Invalid Reassessment Notice, The Entire Proceedings have To Collapse: Calcutta High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Invalid Reassessment Notice, The Entire Proceedings have To Collapse: Calcutta High Court

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The Calcutta High Court has held that the foundation of a reassessment proceeding is a valid notice, and if the notice is held to be invalid, the entire edifice sought to be raised has to collapse. Therefore, the Assessing Officer held that these amounts were to be taxed separately at the Maximum Marginal Rate in terms of the proviso to Section 164. The assessee contended before the Tribunal that the CIT failed to take note of the material irregularity committed by the Assessing Officer while initiating proceedings under Section 148 for reopening assessment under Section 147 without noting the vital fact that the basis of issuing notice under Section 148 was on a wrong assumption of the fact that the assessee had invested money with its specified persons. The department contended that after the insertion of Explanation 3 to Section 147, even if the issue was not one of the reasons recorded while reopening the assessment, the Assessing Officer has the power to assess the escaped income on such other issues as come to his notice subsequently in the course of the proceedings under Section 147. The court noted that Explanation 3, inserted by the amendment, empowers the assessing officer to assess the income in respect of any issue which has escaped assessment when such issue comes to his notice subsequently in the course of the proceedings under Section 147.

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There Cannot Be 'Disconnect' Between Reasons For Initiating Reassessment U/S 147 Of IT Act & Grounds On Which Final Order Is Passed: Delhi HC
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There Cannot Be 'Disconnect' Between Reasons For Initiating Reassessment U/S 147 Of IT Act & Grounds On Which Final Order Is Passed: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has held that only 'original reasons' which formed the basis for initiating reassessment proceedings under Section 147 of the Income Tax Act can be taken into consideration by the Assessing Officer, for coming to the conclusion that income had escaped assessment. A division bench of Justice Yashwant Varma Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dharmesh Sharma observed that there …

SC's Judgement In Abhisar Buildwell Case Doesn't Permit Reopening Of Assessments Beyond Limitation Period U/S 149(1) Of IT Act: Delhi HC
6 days, 15 hours ago

SC's Judgement In Abhisar Buildwell Case Doesn't Permit Reopening Of Assessments Beyond Limitation Period U/S 149(1) Of IT Act: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has reiterated that the Supreme Court's judgment in Abhisar Buildwell does not permit reopening of assessments under Section 147/148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 beyond the period stipulated under Section 149. It relied on Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Central-3 v. Abhisar Buildwell Private Limited to contend that in cases where the proceedings under Section …

Assessee Can Confine Settlement Under Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act To Disputes Which Were Subject Matter Of Its Appeal: Delhi HC
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1 week, 3 days ago

Assessee Can Confine Settlement Under Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act To Disputes Which Were Subject Matter Of Its Appeal: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has held that under the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020, an Assessee is entitled to confine the settlement of disputes which were subject matter of its appeal, and exclude the disputes which were subject matter of the Revenue's appeal for the same assessment year. It thus allowed a real estate company's plea against the …

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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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 …

Scrutiny Notice Was Issued In Amalgamating Company's Name Despite Dept Knowing Of Amalgamation: Calcutta HC Declines To Apply S.292B Of Income Tax Act
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Scrutiny Notice Was Issued In Amalgamating Company's Name Despite Dept Knowing Of Amalgamation: Calcutta HC Declines To Apply S.292B Of Income Tax Act

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The Calcutta High Court has refused to apply Section 292B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to a scrutiny notice issued in an amalgamating company's name, despite the Assessing Officer being aware about the company's amalgamation. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya noted that “the fact of amalgamation was well within the knowledge of the assessing officer.” It thus dismissed the …

Recovery Action Against Company Directors Cannot Be Initiated If Status Of Assessee Is Non-Existent: Madras High Court
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Recovery Action Against Company Directors Cannot Be Initiated If Status Of Assessee Is Non-Existent: Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court ruled that recovery actions against the directors of a company cannot be initiated if the status of the assessee is non-existent. However, in the case of dissolution, the entity wholly ceases to exist.” In this case, the assessee company was ordered to be wound up, and an Official Liquidator was appointed to manage the company's liquidation. …

