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Section 148A is the mandatory enquiry-with-show-cause stage that must precede a Section 148 notice. The four sub-stages are: (a) conduct any enquiry, with prior approval of specified authority, with respect to information suggesting escaped income; (b) provide an opportunity of being heard by serving a show-cause notice of not less than 7 days but not more than 30 days; (c) consider the assessee's reply; and (d) pass a speaking order, with prior approval, deciding whether it is a fit case for issue of Section 148 notice.
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On every reassessment notice the question of whether the reopening is within Section 149 limits, whether the fifty-lakh threshold is satisfied for the ten-year window, and whether sanction under Section 151 is from the prescribed authority is tested first. Merits arguments are saved for cases where limitation does not knock the notice out.
Form 68 immunity under Section 270AA on an accepted under-reporting addition, or Vivad se Vishwas 2024 settlement on an old contested appeal, is recommended in writing with the cost-benefit laid out — disputed tax, interest and penalty waiver, professional cost of further litigation. The client decides on numbers, not on instinct.
Every Section 143(1)(a) intimation received by Alwarpet clients is logged on day one with a calendar countdown to the 30-day deadline. The reply is filed at least 5 days before expiry — escalation to a finalised adjustment with consequential demand has never occurred for our clients.
Every TDS / AIS mismatch defence is supported by line-by-line reconciliation of Form 26AS, AIS, TIS and the filed return — bank interest, dividend, mutual fund redemption, salary TDS, SFT cash deposits — each item explained or contested with documentary evidence.
Personal hearing by video conference under Section 144B(6)(viii) is requested as a matter of right after every draft assessment order. Senior consultant attends; submissions are documented and uploaded to the e-Proceedings module — no addition without natural justice.
Every Section 148 notice is tested against the new regime — 3-year normal limit, 10-year extended limit only where escaped income represented in asset / expenditure / entry exceeds ₹50 lakh, sanction of specified authority under Section 151 — flaws are challenged by writ petition where appropriate.
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Deadlines in this neighbourhood — In Alwarpet, the business activity radiating outward from Apollo Hospital Greams Road and nearby commercial pockets.
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Show-cause notice provided to assessee under Section 148A(b) along with the information suggesting escapement of income, seeking the assessee's reply before the officer passes the Section 148A(d) order
Speaking order recording satisfaction that it is or is not a fit case to issue a Section 148 notice; precedes the Section 148 reassessment notice and is the document on which validity of subsequent proceedings rests
Notice requiring the assessee to furnish a return of income for the relevant assessment year within the period specified in the notice, where the Assessing Officer has reason to believe income has escaped assessment
Communication of proposed amendment to an order or intimation where mistake apparent from record is noticed; the assessee is required to be heard before any amendment which has the effect of enhancing assessment or reducing refund is made
Intimation proposing adjustment of refund determined as due against outstanding demand, mandated by the Hon'ble Delhi High Court ruling in Court On Its Own Motion v UoI; requires speaking order before adjustment
Notice specifying the sum payable in consequence of any order under the Act — tax, interest, penalty, fine; the operative document for recovery; payable within thirty days under Section 220(1)
Electronic form for filing first appeal under Section 246A against assessment, reassessment, rectification or penalty orders; carries grounds of appeal, statement of facts, and proof of fee payment
Memorandum of appeal to ITAT under Section 253 against orders of Commissioner (Appeals), Commissioner under Section 263 or 264, or penalty orders by Principal Commissioner; filed in triplicate with certified order copy
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Sub-section (1) of Section 142 of the Income-tax Act 1961 empowers the Assessing Officer to call for a return where none has been furnished, to require production of accounts and documents, and to call for any information on points or matters considered necessary for assessment. It is to be noted that the proviso to clause (ii) bars the officer from calling for accounts relating to a period more than three years prior to the previous year without prior approval of the Joint Commissioner. Non-compliance attracts penalty under Section 271(1)(b) of ten thousand rupees per default and prosecution under Section 276D.
View sourceSub-section (1) of Section 143 prescribes the summary processing of a return furnished under Section 139 or in response to a notice under Section 142(1). The system computes the total income or loss after making adjustments enumerated in clauses (i) to (vi) — arithmetical errors, incorrect claims apparent from the return information, disallowance of loss claimed where the return is belated, disallowance of expenditure indicated in the audit report but not taken into account, disallowance of deduction claimed under Section 10AA or any provision of Chapter VI-A heading 'C' where the return is furnished beyond the due date, and addition of income appearing in Form 26AS or Form 16 not included in the return. The proviso requires an intimation of any proposed adjustment to be communicated and a response window of thirty days afforded before the adjustment is given effect.
