground that such materials were ignored in finalizing assessment. The Division Bench of Justice G S Kulkarni and Justice Firdosh P Pooniwalla observed that AO cannot assume jurisdiction under …

Madras HC rules JAO has exclusive powers to issue notice under Section 148 of Income Tax Act
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Madras HC rules JAO has exclusive powers to issue notice under Section 148 of Income Tax Act

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He also stated that the notices served to the petitioner company fulfilled the three requirements of AAS, risk management strategy formulated by the board and the faceless manner, which provides for online proceedings. The judge said, “As far as the issuance of notice under Section 148 of IT Act is concerned, only the JAO will have exclusive jurisdiction.” He ruled, …

Recourse To Section 147 Of Income Tax Act Not Barred In Cases Where Assessing Officer Is Empowered To Proceed U/S 153C: Delhi High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Recourse To Section 147 Of Income Tax Act Not Barred In Cases Where Assessing Officer Is Empowered To Proceed U/S 153C: Delhi High Court

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S.153C Income Tax Act doesn't bar AO's jurisdiction to reopen assessment u/S 147 when information against assessee is received from search conducted on another person: Delhi High CourtThe Delhi High Court has held that Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 does not by itself preclude an Assessing Officer from reopening assessments under Section 147/148 of the Act, on …

Mistake On Part Of AO Resulting In Under Assessment Of Income No Ground To Re-Open Assessment U/S 147 Of Income Tax Act: Delhi HC
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Mistake On Part Of AO Resulting In Under Assessment Of Income No Ground To Re-Open Assessment U/S 147 Of Income Tax Act: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has made it clear that once scrutiny assessment is held under Section 143 of the Income Tax Act but due to a mistake of the Assessing Officer there is under assessment of income, reopening assessment under Section 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is not permissible. At the outset, the High Court observed that escapement …

JAO Not Empowered To Issue Section 148A(b) Notice Under Faceless Assessment: Bombay High Court
5 months, 3 weeks ago

JAO Not Empowered To Issue Section 148A(b) Notice Under Faceless Assessment: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has held that it was not permissible for the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer to issue a notice under Section 148A, as the same would amount to a breach of the provisions of Section 151A of the Income Tax Act.The bench of Justice G. S. Kulkarni and Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan has observed that the notice was invalid and …

JAO Cease To Have Jurisdiction To Issue Reassessment Notice Outside Faceless Assessment: Bombay High Court
5 months, 3 weeks ago

JAO Cease To Have Jurisdiction To Issue Reassessment Notice Outside Faceless Assessment: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has held that the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer would cease to have jurisdiction to issue any notice under Section 148A and to take further actions under Section 148A and Section 148 of the Act, outside the faceless assessment.The bench of Justice G. S. Kulkarni and Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan has observed that the JAO did not have the …

I-T Authority Fails To Consider Reason For Difference In Sale Consideration & Stamp Duty: Mumbai ITAT Deletes Penalty Levied U/s 270A For Under-Reporting Of Income
8 months ago

I-T Authority Fails To Consider Reason For Difference In Sale Consideration & Stamp Duty: Mumbai ITAT Deletes Penalty Levied U/s 270A For Under-Reporting Of Income

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Noting that neither the Assessing Officer nor the CIT have taken into consideration the explanation offered by the Assessee during the assessment proceedings in relation to the difference in the sale consideration and the stamp duty valuation of immovable property, the Mumbai ITAT deleted the penalty levied u/s 270A of the Income tax Act for under-reporting of income. Accordingly, the …

Income Tax Authority Should Refrain From Over Analysis Which Leads To Paralysis Of Justice: Bombay High Court
8 months ago

Income Tax Authority Should Refrain From Over Analysis Which Leads To Paralysis Of Justice: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court, while setting aside the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, held that the authority should refrain from overanalyzing, which leads to paralysis of justice.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Neela Gokhale has observed that the ITAT failed to appreciate the spirit in which the order dated August 23, 2022, was passed by …

[Income Tax Act] Supreme Court Decision In UOI v. Ashish Agarwal Applicable To Parties Who Challenged Notice U/S 148: Allahabad High Court
8 months, 2 weeks ago

[Income Tax Act] Supreme Court Decision In UOI v. Ashish Agarwal Applicable To Parties Who Challenged Notice U/S 148: Allahabad High Court

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The Allahabad High Court has held that Supreme Court in Union of India v. Ashish Agarwal had not issued a general mandamus quashing all notices issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. In Union of India v. Ashish Agarwal, the Union Government had challenged the order of the Allahabad High Court quashing the reassessment notices issued by …