Consequential Order Passed By Assessing Authority Beyond Terms Of Remand By Commissioner Is Unacceptable: Kerala High Court
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Consequential Order Passed By Assessing Authority Beyond Terms Of Remand By Commissioner Is Unacceptable: Kerala High Court

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The Division Bench of Kerala High Court comprising Justices A.K. observed that “the concern of the Assessing Authority, while passing a consequential order, has to be limited to those specific issues that have been remanded to it for consideration by the Commissioner……….” Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 empowers the Commissioner of Income Tax to revise any order …

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, 1 week 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 Cease To Have Jurisdiction To Issue Reassessment Notice Outside Faceless Assessment: Bombay High Court
5 months, 1 week 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 …

Reassessment Notice Not Complying Section 148 Pre-Conditions Is Beyond Jurisdictional: Bombay High Court
5 months, 1 week ago

Reassessment Notice Not Complying Section 148 Pre-Conditions Is Beyond Jurisdictional: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court at Goa has held that the reassessment notice issued without complying with the pre-conditions mentioned in Section 148 of the Income Tax Act was beyond jurisdiction.The bench of Justice M. S. Karnik and Justice Valmiki Menezes has observed that the substantive rights of the original petitioner were governed by the provisions of the Portuguese Civil Code. …

Reassessment Notice Not Issued In Terms Of Procedure Prescribed Under Faceless Assessment; Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Stay
5 months, 1 week ago

Reassessment Notice Not Issued In Terms Of Procedure Prescribed Under Faceless Assessment; Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Stay

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The Karnataka High Court has granted an interim stay on a reassessment notice issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which was not issued in terms of the procedure prescribed under Faceless Assessment.The bench of Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav has stayed the reassessment notice issued by the jurisdictional assessing officer under Section 148 of the Income Tax …

Order Of ITSC Final And Conclusive For AY For Which Application Has Been Filed: Delhi High Court
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Order Of ITSC Final And Conclusive For AY For Which Application Has Been Filed: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has held that the order of the Income Tax Settlement Commission is final and conclusive for a particular assessment year for which the application has been filed.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has observed that the order of the ITSC is deemed to be conclusive for all the matters pertaining to …

Absence Of Incriminating Materials, AO Not Empowered To Reopen Assessments In Block Period Of Six Years: Kerala High Court
6 months ago

Absence Of Incriminating Materials, AO Not Empowered To Reopen Assessments In Block Period Of Six Years: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has held that based on the material obtained during the search, the Assessing Officer, who gets the jurisdiction to re-open the assessments, can do so in respect of the individual assessment years comprised in the block period of six years only if the material obtained during the search under Section 132 of the Income Tax Act, …

Revisionary Power Can't Be Invoked On Allegation Of Improper Inquiry By AO: Delhi ITAT
6 months ago

Revisionary Power Can't Be Invoked On Allegation Of Improper Inquiry By AO: Delhi ITAT

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The Delhi Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that the assessment order cannot be held to be erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of revenue merely on the allegation that the Assessing Officer has not made an inquiry and verification with regard to cash deposits as well as scrap sales.The bench of Saktijit Dey and Naveen Chandra. The …

Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Notices Issued Merely On Basis Of Information Received From Directorate General Of GST
7 months ago

Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Notices Issued Merely On Basis Of Information Received From Directorate General Of GST

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The Bombay High Court has quashed the reassessment notices issued merely on the basis of information received from the Directorate General of GST.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Neela Gokhale has observed that the AO is only referring to the information received from the Directorate General of GST. The Bombay High Court has quashed the reassessment notices …

Reassessment Order Can't Merely Be Based On Tax Evasion Report Or An Audit Report: Orissa High Court
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Reassessment Order Can't Merely Be Based On Tax Evasion Report Or An Audit Report: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has held that reassessment orders cannot merely be based on a tax evasion report or an audit report.The bench of Justice B.R. Sarangi and Justice G. Satapathy has observed that it is not enough if the Assessing Officer refers to the tax evasion report or an audit report; he has to independently apply his mind and …