View sourceSub-section (2) of Section 143 enables the Assessing Officer or the prescribed income-tax authority, where a return has been furnished under Section 139 or in response to a notice under Section 142(1), to serve on the assessee a notice requiring him to attend the office or produce evidence in support of the return. The proviso prescribes an outer limit of three months from the end of the financial year in which the return is furnished, beyond which no Section 143(2) notice may be issued. Selection for scrutiny follows the Central Action Plan and the Computer Assisted Scrutiny Selection criteria notified by the Central Board of Direct Taxes for the relevant assessment year.
View sourceSection 148 as substituted prescribes that before making the assessment or reassessment under Section 147, the Assessing Officer shall serve on the assessee a notice requiring him to furnish a return of income within the period specified in the notice, not being less than three months. The proviso requires that no notice under this section shall be issued unless there is information with the officer which suggests that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment, and the officer has obtained prior approval of the specified authority. The order under Section 148A(d) must precede issue of the Section 148 notice.
View sourceSection 148A, inserted by the Finance Act 2021 and modified by the Finance Act 2022, prescribes a four-stage pre-notice inquiry — clause (a) the officer may conduct any inquiry with prior approval; clause (b) the officer shall provide an opportunity of being heard by serving a show-cause notice of not less than seven days and not more than thirty days; clause (c) the officer shall consider the reply furnished by the assessee; clause (d) the officer shall pass an order with the approval of the specified authority deciding whether or not it is a fit case to issue a Section 148 notice. It is to be noted that clause (d) order is the document on which the validity of the subsequent Section 148 notice rises or falls.
View sourceSection 154 enables an income-tax authority to amend any order passed by it, or any intimation or deemed intimation under Section 143(1), or any intimation under Section 200A(1) or Section 206CB(1), with a view to rectifying any mistake apparent from the record. Sub-section (1A) extends the power to amendments consequent to an appellate order. Sub-section (7) imposes a four-year limitation reckoned from the end of the financial year in which the order sought to be amended was passed. Sub-section (8) requires a six-month disposal timeline where the assessee himself moves an application. It is to be noted that the mistake must be apparent on the face of the record and not require a long-drawn process of reasoning or investigation.
View sourceAlwarpet is a premium central-Chennai locality known for the Music Academy, multi-specialty hospitals, designer boutiques and fine-dining restaurants along TTK Road and Eldams Road. Many GST registrations here are for healthcare, hospitality and high-value retail. We keep a cycle-by-cycle record of how the Mylapore Division of the Chennai South handles Alwarpet filings and approvals. Because PIN 600018 sits inside the Chennai South jurisdiction, the handling office for Alwarpet stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles. Businesses registered in Alwarpet share the Chennai South jurisdiction, and their statutory matters route through the same Mylapore Division each time.
Document pickup near Apollo Hospital Greams Road is a same-hour errand for our Alwarpet engagements rather than the half-day a typical Chennai client expects. Alwarpet sustains a high flow of commerce for a upscale residential with healthcare and dining locality, and that flow is the raw material for the IT Notice Reply files we close here. Alwarpet reads as a upscale residential with healthcare and dining pocket with high commercial activity, anchored around Apollo Hospital Greams Road and fed by the TTK Road Bus Stand corridor. The businesses clustered around Apollo Hospital Greams Road in Alwarpet drive the bulk of the IT Notice Reply workload we see each cycle.
We have closed enough IT Notice Reply files for boutique retail firms near Alwarpet to know where the department usually probes. Because Alwarpet hosts a cluster of boutique retail businesses, we benchmark each new IT Notice Reply engagement against patterns we already track for the locality. Sector concentration matters: when Alwarpet leans toward boutique retail, the IT Notice Reply risks cluster around the same few line items each cycle. A boutique retail operator in Alwarpet gets a IT Notice Reply workflow shaped by sector norms, not a one-size-fits-all template.
Every IT Notice Reply file we open for Alwarpet is reconciled, reviewed by a qualified practitioner, and archived for seven years. Turnaround for Alwarpet IT Notice Reply is deterministic — fixed fee, a scoped timeline, and a same-business-day acknowledgement once filed. The Alwarpet IT Notice Reply workflow is documented end-to-end: WhatsApp document intake, a working file, qualified review, and a filed acknowledgement back to you. We keep a repeatable IT Notice Reply checklist for Alwarpet so nothing in the cycle is improvised or missed.
