PCIT Failed To Recorded Satisfaction Under His Signature Prior To Issuance Of Reassessment Notice By AO: Allahabad High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

PCIT Failed To Recorded Satisfaction Under His Signature Prior To Issuance Of Reassessment Notice By AO: Allahabad High Court

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The Allahabad High Court has held that the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax has not recorded satisfaction under his signature prior to the issuance of a reassessment notice by the Assessing Officer under Section 148 of the Act, 1961. The petitioner/assessee submitted that on the basis of an alleged digital approval under Section 151, the assessing officer issued notices to the assessees under Section 148 of the Act, 1961. Section 151 of the Act, 1961 specifically provides for the recording of satisfaction by the prescribed authority on the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer that it is a fit case for the issue of a notice under section 148. The digital signature affixed by the PCIT on his satisfaction under Section 151 of the Act, 1961, subsequent to issuance of the notice by the Assessing Officer under Section 148, would not invalidate the notices under Section 148.

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Assessment Pending Prior To Resolution Cannot Be Quantified After Approval Of Resolution Plan: Allahabad High Court
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Assessment Pending Prior To Resolution Cannot Be Quantified After Approval Of Resolution Plan: Allahabad High Court

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The Allahabad High Court has held that the resolution applicant cannot be burdened with new claims after approval of a resolution plan. Upon approval of the resolution plan on 02.02.2021, the Department passed an assessment order dated 28.04.2021 under Section 144 read with 144B of the Income Tax Act, 1961. High Court Verdict In Uttam Galva Metallics Ltd. and Mr. …

[Income Tax] No Substantial Question Of Law Arises If Perversity Cannot Be Shown In Order Passed By Tribunal: Allahabad High Court
2 weeks, 3 days ago

[Income Tax] No Substantial Question Of Law Arises If Perversity Cannot Be Shown In Order Passed By Tribunal: Allahabad High Court

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The Allahabad High Court has held that no substantial question of law arises in a case where no perversity can be shown in the order passed by the Income Tax Tribunal in appeal under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961. had passed orders without inquiries or verification and thus the present situation stood covered under Explanation 2 to …

Appeals U/S 260A Of Income Tax Act Not Sustainable In Absence Of Perversity In Tribunal's Fact Finding: Allahabad High Court
3 weeks ago

Appeals U/S 260A Of Income Tax Act Not Sustainable In Absence Of Perversity In Tribunal's Fact Finding: Allahabad High Court

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While entertaining an Income Tax Appeal, the Allahabad High Court has held that an appeal under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be sustained without establishing a perversity with the fact finding of the Tribunal. A catena of Supreme Court judgments have concluded that in relation to facts, no substantial question of law would arise unless the …

Entry Made In Dispatch Register Is Not Primary Evidence To Prove Service Of Notice On Assessee: Orissa High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Entry Made In Dispatch Register Is Not Primary Evidence To Prove Service Of Notice On Assessee: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has made it clear that an entry in the dispatch register maintained by the Revenue is not primary evidence to show service of notice on an assessee. At the outset, the High Court division bench of Justices Arindam Sinha and MS Sahoo observed, “Entry made in the system is not primary evidence. In light of the …

GST | Assessee Entitled To Fresh Notice If Initial Notice U/S 73 Was Missed Due To Being Uploaded Under 'Additional Notices' Tab: Allahabad HC
1 month, 1 week ago

GST | Assessee Entitled To Fresh Notice If Initial Notice U/S 73 Was Missed Due To Being Uploaded Under 'Additional Notices' Tab: Allahabad HC

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The Allahabad High Court has held that an assessee is entitled to fresh notices demanding unpaid tax or short tax under Section 73 of the Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017, if the initial notices were not duly communicated to the assessee. Ltd. v. State of UP whereby “benefit of doubt” was given to the assessee since notices issued to …

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 …

Word 'Approved' By PCCIT For Reopening Of Assessment Not Enough, Reasons Necessary, Delhi High Court
4 months ago

Word 'Approved' By PCCIT For Reopening Of Assessment Not Enough, Reasons Necessary, Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has held that mere appending of the word “approved” by the PCCIT while granting approval under Section 151 of the Income Tax Act to the reopening under Section 148 is not enough.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has observed that while the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax is not required to …

Mistake In Calculation Of Tax As Per Sec 115BBE Can Be Rectified U/s 154 And Not U/s 263: Ahmedabad ITAT Quashes Revision Made By PCIT
4 months, 1 week ago

Mistake In Calculation Of Tax As Per Sec 115BBE Can Be Rectified U/s 154 And Not U/s 263: Ahmedabad ITAT Quashes Revision Made By PCIT

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Finding that all the additions made by the Assessing Officer u/s 68 r/w/s 115BBE are in consonance with the Income Tax Statute, the Ahmedabad ITAT quashed the revisional exercise of power by the PCIT u/s 263. The power under section 263 of the Income tax Act can be exercised where the order of the Assessing Officer is erroneous and prejudicial …

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 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 …