AO Competent To Invoke Section 154 Jurisdiction If Glaring Mistake Of Fact/Law Is Committed While Passing Assessment Order: Madras High Court
9 months, 3 weeks ago

AO Competent To Invoke Section 154 Jurisdiction If Glaring Mistake Of Fact/Law Is Committed While Passing Assessment Order: Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court has held that the Assessing Officer is not incompetent to invoke the jurisdiction under Section 154 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, if such officer had committed a glaring mistake of fact or law while passing the assessment order.The bench of Justice C. Saravanan has observed that the meaning of the expression “error apparent on the …

Reopening Of Assessment Inspired From 'Review' & 'Change Of Opinion' By Subsequent AO Is Deprecated: Madras HC
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Reopening Of Assessment Inspired From 'Review' & 'Change Of Opinion' By Subsequent AO Is Deprecated: Madras HC

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While setting aside the order disposing of assessee's objection for re-opening of assessment pursuant to the issue of notice u/s 148 of the Income tax Act, 1961 and the consequent reassessment order, the Madras High Court held that there is no scope for re-opening of the assessment, since the reasons cited for same was inspired from change of opinion of …

Director Proves Lack Of Control On Financial Affairs: Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Recovery
1 year, 6 months ago

Director Proves Lack Of Control On Financial Affairs: Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Recovery

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The Bombay High Court has quashed the income tax recovery against the Director of a company on the grounds that the Director has sufficiently discharged the burden cast upon him in terms of Section 179 of the Income Tax Act.The bench of Justice K.R. The Bombay High Court has quashed the income tax recovery against the Director of a company …

Income Tax Act | For A Company To Be A "Resident" In India, Domicile Or Registration Irrelevant; Test Is Where De Facto Control Lies : Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Income Tax Act | For A Company To Be A "Resident" In India, Domicile Or Registration Irrelevant; Test Is Where De Facto Control Lies : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court has ruled that under the Income Tax Act, 1961, the domicile or the registration of the company is not at all relevant, and the determinate test is the place where, the sole right to manage the company and the control of the company lies. The Court observed that since the control and management of the affairs of …

No Reason For AO To Believe Income Chargeable To Tax Escaped Assessment: Bombay High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

No Reason For AO To Believe Income Chargeable To Tax Escaped Assessment: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has held that the development agreement permitted construction on the land only as a licensee, which did not have the effect of transmitting possession in favor of the licensee as per Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act.The division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Kamal Khata has observed that there was neither …

Income Tax Act | Writ Petition Can Be Entertained To Examine If Conditions To Issue Section 148 Notice Are Satisfied : Supreme Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Income Tax Act | Writ Petition Can Be Entertained To Examine If Conditions To Issue Section 148 Notice Are Satisfied : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court recently set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which dismissed a writ petition filed by an assessee against a notice issued under Section 148A of the Income Tax Act 1961 for reopening assessment.The High Court had dismissed the writ petition on the ground of availability of alternative remedy. The Supreme Court recently set …

Directors Not Negligent; Wrong Invocation Of Section 179 IT Act: Gujarat High Court
2 years ago

Directors Not Negligent; Wrong Invocation Of Section 179 IT Act: Gujarat High Court

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The Gujarat High Court has ruled that the Directors of the assessee company cannot be held negligent merely because they failed to deposit before the Assessing Officer 20% of the demand raised, so as to seek stay of demand during the pendency of an appeal before the CIT. Thus, the Court held that jurisdiction under Section 179 of the Income …

Section 260A IT Act -Appeal Only Lies Before High Court Within Whose Jurisdiction The Assessing Officer Is Situated: Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Section 260A IT Act -Appeal Only Lies Before High Court Within Whose Jurisdiction The Assessing Officer Is Situated: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court reiterated that an appeal under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act against orders of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal lies only before the High Court within whose territorial jurisdiction the assessing officer is located.As per Section 260A of IT Act, an appeal shall lie to the High Court from every order passed in appeal by the Appellate …

In The Absence Of A Full And True Disclosure, Reassessment Is Not Barred By Limitation: Madras High Court
2 years, 2 months ago

In The Absence Of A Full And True Disclosure, Reassessment Is Not Barred By Limitation: Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court has held that the criminal investigation wing is separate and distinct from the assessment wing and that disclosure made before one wing will not exonerate the assessee from the requirement of making a "full and true disclosure" before the assessing officer in an assessment.The single bench of Justice Anitha Sumanth has observed that in the absence …