Proximity to Mylapore means a Alwarpet engagement can extend across the locality cluster with no change in cadence. Serving Alwarpet and Mylapore from one team keeps IT Notice Reply turnaround identical across the cluster. IT Notice Reply clients in Mylapore are handled by the same practitioners who run our Alwarpet desk. We treat Alwarpet and Mylapore as one catchment for IT Notice Reply, which keeps documentation and turnaround consistent.
Common patterns in the Mylapore Division give Alwarpet businesses an early-warning map we use to pre-empt IT Notice Reply issues. Because we work repeatedly across Alwarpet, we can benchmark a new client's IT Notice Reply position against the locality norm. Over several cycles in Alwarpet, the recurring IT Notice Reply issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early. Sector signals in Alwarpet — seasonal healthcare swings and peak-period volumes — shape how we schedule IT Notice Reply work.
Relocating a registered office into Alwarpet (PIN 600018) changes the assessing division, and we handle that IT Notice Reply transition cleanly. New residential ventures in Alwarpet lean on us to stand up IT Notice Reply correctly before the first deadline rather than after a notice. First-time IT Notice Reply for a Alwarpet business is where getting the basics right saves years of cleanup later. Shifting principal place of business to Alwarpet means updating jurisdiction to the Chennai South, and we manage the paperwork end-to-end.
Section 156 is the demand notice that follows any assessment, reassessment, penalty or interest order. The sum specified becomes payable within thirty days of service. Interest under Section 220(2) at one per cent per month begins from the expiry of that window.
By filing a Section 220(6) stay application before the Assessing Officer or Pr.CIT, typically supported by an appeal-pendency proof and a twenty per cent pre-deposit under CBDT Office Memorandum dated 29-Feb-2016. Madras HC writ jurisdiction is available where stay is denied unreasonably.
Section 246A provides a first appeal to the CIT(A) National Faceless Appeal Centre, to be filed in Form 35 within thirty days of service of the order. From the CIT(A) order, a second appeal lies to ITAT Chennai under Section 253 within sixty days.
Section 154 allows correction of a mistake apparent from the record within four years from the end of the financial year in which the order was passed. Scope is limited to errors evident on the face of the record — debatable issues fall outside.
Section 263 empowers the Pr.CIT or CIT to revise an order that is erroneous and prejudicial to the interests of revenue. Both conditions must be satisfied. Limitation is two years from the end of the financial year in which the order sought to be revised was passed.
Section 264 allows the Pr.CIT to revise any order at the assessee's instance, provided the assessee has not invoked the regular appellate remedy. The application must be filed within one year of the order; condonation up to two years is at the Pr.CIT's discretion.
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An income tax notice is a formal communication issued by the income tax authorities under the Income-tax Act 1961 conveying an action, requirement, or finding affecting the recipient's tax position. The Act provides for several distinct categories of notice — intimation under Section 143(1) after return processing, inquiry under Section 142(1) seeking information, scrutiny under Section 143(2) opening an assessment, reassessment under Section 148 read with the post-April-2021 Section 148A framework, rectification under Section 154, adjustment under Section 245, demand under Section 156, and recovery under Section 220 and Section 222. The Central Board of Direct Taxes prescribes the form, content, and procedural requirements for each notice through Rules under Section 295 and contemporaneous Circulars. The Faceless Assessment Scheme under Section 144B routes most communications through the National Faceless Assessment Centre, with notices served electronically through the e-filing portal and the registered email under Rule 127. Each notice carries distinct compliance windows, substantive content requirements, and consequence patterns, making accurate identification of the section under which the notice has been issued the first analytical step in any reply strategy.
The Computer-Assisted Scrutiny Selection module operated by the Directorate of Income Tax (Systems) selects returns for scrutiny under Section 143(2) using statistical risk parameters drawing on the Annual Information Statement, Form 26AS aggregates, Goods and Services Tax Network data, depository feeds, and registrar-of-companies disclosures. Common triggers include mismatch between GSTR-3B outward supplies and ITR turnover, high-value bank deposits relative to declared income, foreign remittances under Liberalised Remittance Scheme exceeding declared sources, large refund claims, and cross-tax-base inconsistencies. The Annual Information Statement framework introduced by CBDT Circular 8/2021 consolidates third-party reports into a single feed that the assessee can review pre-filing, while the corresponding Taxpayer Information Summary provides an aggregated overview. Where pre-filing review identifies AIS errors, the assessee can submit feedback through the e-filing portal to mark entries as duplicate, incorrect, or relating to another person, with the corrected AIS forming the basis for subsequent scrutiny selection.
