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Section 144B introduced by Finance Act 2021 (replacing the earlier scheme notified in 2020) mandates that all assessments under Section 143(3) and Section 144 are conducted in a faceless manner through the National Faceless Assessment Centre (NFAC). The flow involves NFAC issuing notices, the Assessment Unit drafting, the Verification Unit verifying, the Technical Unit advising, the Review Unit reviewing, and a draft assessment order communicated to the assessee with a Show-Cause Notice before any addition. Personal hearing is by video conference only.
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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 Ambattur 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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Why this matters here — Ambattur businesses operate where the dense engineering auto-component and packaging ecosystem of the Ambattur Industrial Estate operating across SIDCO and CMDA-developed sectors, and with arterial connectivity via MTH Road the Chennai Bypass Padi Flyover and the Ambattur-Korattur corridor.
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Deadlines in this neighbourhood — Ambattur businesses operate where the dense engineering auto-component and packaging ecosystem of the Ambattur Industrial Estate operating across SIDCO and CMDA-developed sectors.
Deadline pressure points we see in Ambattur: On the ground in Ambattur, for Ambattur SME manufacturers managing complex GST input-tax-credit and inter-state compliance footprints.
System-generated intimation processed by CPC Bengaluru that communicates either acceptance of the return as filed, refund determined, or proposed adjustments under clauses (i) to (vi) of Section 143(1)(a) requiring response within thirty days
Notice issued by Assessing Officer or prescribed authority requiring the assessee to attend the office or produce evidence in support of the return; selection follows CASS criteria notified by CBDT for the assessment year
Notice calling for return where none has been furnished, production of accounts and documents, or any information on points considered necessary for assessment; non-compliance attracts Section 271(1)(b) penalty
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
Every claim on this page can be traced back to a section or rule below.
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 sourceBecause PIN 600053 sits inside the Chennai North jurisdiction, the handling office for Ambattur stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles. Every Ambattur engagement we open begins with the basics: PIN 600053, the Ambattur Division, and the coordinates 13.1143, 80.1548 that anchor the locality. Statutory correspondence for Ambattur businesses routes through the Ambattur Division, so we align every IT Notice Reply engagement to that jurisdiction from the start. Businesses registered in Ambattur share the Chennai North jurisdiction, and their statutory matters route through the same Ambattur Division each time.
Document pickup near Ambattur OT is a same-hour errand for our Ambattur engagements rather than the half-day a typical Chennai client expects. The businesses clustered around Ambattur OT in Ambattur drive the bulk of the IT Notice Reply workload we see each cycle. Ambattur sustains a high flow of commerce for a industrial residential mixed locality, and that flow is the raw material for the IT Notice Reply files we close here. The industrial residential mixed mix of Ambattur shapes what lands in our workpapers — a blend of retail activity and the commercial pulse around Ambattur OT.
logistics units around Ambattur share recurring IT Notice Reply patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation. For a logistics business in Ambattur, the IT Notice Reply scope is rarely generic; we tailor the checklist to how that sector actually transacts. Sector concentration matters: when Ambattur leans toward logistics, the IT Notice Reply risks cluster around the same few line items each cycle. Mixed logistics activity across Ambattur means our IT Notice Reply team keeps sector playbooks ready rather than improvising per client.
Every IT Notice Reply file we open for Ambattur is reconciled, reviewed by a qualified practitioner, and archived for seven years. Turnaround for Ambattur IT Notice Reply is deterministic — fixed fee, a scoped timeline, and a same-business-day acknowledgement once filed. The Ambattur IT Notice Reply workflow is documented end-to-end: WhatsApp document intake, a working file, qualified review, and a filed acknowledgement back to you. From the first IT Notice Reply cycle, a Ambattur engagement is set up to be audit-ready rather than reconstructed under pressure later.
IT Notice Reply clients in Korattur are handled by the same practitioners who run our Ambattur desk. We treat Ambattur and Korattur as one catchment for IT Notice Reply, which keeps documentation and turnaround consistent. Coverage from Ambattur naturally extends to Korattur, so group entities across the area share one IT Notice Reply workflow. Group companies spread across Ambattur and Korattur consolidate their IT Notice Reply under one engagement with us.
Over several cycles in Ambattur, the recurring IT Notice Reply issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early. Common patterns in the Ambattur Division give Ambattur businesses an early-warning map we use to pre-empt IT Notice Reply issues. The longer we serve Ambattur, the more precisely we predict where a IT Notice Reply file needs attention. Recurring gaps in Ambattur retail records are the first thing our IT Notice Reply review closes out.
Relocating a registered office into Ambattur (PIN 600053) changes the assessing division, and we handle that IT Notice Reply transition cleanly. For a new business incorporating in Ambattur or shifting its principal place of business here, IT Notice Reply setup is one of the first things to get right. New logistics ventures in Ambattur lean on us to stand up IT Notice Reply correctly before the first deadline rather than after a notice. Incorporating in Ambattur comes with jurisdiction, registration and IT Notice Reply steps that we sequence so nothing stalls the launch.
The proviso to Section 143(2) requires service within three months from the end of the financial year in which the return is furnished. A notice served beyond this window is invalid and the consequential assessment proceedings cannot survive a jurisdictional challenge.