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 …

Can't Adjudicate Correctness Of Response, But Can Rectify Examiner's Failure To Correct Response: Allahabad HC Awards Additional Marks To 2022 UPPCS(J) Candidate
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Can't Adjudicate Correctness Of Response, But Can Rectify Examiner's Failure To Correct Response: Allahabad HC Awards Additional Marks To 2022 UPPCS(J) Candidate

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While entertaining a writ petition, the Allahabad High Court awarded two additional marks to a candidate who had appeared for the U.P. The bench comprising Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh held that by principle, the Courts were not to judge the correctness of the answer responses and intervene with the scale of marks awarded. Petitioner approached the …

S.144B(6) Income Tax Act | If Assessee “Requests” Then Opportunity Of Personal Hearing Is Mandatory, Not Optional: Allahabad High Court
7 months, 1 week ago

S.144B(6) Income Tax Act | If Assessee “Requests” Then Opportunity Of Personal Hearing Is Mandatory, Not Optional: Allahabad High Court

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The Allahabad High Court has held that opportunity of personal hearing is mandatory under Section 144B and of the Income Tax Act, 1961 when show cause notice is issued regarding why assessment may not be completed as proposed. The bench comprising of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh held that “the word "request" used under Section 144B and …

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 …

[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 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 …

Direct Tax Cases Monthly Round Up: March 2024
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Direct Tax Cases Monthly Round Up: March 2024

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Delhi High Court Case Title: PCIT Versus M/S Clix Finance India Pvt. Patna High Court Case Title: Purnendu Shekhar Sinha Versus The Union Of India LL Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 23 The Patna High Court has held that differentiation between government employees and other employees for leave encashment exemption is neither discriminatory nor violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of …

Direct Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 17 To 23 March 2024
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Direct Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 17 To 23 March 2024

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Delhi High Court Case Title: National Association Of Software And Services Companies Versus Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax Circle 2 The Delhi High Court has held that a 20% pre-deposit demand is not a precondition for consideration of a stay application during the pendency of the first appeal. Case Title: The Salem Urban Co-operative Bank limited Versus The Income Tax …

Procedure U/S 148A Need Not Be Complied With Before Issuing Reassessment Notices: Kerala High Court
9 months ago

Procedure U/S 148A Need Not Be Complied With Before Issuing Reassessment Notices: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has held that the procedure contemplated by the provisions of Section 148A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, need not be complied with before issuing notices under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.The bench of Justice Gopinath P. has observed that when an item or cash, as in this case, is produced before a …

Assessing Officers Are Not Governed By Strict Rules Of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 In Case Of Assessment Proceedings: Madras High Court
9 months ago

Assessing Officers Are Not Governed By Strict Rules Of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 In Case Of Assessment Proceedings: Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court has held that assessing officers are not governed by the strict rules of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.The bench of Justice C. Saravanan has observed that the assessment proceedings under the Income Tax Act, 1961, before an assessee officer are not judicial proceedings. The Madras High Court has held that assessing officers are not governed 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, 1 week 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 …

S.148 Income Tax| For Assumption Of Jurisdiction Satisfaction Needs To Be Bonafide, No Need To Record “Reason To Believe”: Allahabad High Court
10 months, 2 weeks ago

S.148 Income Tax| For Assumption Of Jurisdiction Satisfaction Needs To Be Bonafide, No Need To Record “Reason To Believe”: Allahabad High Court

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The Allahabad High Court has held that under the new law, it is not necessary for the assessing authority to record “reasons to believe”. The Court held that the assessing authorities are only required to record bonafide satisfaction regarding escapement of income for assuming jurisdiction under the Income Tax Act, 1961. A bonafide satisfaction reached as to escapement of income …

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 …

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, …

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 …

Allahabad High Court Imposes 10K Cost On Income Tax Authority For Violation Of Principles Of Natural Justice
1 year, 4 months ago

Allahabad High Court Imposes 10K Cost On Income Tax Authority For Violation Of Principles Of Natural Justice

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The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 to be paid by an erring officer of the Income Tax Department for violating the principles of natural justice while cancelling the earlier Assessment Order and initiating fresh proceedings under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Counsel for Petitioner contended that the impugned order was passed …

S. 148 Income Tax Act| Notice Without DIN, Not Invalid, If Assesee Responds To Manual Notices: Allahabad High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

S. 148 Income Tax Act| Notice Without DIN, Not Invalid, If Assesee Responds To Manual Notices: Allahabad High Court

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The Allahabad High Court had held that mere non-issuance of notices with DIN will not render them invalid if the petitioner has otherwise participated in the proceedings based on manual notices. Petitioner challenged the re-assessment order on the ground that notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 was issued manually in violation of the circular issued by …

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 24 - July 30
1 year, 4 months ago

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 24 - July 30

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NOMINAL INDEX Shweta Punj vs. Union of India and 4 others 2023 LiveLaw 224 Manorama Kuchhal And Another vs. Brijesh Narain Singh D.M./Collector NIC Dist. Lucknow And Another 2023 LiveLaw 230 ORDERS/JUDGMENTS OF THE WEEK Allahabad High Court Dismisses Challenge To Appointment Of Commissioners Of Income-Tax Case Title: Shweta Punj vs. Union of India and 4 others 2023 LiveLaw 224 …