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
7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Assessment Can Be Reopened Based On Audit Objections Under New Reassessment Regime: Kerala High Court
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Assessment Can Be Reopened Based On Audit Objections Under New Reassessment Regime: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has held that assessments can be reopened based on audit objections under a new reassessment regime.The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh has observed that the provisions have been drastically changed with effect from April 1, 2022, and the audit objection is one of the reasons for re-opening the assessment. The Kerala High Court has held …

Congress’ plea against tax re-assessment by I-T authorities dismissed by Delhi High Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress’ plea against tax re-assessment by I-T authorities dismissed by Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected the Congress’s plea challenging the initiation of tax reassessment proceedings against it for assessment years 2017 to 2021 by tax authorities. On March 22, the court had rejected the Congress’s plea challenging initiation of reassessment proceedings pertaining to assessment years 2014-15 to 2016-17. While rejecting the plea, the High Court said the Income …

Delhi High Court rejects Congress’s plea against tax reassessment
9 months ago

Delhi High Court rejects Congress’s plea against tax reassessment

The Hindu  

In a huge setback to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Delhi High Court on Friday rejected its pleas challenging the reassessment proceedings initiated against it by the Income Tax department. The Congress has challenged initiation of proceedings under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act for assessment pertaining to assessment years 2014-15 to 2016-17. The I-T …

Ahmedabad ITAT Quashes Reopening In Absence Of Tangible Material With AO To Form Reason To Believe Escaped Assessment
9 months, 1 week ago

Ahmedabad ITAT Quashes Reopening In Absence Of Tangible Material With AO To Form Reason To Believe Escaped Assessment

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The Ahmedabad ITAT quashed reopening proceedings finding that there was no tangible material available with the AO to form a reason to believe that the income of assessee has escaped assessment. The Bench of Waseem Ahmed and Siddhartha Nautiyal observed that “simply that Shri Prakash bhai Ishwar bhai Changela and the assessee are maintaining the bank account in the Social …

Once Reassessment Framed By AO Is Not Sustainable,Order U/s 263 Seeking To Revise Reassessment Is Not Acceptable: Delhi ITAT
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Once Reassessment Framed By AO Is Not Sustainable,Order U/s 263 Seeking To Revise Reassessment Is Not Acceptable: Delhi ITAT

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While allowing the appeal of assessee in respect of the fact that whether the PCIT had validly assumed his revision jurisdiction u/s 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, both in law and on facts, the New Delhi ITAT held that the PCIT erred in assumption of jurisdiction u/s 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The Bench of the …

Explanation 3 To Sec 147 Can't Be Resorted To Make Addition On Any Other Issue Which Is Not Included In Reasons For Reopening: New Delhi ITAT
9 months, 1 week ago

Explanation 3 To Sec 147 Can't Be Resorted To Make Addition On Any Other Issue Which Is Not Included In Reasons For Reopening: New Delhi ITAT

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On finding that no addition is made based on the reasons to believe recorded by the AO for reopening the assessment, the New Delhi ITAT quashed the order passed by the AO u/s 147 of the Income tax Act, 1961 The Bench of the ITAT comprising of Anubhav Sharma and Shamim Yahya observed while referring to the decision of Jurisdictional …

Burden To Prove Escaped Assessment Lies On Assessing Authority: Allahabad High Court Quashes Reassessment Order Against Flipkart
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Burden To Prove Escaped Assessment Lies On Assessing Authority: Allahabad High Court Quashes Reassessment Order Against Flipkart

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The Allahabad High Court has quashed the reassessment order against Flipkart and held that the burden to prove escaped assessment lies on assessing authority.The bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Shiv Shanker Prasad has observed that the burden of establishing the existence of recorded reasons was entirely on the department. The Allahabad High Court has quashed the reassessment …

Reassessment Proceedings Initiated On Account Of Change Of Opinion Merits To Be Quashed: Mumbai ITAT
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Reassessment Proceedings Initiated On Account Of Change Of Opinion Merits To Be Quashed: Mumbai ITAT

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While confirming the CIT's order quashing the reassessment order, the Mumbai ITAT held that the reassessment proceedings were initiated on account of change of opinion formed on re-appraisal of the facts already on record and examined during the regular assessment proceedings. The CIT had concluded that reassessment proceedings were initiated on re-appraisal and re-examination of the assessment records without bringing …