Section 282 read with Rule 127 governs the mode and place of service of any notice under the Act. Electronic service through the e-filing portal, the registered email, and (where applicable) the mobile number registered with the department is the primary mode under the Faceless framework, with physical service preserved as a backup. The Pradeep Goyal Supreme Court ruling on the Document Identification Number mandate, codified through CBDT Circular 19/2019, requires every notice and order to carry a DIN that can be verified on the e-filing portal — a notice without a verifiable DIN is treated as invalid except in narrow exceptional circumstances. The Anshul Jain Delhi HC ruling and the Tata Communications Bombay HC ruling have applied the DIN requirement strictly, with the assessee entitled to seek verification before responding substantively. Service through the e-Proceedings module triggers the compliance window from the date of dispatch, not the date of access by the assessee, making prompt portal review critical.
Section 142(2A) empowers the Assessing Officer, with the prior approval of the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner, to direct the assessee to get the accounts audited by an accountant nominated by the Principal Commissioner. The conditions are that the accounts are complex or have multiple transactions, that the volume is such, or that the doubt over correctness of the accounts requires special audit. The Section 142(2C) limitation provides that the audit must be completed within a period not exceeding one hundred eighty days from the date of receipt of the direction. The Sahara India Mass Communication Supreme Court ruling has clarified that the satisfaction recorded for invoking Section 142(2A) must be objectively justified, with the assessee entitled to challenge the direction through Article 226 writ before the Madras High Court where the satisfaction is patently unreasonable. The audit cost is borne by the Central Government under Section 142(2D), removing the cost-shifting argument from the consideration set.
Section 142(1) of the Income-tax Act provides the Assessing Officer with authority to call for information from any person, including the assessee, to enable assessment. The provision contains three clauses — Section 142(1)(i) requires the assessee to file a return where one has not been filed, Section 142(1)(ii) requires the assessee to produce accounts and documents specified in the notice, and Section 142(1)(iii) requires the assessee to furnish information on matters specified by the Assessing Officer. The Section 142(2) supplemental power authorises the Assessing Officer to make such inquiry as considered necessary for the purpose of obtaining full information in respect of the income or loss of any person. The Section 142(2A) special audit provision allows the Assessing Officer, with the prior approval of the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner, to direct the assessee to get the accounts audited by a chartered accountant nominated by the Principal Commissioner. The framework is investigatory rather than adjudicatory at this stage.
The Section 142(1) notice specifies the date by which the response is to be furnished, with windows typically ranging from fifteen to thirty days depending on the volume and complexity of information sought. Under the Faceless Assessment Scheme codified in Section 144B, the notice is issued by the National Faceless Assessment Centre and the response is submitted through the e-Proceedings module on the e-filing portal. Extensions can be sought through the same portal with a reasoned application, with the Assessing Officer empowered to grant additional time where bona fide reasons exist. Non-compliance with Section 142(1) attracts the Section 271(1)(b) penalty of ten thousand rupees for each default and may trigger Section 144 best-judgment assessment where the Assessing Officer proceeds without the assessee's input. The faceless framework eliminates direct interaction with the Assessing Officer, with all communication routed through the portal.
The right to personal hearing in scrutiny proceedings has been the subject of significant jurisprudence. Section 144B(7) provides for personal hearing through video conferencing in circumstances prescribed by the Board, with the Sanjay Aggarwal Delhi HC ruling and the Bharat Aluminium Calcutta HC ruling holding that the request for personal hearing in defined circumstances must be granted as a matter of natural justice where adverse adjustments are contemplated. The Kranti Associates Supreme Court ruling on reasoned decision-making applies broadly to require the Assessing Officer to engage with each material submission made by the assessee in the response, with non-engagement vitiating the order. The combination of these rulings makes the personal-hearing request a strategic step in scrutiny where the assessee anticipates adverse adjustments, with the request to be made through the e-Proceedings portal in the prescribed form.