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 …

Appearance Of AR Not Enough For Presuming Service On Assessee Under S. 292BB Of ITA: Orissa High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Appearance Of AR Not Enough For Presuming Service On Assessee Under S. 292BB Of ITA: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has deprecated the Income Tax Authority who, despite being informed that the assessee was in judicial custody, failed to serve a notice upon him through the Superintendent of the concerned jail, in the proceedings initiated against the assessee under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The Court further ruled that appearance of the authorized …

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 …

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 …

When AO Has Taken One Of The Possible Views The PCIT Is Prohibited From Adopting Different View: ITAT
1 year, 11 months ago

When AO Has Taken One Of The Possible Views The PCIT Is Prohibited From Adopting Different View: ITAT

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The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, while quashing the revision order, held that when the Assessing Officer has taken one of several possible views, the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax is prohibited from adopting a different view.The two-member bench of Aby V. Varkey and B.R. The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, while quashing the …

Directors Not Negligent; Wrong Invocation Of Section 179 IT Act: Gujarat High Court
1 year, 11 months 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 …

Reassessment Notice Based On Error Resulting From Oversight Of AO Is Not Valid: Delhi High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Reassessment Notice Based On Error Resulting From Oversight Of AO Is Not Valid: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has held that the reassessment notice based on an error resulting from the oversight of the assessing officer is not valid.The division bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan has relied on the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Gemini Leather Stores v. Income Tax Officer, in which it was held …

In The Absence Of A Full And True Disclosure, Reassessment Is Not Barred By Limitation: Madras High Court
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Reassessment Notice Issued Against A Dead Person Would Be Invalid: Bombay High Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Reassessment Notice Issued Against A Dead Person Would Be Invalid: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has held that a reassessment notice against a dead person would be invalid unless the legal representatives submit to the jurisdiction of the Assessing Officer without raising any objection.The division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Valmiki Sa Menezes has observed that where the legal representatives do not waive their right to a notice …

Reassessment Notices Issued Between 1st April 2021 To 30th June, 2021 Not Time Barred: Delhi High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Reassessment Notices Issued Between 1st April 2021 To 30th June, 2021 Not Time Barred: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has held that the reassessment notices issued between 1st April 2021 and 30th June 2021, will be deemed to have been issued under Section 148A of the Income Tax Act.The division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora has observed that the re-assessment notice dated 29.06.2021, which has been issued within the extended …

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 …

Addition Made By AO Despite Issue Pending Before AAR; Assessment Order Not Void: ITAT
2 years, 3 months ago

Addition Made By AO Despite Issue Pending Before AAR; Assessment Order Not Void: ITAT

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The Bangalore Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has ruled that an assessment order passed by an Assessing Officer, deciding on an issue pending before the AAR, in contravention of the mandate laid down in Section 245R of the Income Tax Act, 1961, would not make the entire assessment order void. The Bench of N. V. Vasudevan and Chandra …

Recovery Of Tax Dues Of A Company From Its Directors Under Section 179 Of Income Tax Act, Cannot Be Invoked Casually: Bombay High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Recovery Of Tax Dues Of A Company From Its Directors Under Section 179 Of Income Tax Act, Cannot Be Invoked Casually: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has ruled that exercise of jurisdiction under Section 179 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 against the director of a public company, to recover the tax dues of the said company, is violative of the principles of natural justice, where the Income Tax Authority has failed to give any opportunity of hearing to the director before …

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 …

Reassessment Proceedings Can't Be Initiated On Same Set Of Facts Available: ITAT
2 years, 5 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 …

Delhi High Court Quashes Reassessment Order Issued Without Considering The Reply Filed By The Assessee
2 years, 6 months ago

Delhi High Court Quashes Reassessment Order Issued Without Considering The Reply Filed By The Assessee

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The Delhi High Court, consisting of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Preetam Singh Arora, has quashed the reassessment order issued without considering the reply filed by the assessee. The department submitted that the petitioner's reply was not taken into consideration while passing the impugned order under Section 148A of the Income Tax Act. The court directed the assessing officer to …

No Opportunity Of Personal Hearing Granted To Taxpayer: Delhi High Court Quashes Assessment Order
2 years, 7 months ago

No Opportunity Of Personal Hearing Granted To Taxpayer: Delhi High Court Quashes Assessment Order

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The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Talwant Singh has quashed the assessment order as an opportunity of personal hearing was not granted to the taxpayer. The AO passed the assessment order without granting an opportunity to the petitioner to have a personal hearing in the matter. The court quashed the assessment order dated 07.06.2021, as …

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 …

AO & PCIT Failed To Consider Balance Of Convenience And Irreparable Injury While Deciding The Stay Application: Delhi High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

AO & PCIT Failed To Consider Balance Of Convenience And Irreparable Injury While Deciding The Stay Application: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma has held that neither the Assessing Officer nor the Principal Commissioners of Income Tax have considered the three basic principles, i.e., the prima facie case, balance of convenience, and irreparable injury, while deciding the stay application. The petitioner company/assessee filed an application for a stay of demand …

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