Reopening Initiated On Basis Of Wrong Reasons Renders Very Assessment As Invalid: Mumbai ITAT
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Reopening Initiated On Basis Of Wrong Reasons Renders Very Assessment As Invalid: Mumbai ITAT

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On finding the reasoning behind the Assessment made by the Assessing Officer to be wrong, the Mumbai ITAT allowed the assessee's appeal against the order of Commissioner of Income Tax and National Faceless Appeal Centre. It is fact on record that assessee has filed its return of income and Assessing Officer has accepted the same.” “The assessment order is bad …

PCIT Can Grant Sanction U/s 151 For Issuing Reopening Notice U/s 148 Even After Expiry Of Four Years From End Of Relevant AY: Mumbai ITAT
10 months, 2 weeks ago

PCIT Can Grant Sanction U/s 151 For Issuing Reopening Notice U/s 148 Even After Expiry Of Four Years From End Of Relevant AY: Mumbai ITAT

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The Mumbai ITAT recently reiterated that a notice can be issued u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, even after the expiry of limitation period, if the sanction for same has been granted by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax. Baskaran observed that “the sanction granted under section 151 of the Act was found to be improper as the …

Calcutta High Court Upholds Quashing Of CIT's Order Speculating Possibility Of Understatement In Closing Stock Without Specific Finding
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Upholds Quashing Of CIT's Order Speculating Possibility Of Understatement In Closing Stock Without Specific Finding

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The Calcutta High Court has upheld the quashing of an order passed by the CIT speculating on the possibility of understatement in closing stock without a specific finding.The bench of Chief Justice T.S. The Calcutta High Court has upheld the quashing of an order passed by the CIT speculating on the possibility of understatement in closing stock without a specific …

Reopening Of Assessment Inspired From 'Review' & 'Change Of Opinion' By Subsequent AO Is Deprecated: Madras HC
11 months, 1 week 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 …

Reassessment Proceedings Can't Be In The Nature Of Review: Karnataka High Court
1 year ago

Reassessment Proceedings Can't Be In The Nature Of Review: Karnataka High Court

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The Karnataka High Court has held that reassessment proceedings cannot be in the nature of review.The bench of Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav has observed that the material that has come to light in the assessment proceedings for the assessment year 2008–2009 cannot be sufficient grounds to resort to reassessment proceedings.The petitioner/assessee has challenged the notice issued under. The Karnataka …

Delhi High Court Quashes Income Tax Notice Issued Prior To Date Of Approval Of Resolution Plan
1 year ago

Delhi High Court Quashes Income Tax Notice Issued Prior To Date Of Approval Of Resolution Plan

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The Delhi High Court has quashed the income tax notices and orders issued prior to the date of approval of the resolution plan.The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Girish Kathpalia has observed the notices and orders pertaining to the income tax claims of the respondents or department pertaining to the period much prior to the date of approval …

Reassessment Proceedings, Senior Officers Like ACIT, PCIT Expected To Apply Mind; Delhi High Court
1 year ago

Reassessment Proceedings, Senior Officers Like ACIT, PCIT Expected To Apply Mind; Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has held that senior officers like ACIT and PCIT are expected to apply their minds to such requests and, only after that, approve the initiation of reassessment proceedings.The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Anish Dayal has observed that the reopening of the concluded scrutiny assessment is a serious business. The Delhi High Court has …

Dept.’s Personal Opinion Not Tangible Material For Reopening Assessment: Calcutta High Court Quashes Reassessment
1 year ago

Dept.’s Personal Opinion Not Tangible Material For Reopening Assessment: Calcutta High Court Quashes Reassessment

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The Calcutta High Court has quashed the reassessment order on the grounds that the department’s personal opinion is not tangible material for reopening the assessment.The bench of Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has observed that unless glaring omissions are demonstrated or conditions precedent for exercise of the power to reopen assessment are not. The Calcutta High …

Reassessment Notice Severed At Old Address Despite Knowing Assessee’s New Address: Delhi High Court Quashes Assessment Order
1 year, 1 month ago