The GKN Driveshafts Supreme Court ruling, although decided in the Section 148 reassessment context, has been extended by High Courts to the broader scrutiny framework — the assessee is entitled to seek the reasons recorded for the adverse position before responding substantively, and the Assessing Officer is required to dispose of the assessee's objections through a speaking order before proceeding. In Section 143(2) scrutiny, this translates to a structured response strategy — first, an information request seeking the basis for the proposed adjustment; second, a substantive response with documentary substantiation addressing each proposed adjustment line; third, where applicable, a personal-hearing request through video conferencing; fourth, post-order, the Section 246A appeal route to the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) within thirty days. The Kranti Associates principle on reasoned decision-making reinforces the speaking-order requirement.
Section 143(2) authorises the Assessing Officer to serve a notice on the assessee selected for scrutiny assessment, requiring the assessee to attend or produce evidence on which the assessee relies in support of the return. The selection is through Computer-Assisted Scrutiny Selection or through manual selection under Section 119 instructions, with the scope of scrutiny limited to either the issues notified in the notice (limited scrutiny) or to all issues (complete scrutiny). The CBDT Instruction 5/2017 and subsequent Circulars prescribe the parameters and percentages for scrutiny selection across CASS cycles, with limited scrutiny being the predominant mode for routine selection. The notice must be served within three months from the end of the financial year in which the return was furnished under the post-2021 amendment to Section 143(2), with the earlier six-month window curtailed by the Finance Act 2021. Non-service within the statutory window is fatal to the scrutiny assessment as held in ACIT v Hotel Blue Moon (SC, 2010).
The Finance Act 2021 substituted Section 147 and Section 148 with the new Section 148A framework effective 1 April 2021. The Supreme Court in Union of India v Ashish Agarwal (2022) addressed the transitional question of notices issued under the old Section 148 between 1 April 2021 and 30 June 2021 — the court directed that such notices be treated as Section 148A(b) show-cause notices under the new framework, with the procedural protections of Section 148A made available retrospectively. The Rajeev Bansal Supreme Court ruling (2024) further clarified the limitation interaction between the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act 2020 and the new framework. The transitional jurisprudence applies to several pending reassessments and remains relevant for assessees with notices issued in the transition window, with the response strategy involving the Section 148A(b) framework and the documented limitation working.
The GKN Driveshafts (India) v ITO Supreme Court ruling (2003) established a procedural architecture for responding to Section 148 reassessment notices that retains direct relevance even under the post-2021 framework. The architecture has three steps — first, the assessee files the return in response to the Section 148 notice within the time stipulated; second, the assessee requests a copy of the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer for the reopening; third, the assessee files objections to the reasons in writing; fourth, the Assessing Officer is required to dispose of the objections through a speaking order before proceeding with the reassessment. Failure of the Assessing Officer to follow the architecture is fatal to the reassessment as held in subsequent rulings. The architecture survives in the post-2021 framework through Section 148A(b) and (d), with the show-cause and the order on the show-cause performing equivalent procedural functions.
Reassessment notices that suffer from jurisdictional defects — issuance without reasons recorded, mere change of opinion, expiry of limitation, sanction not obtained from the prescribed authority under Section 151 — are challengeable through Article 226 writ before the Madras High Court for assessees with Tamil Nadu jurisdiction. The Calcutta Discount Co Supreme Court ruling, the Madhya Pradesh Industries Supreme Court ruling, and several Madras High Court rulings have applied the writ remedy to set aside reassessment notices at the threshold without requiring the assessee to first exhaust the appellate hierarchy. The writ route is appropriate where the defect is patent and the alternative remedy is inadequate, particularly given the prolonged stay risk during the appellate process under Section 220(6). The strategic choice between the appellate route and the writ route depends on the nature of the defect and the documentary state of play.
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Demand identification number is the unique number assigned to every demand raised on the e-portal — flowing from Section 143(1) intimations, Section 143(3) assessments, Section 147 reassessments, Section 154 rectifications, or penalty orders. The DIN is the reference for payment, stay petitions and appeal.
Document identification number is the system-generated unique number that, per CBDT Circular 19/2019, must be quoted on every notice, order and communication issued by the Department from 1 October 2019. Communications without DIN are non-est, as held by the Supreme Court in CIT v Brandix Mauritius Holdings.
Section 250 appellate procedure governs the conduct of first appeal before Commissioner (Appeals) — fixation of hearing, opportunity to appellant and AO, further inquiry where considered fit, and disposal preferably within one year from end of financial year of filing. The faceless appeal scheme operates under sub-section (6B).