Tax Cases Monthly Round-Up: July 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Tax Cases Monthly Round-Up: July 2022

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Indirect Tax Supreme Court Case Title: Commissioner of Customs And Central Excise, Amritsar v. M/s. Madras High Court Case Title: M/s.Anantham Retail Private Limited Versus State Tax Officer Citation: 2022 LiveLaw 283 While quashing the assessment order, the Madras High Court held that a demand for GST, interest, and penalty on Form DRC-01A cannot be made without the issuance of …

Reopening of IT Assessment By Officer Having No Jurisdiction: Madras High Court Invalidates Proceedings
2 years, 5 months ago

Reopening of IT Assessment By Officer Having No Jurisdiction: Madras High Court Invalidates Proceedings

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The Madras High Court invalidated the reassessment procedures on the basis that the reopening of the income tax assessment was conducted by an officer without jurisdiction. After a period of five years, the assessee received a notice dated March 28, 2018 issued by the ACIT Mumbai under Section 148 purportedly to re-assess the income tax return submitted by her for …

Tax Cases Monthly Round-Up: June 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

Tax Cases Monthly Round-Up: June 2022

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Direct Tax: Delhi High Court: Underreporting Of Income Due To Re-Computation Of Disallowance By The AO, Does Not Amount To Misreporting Of Income: Delhi High Court Case Title: Prem Brothers Infrastructure LLP. Notice Issued Under Section 148 Of The Income Tax Act Against ADeceased Assessee Is Invalid : Reiterates Delhi High Court Case Title: Davinder Singh Thapar versus Assistant Commissioner …

Reassessment Proceedings Can't Be Initiated On Same Set Of Facts Available: ITAT
2 years, 6 months ago

Reassessment Proceedings Can't Be Initiated On Same Set Of Facts Available: ITAT

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The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that the reassessment proceedings cannot be initiated by applying a fresh application of mind to the same set of facts available at the time of the original scrutiny assessment proceedings. The Assessing Officer issued the notice under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, initiating the reassessment proceedings in …

Delhi High Court Quashes Assessment Order For Not Giving Opportunity To File Objection To SCN
2 years, 6 months ago

Delhi High Court Quashes Assessment Order For Not Giving Opportunity To File Objection To SCN

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The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma has quashed the assessment order as the assessee was not given an opportunity to file an objection to the show cause notice. The petitioner/assessee has challenged the reassessment notices for the assessment years 2014-15 and 2015-16 as well as the assessment orders passed under Section 147 read …

Assessment Can't Be Reopened On Mere Change Of Opinion Of AO: Bombay High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Assessment Can't Be Reopened On Mere Change Of Opinion Of AO: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court, while quashing the reassessment notice, held that the assessment could not be reopened on a mere change of opinion of the Assessing Officer. Borkar observed that the reopening of assessment was merely on the basis of a change of opinion of the Assessing Officer from that held earlier during the course of assessment proceedings and this …

Relief To HDFC Bank: Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Notice As Jurisdictional Condition Not Satisfied
2 years, 10 months ago

Relief To HDFC Bank: Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Notice As Jurisdictional Condition Not Satisfied

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In a major relief to the HDFC Bank, the Bombay High Court has quashed the reassessment notice as the jurisdictional condition for invoking the power under section 147 of the Income Tax Act was not satisfied. The division bench of Justice N.J.Jamadar and Justice K.R.Shriram has observed that once, it is held that the jurisdictional condition for invoking the power …

Rajasthan High Court Quashed Notices Issued by the Assessing Officers U/S 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for Reopening Assessments for Various Assessment Years
2 years, 11 months ago

Rajasthan High Court Quashed Notices Issued by the Assessing Officers U/S 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for Reopening Assessments for Various Assessment Years

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Providing relief to a batch of petitioners, the division bench of Rajasthan High Court quashed notices issued by the Assessing Officers under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for reopening assessments for various assessment years. To reopen such assessment for the assessment year 2013-14, the respondent No.1 Income Tax Officer Jaipur issued a notice on 08.04.2021 under Section …

Supreme Court Asks Madras HC To Decide Constitutional Validity Of Section 40(a)(iib) Of Income Tax Act
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Asks Madras HC To Decide Constitutional Validity Of Section 40(a)(iib) Of Income Tax Act

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The Supreme Court has directed the Madras High Court to decide the constitutional validity of Section 40 of the Income Tax Act.Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Ltd. had approached the Apex Court challenging the High Court order dismissing the writ petition filed by it challenging the validity of Section 40 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.This provision deals with disallowance. …

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