Reassessment Notice Severed At Old Address Despite Knowing Assessee’s New Address: Delhi High Court Quashes Assessment Order

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The Delhi High Court has quashed the assessment order as the notice under Section 148 was improperly served as it was sent to the old address, despite the fact that the department was aware of the new address.The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Girish Kathpalia has observed that no notice, under Section 143 of the Income Tax Act, …

Re-Opening Is Not Permissible As It Falls Within The Purview Of A ‘Change Of Opinion’: Bombay High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Re-Opening Is Not Permissible As It Falls Within The Purview Of A ‘Change Of Opinion’: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has held that re-opening is not permissible as it clearly falls within the purview of a ‘change of opinion’ which is impermissible in law.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Neela Gokhale have observed that the basis on which the AO issued notice alleging that there was "information" that suggests escapement of income was …

Write-Off Of A Bad Debt Can’t Be Held To Be An Asset Under Section 153A(1) Of The Income Tax Act, 1961: Bombay High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Write-Off Of A Bad Debt Can’t Be Held To Be An Asset Under Section 153A(1) Of The Income Tax Act, 1961: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has held that a write-off of a bad debt cannot be held to be an asset under section 153A of the Income Tax Act, 1961.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Firdosh P. Pooniwalla has observed that since the write-off of bad debt cannot be held to be an asset, clause of the 4th …

Non-Supply Of Survey Report, Delhi High Court Stays Reassessment Proceedings Against Centre For Policy Research
1 year, 6 months ago

Non-Supply Of Survey Report, Delhi High Court Stays Reassessment Proceedings Against Centre For Policy Research

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The Delhi High Court has stayed the reassessment proceedings against the Centre for Policy Research.The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Girish Kathpalia has observed that the entire survey report was not submitted to the petitioner; only the relied-upon portion of the survey report was provided to the petitioner.The petitioner has assailed the notices dated March 28, 2023, and. …

Income Tax Assessment Can’t Be Reopened Without Any Foundation: Gujarat High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Income Tax Assessment Can’t Be Reopened Without Any Foundation: Gujarat High Court

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The Gujarat High Court has held that when the foundation was missing, there could not have been the erection of ground to seek reopening of assessment.The bench of Justice N.V. Anjaria and Justice Devan M. Desai has observed that neither foundational facts existed nor could any tangible material be available with the assessing officer to justify the exercise of power …

Reassessment Notices Issued After Elapse Of Six Years: Gujarat High Court Quashes Assessment
1 year, 9 months ago

Reassessment Notices Issued After Elapse Of Six Years: Gujarat High Court Quashes Assessment

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The Gujarat High Court has held that the reassessment notices were issued after the lapse of six years and are therefore time-barred.The single bench of Justice Sonia Gokani has observed that the board's circulars and instructions are binding only on the departmental authorities and not on the court or the assessee.The petitioners/assessees challenged the reassessment notice dated July 26,. The …

AO Issued Income Tax Assessment Notice To Non-Existent Company: Calcutta High Court Imposes Cost
1 year, 9 months ago

AO Issued Income Tax Assessment Notice To Non-Existent Company: Calcutta High Court Imposes Cost

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The Calcutta High Court has imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000 on the assessing officer for issuing the income tax assessment notice to the non-existent company. 10,000 upon the very same Assessing Officer, Bitan Roy, by order dated August 2, 2023," the bench of Justice. 10,000 upon the very same Assessing Officer, Bitan Roy, by order dated August 2, 2023," …

Absence Of Material: Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Proceedings
1 year, 10 months ago

Absence Of Material: Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Proceedings

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The Bombay High Court has quashed the reassessment proceedings as the issue of "large loans and advances" was not only raised during the scrutiny assessment but also responded to by the assessee.The division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Kamal Khata has observed that between the date of the order of assessment, which is sought to be reopened, …

Delhi High Court Stays Reassessment Order Based On Internal Audit Objection
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi High Court Stays Reassessment Order Based On Internal Audit Objection