Stay petition under Section 220(6) is the application before the Assessing Officer seeking treatment as not being in default during pendency of Section 246A appeal. CBDT Office Memorandum F. No. 404/72/93-ITCC prescribes twenty per cent pre-deposit ordinarily; departure requires recorded reasons.
Section 220(2) interest is the simple interest at one per cent for every month or part of a month accruing on the demand from the day immediately following the end of the period under Section 220(1) — typically the thirty-first day from service of the Section 156 demand. Continues until the date of payment.
Section 234A interest is the one per cent per month or part of a month interest for default in furnishing return of income, reckoned from the day following the due date under Section 139(1) up to the date of furnishing the return — or where no return is furnished, up to the date of completion of the assessment.
Section 234B interest is the one per cent per month interest for default in payment of advance tax — where the assessee has not paid advance tax, or where the advance tax paid is less than ninety per cent of the assessed tax. Reckoned from 1st April of the assessment year to the date of regular assessment.
Section 234C interest is the deferment interest for default in payment of instalments of advance tax during the previous year — specific cut-offs of fifteen, forty-five, seventy-five and one hundred per cent at four quarterly instalments. Computed at one per cent per month for three months for each instalment shortfall.
Limited scrutiny is the scrutiny under Section 143(2) where the issues to be examined are confined to specific points flagged by the CASS — typically two or three issues such as cash deposits, deduction claims, mismatch with Form 26AS. Expansion to complete scrutiny requires written approval of the Principal Commissioner.
Complete scrutiny is the scrutiny under Section 143(2) where all aspects of the return may be examined — turnover, expenses, depreciation, loans, additions to capital, partner remuneration. Selected based on CASS criteria or converted from limited scrutiny on approval of the Principal Commissioner.
Form 26AS is the annual tax statement maintained at the Centralised Processing Centre Bengaluru consolidating TDS, TCS, advance tax, self-assessment tax, refunds, high-value transactions, and specified financial transactions reported by reporting entities. Routinely cited in notice proceedings to anchor income additions.
Annual Information Statement is the comprehensive statement introduced in 2021 displaying information received by the Department from various reporting sources — banks, mutual funds, registrars, employers — covering interest, dividends, sale of securities, sale of property, foreign remittances. Forms the trigger dataset for many Section 142(1) and Section 148A(b) notices.
Numerical examples showing tax + interest + penalty across common default scenarios.
How Alwarpet businesses typically avoid these: Where Alwarpet differs: the cluster of healthcare, hospitality, jewellery businesses that defines Alwarpet's commercial fabric. We see for Alwarpet's premium business segment that values fixed-fee compliance with senior-practitioner involvement.
How the local trade mix shapes this — In Alwarpet, the cluster of healthcare, hospitality, jewellery businesses that defines Alwarpet's commercial fabric.
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Why these Alwarpet engagements look the way they do: Where Alwarpet differs: the business activity radiating outward from Apollo Hospital Greams Road and nearby commercial pockets. We see for Alwarpet's premium business segment that values fixed-fee compliance with senior-practitioner involvement.
“Notice for AY 2016-17 issued in Aug-2023 invoking the 10-year limit. We demonstrated escaped income did not cross ₹50 lakh threshold and that sanction under Section 151 was from the wrong authority. Section 148A(d) order set aside on writ; reassessment dropped.”
“CASS-flagged scrutiny under Section 143(2) on bogus LTCG. Filed share register, demat statements, STT-paid contract notes and AO's own remand findings. Faceless Assessment Unit accepted explanation; addition of ₹38 lakh deleted in Section 143(3) order.”
“AO levied 200% misreporting penalty on disallowance of expenses. Argued the disallowance was on a debatable issue — possible-view doctrine — not misreporting. Faceless Penalty Centre accepted plea; penalty restricted to 50% under-reporting. Saved ₹4.6 lakh.”
“CPC adjusted ₹2.1 lakh refund of AY 2024-25 against an old AY 2018-19 demand that was already stayed by CIT(A). Filed disagreement on outstanding demand portal with stay order; refund released within 6 weeks.”
“CPC proposed adjustment disallowing HRA citing AIS mismatch. Filed reply within 30 days with rent receipts, landlord PAN, bank rent payment trail and revised computation. Adjustment dropped; refund of ₹78,000 issued.”
“Section 143(3) addition of ₹62 lakh on unexplained cash deposits during demonetisation. Filed Form 35 with Rule 46A petition; produced sales register, cash book and pre-demonetisation cash trends. CIT(A) deleted addition; Section 220(6) stay of demand obtained pending appeal.”
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