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The Delhi High Court has stayed the reassessment order based on an internal audit objection.The division bench of Justice Rajiv Shadher and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju has observed that the expression "any audit objection" was introduced only by the Finance Act, 2022, although with effect from April 1, 2012. The Delhi High Court has stayed the reassessment order based on …

Information Triggering Reassessment Proceedings Needs To Be Furnished To The Assessee: Delhi High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Information Triggering Reassessment Proceedings Needs To Be Furnished To The Assessee: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has held that the underlying information or material that formed the basis for triggering the assessment or reassessment proceedings was required to be furnished to the assessee.The division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju has noted that the petitioner has indicated that it will file a further response once the information or …

Gujarat High Court Quashes Reassessment Order Citing Inability Of Assessee To Secure Relevant Documents Amid Covid-19 Lockdown
1 year, 11 months ago

Gujarat High Court Quashes Reassessment Order Citing Inability Of Assessee To Secure Relevant Documents Amid Covid-19 Lockdown

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The Gujarat High Court recently quashed a reassessment order and final notice of assessment issued against to an assessee after she failed to produce the relevant documents, particularly Form-F prescribed under Gujarat Value Added Tax Act, 2003 amid Covid-19 lockdown.The division bench of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Sandeep N. Bhatt allowed the petition under Article 226 of. The Gujarat …

Reassessment Notice after 4 Years should have the Sanction Of PCIT: Bombay High Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Reassessment Notice after 4 Years should have the Sanction Of PCIT: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court ruled that issuing a reassessment notice after four years is subject to the approval of the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax.The division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Kamal Khata has ruled that the approval for the issuance of a notice under Section 148 ought not to have been obtained from the Additional Commissioner …

Nothing New Happened Between The Date Of Reassessment Order And The Date Of Forming The Opinion By AO: Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Order
1 year, 11 months ago

Nothing New Happened Between The Date Of Reassessment Order And The Date Of Forming The Opinion By AO: Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Order

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The Bombay High Court has quashed the Reassessment Order and held that between the date of the order of assessment sought to be reopened and the date of the formation of an opinion by the Assessing Officer, nothing new has happened. There was no new information received, nor was there any mention of new material on file.The division bench of …

Tribunal Being Fact-Finding Body, Unless Perversity Shown, High Court Can’t Interfere: Calcutta High Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Tribunal Being Fact-Finding Body, Unless Perversity Shown, High Court Can’t Interfere: Calcutta High Court

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The Calcutta High Court has held that unless and until the order passed by the Tribunal suffers from any perversity or ignores any vital fact in an appeal under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, the Court is not expected to interfere with the order.The division bench of Justice T.S. The Calcutta High Court has held that unless and …

Criminal Proceedings Cannot Be Initiated For Recovery Of Amount Due Under The Arbitration Award: Calcutta High Court
2 years ago

Criminal Proceedings Cannot Be Initiated For Recovery Of Amount Due Under The Arbitration Award: Calcutta High Court

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The Calcutta High Court has held that criminal proceedings cannot be initiated for recovery of amount due under an arbitration award. The bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh held that a party aggrieved by non-payment of amount due under a post award settlement agreement should not resort to filing a criminal case by giving a civil dispute criminal colour as the …

Failure To Disclose All Material Facts Is Essential To Issue Reassessment Notice: Bombay High Court
2 years ago

Failure To Disclose All Material Facts Is Essential To Issue Reassessment Notice: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court at Goa has held that failure to disclose fully and truly all material facts is an essential jurisdictional parameter that must be fulfilled before any notice can be issued for reopening the assessment proceedings after the expiration of four years from the end of the relevant assessment year.The division bench of Justice M.S. The Bombay High …

Reassessment Powers Could Not Be used For Reverification Or For A Rowing Inquiry: Gujarat High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Reassessment Powers Could Not Be used For Reverification Or For A Rowing Inquiry: Gujarat High Court

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The Gujarat High Court has held that the reassessment powers could not be exercised either for the purpose of reverification or to have a merry sailing for a rowing inquiry.The division bench of Justice N.V. Anjaria and Justice Bhargav D. Karia has observed that the assessing officer wanted to undertake a fishing inquiry in relation to an issue about which …

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