Section 153A is the assessment provision triggered after a Section 132 search. The Assessing Officer issues notices for the six assessment years immediately preceding the year of search, with the assessment scope governed by the incriminating-material-relatability test from Abhisar Buildwell.
Section 153C extends search-assessment jurisdiction to third parties whose books or assets are seized during a Section 132 search at another person's premises. A satisfaction note recording that the material 'pertains to or relates to' the third party is a jurisdictional prerequisite.
From a Section 144B assessment, an appeal lies to the CIT(A) NFAC under Section 246A; for eligible assessees with variation proposed in a draft order, the Dispute Resolution Panel route under Section 144C is the alternative. From CIT(A) or DRP, ITAT under Section 253 is the next stage.
Section 144B(6)(viii) confers a statutory right to request a video-conference personal hearing where the Assessment Unit proposes a variation. Denial of this right vitiates the consequential order — a position consistently applied by the Madras and Bombay High Courts.
Yes. A well-drafted Section 148A(b) reply that demolishes the foundational information can lead to a Section 148A(d) order recording that the case is not fit for issuance. This is the most cost-effective stage to terminate a reopening proceeding.
What Ambattur clients want to know before signing: On the ground in Ambattur, across Ambattur's SIDCO Industrial Estate Padi and Pattaravakkam industrial clusters.
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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.
Any reply strategy begins with a structured reading of the notice itself. The first identification is the section under which the notice has been issued, since this determines the procedural framework and the compliance window. The second is the assessment year to which the notice relates, since the limitation provisions under Section 149, Section 153, and Section 154 are computed by reference to assessment year boundaries. The third is the Document Identification Number, which must be verified through the e-filing portal. The fourth is the response deadline stated on the face of the notice. The fifth is the specific information sought or adjustment proposed, which determines the substantive content of the reply. The sixth is the jurisdiction — faceless under Section 144B versus territorial under Section 124 — since this affects appellate routing under Section 246A and writ jurisdiction under Article 226 before the appropriate High Court.
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.
Section 154(7) provides that no rectification order shall be made under Section 154 after the expiry of four years from the end of the financial year in which the order sought to be rectified was passed. The limitation operates both ways — the assessee's rectification application and the authority's suo motu rectification are both subject to the four-year window. Where the rectification application is filed within the limitation but disposed of after, the disposal is still valid as held in subsequent rulings. The strategic implication is that any rectification application must be filed promptly, with the substantive merits subsequently developed. The four-year working is from the end of the financial year in which the order sought to be rectified was passed, not the assessment year of the underlying income, making the limitation analytically distinct from the Section 149 and Section 153 limitations.
Section 154(3) provides that no rectification order resulting in enhancing the assessment, reducing a refund, or otherwise increasing the liability of the assessee shall be made unless the assessee has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. The natural justice requirement is mandatory, with non-compliance vitiating the rectification order. The procedure for the assessee's rectification application is through the e-filing portal under the e-Proceedings module, with the application identifying the order to be rectified, the specific mistake apparent from the record, the documentary substantiation, and the relief sought. The Assessing Officer is expected to dispose of the application within six months from the end of the month in which the application is received under sub-section (8), although this is directory and non-compliance does not vitiate the order.
Section 154 rectification is distinct from revision under Section 263 (revision by the Commissioner of orders prejudicial to revenue) and Section 264 (revision by the Commissioner of any order). Rectification is limited to mistakes apparent from the record, with debatable issues outside its scope. Section 263 revision applies where the Commissioner considers an order erroneous and prejudicial to the interests of revenue, with the assessee entitled to a hearing before the revision and a Section 253 appeal to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal against the revision order. Section 264 revision is at the assessee's instance and authorises the Commissioner to revise any order in favour of the assessee, subject to limitation periods and exclusion of orders subject to appeal. The strategic choice among rectification, revision, and appeal depends on the nature of the issue, the limitation residue, and the documentary state.
Section 245 authorises the income tax authority to set off any refund due to the assessee against any sum remaining payable under the Act, with the set-off operating through an automated mechanism at the Centralised Processing Centre. The first proviso to Section 245 requires the Assessing Officer to give an intimation in writing to the assessee of the proposed set-off before the action is taken. The intimation must specify the demand sought to be adjusted, the refund proposed to be applied, and the resulting position. The assessee is entitled to respond to the intimation, indicating either consent to the set-off or contesting the underlying demand. The mechanism is administrative, not adjudicatory, with substantive contest of the underlying demand to be pursued through Section 154 rectification or Section 246A appeal against the order creating the demand.
The Genpact India Delhi HC ruling and the Maruti Suzuki Bombay HC ruling have applied the natural justice principle to the Section 245 set-off mechanism, holding that the prior intimation is mandatory and that automatic set-off without intimation is liable to be reversed. The CBDT Circular framework and the Office Memorandum on stay of demand under Section 220(6) have been read alongside Section 245 to require the Assessing Officer to suspend any set-off where the underlying demand is the subject of a stay application or a pending appeal under Section 246A. The strategic implication for assessees facing Section 245 intimations is the prompt response addressing the underlying demand status, with the stay application under Section 220(6) being the operative remedy where the demand is contested.
The response to a Section 245 intimation is structured around the underlying demand status. Where the demand is undisputed, the assessee can consent to the set-off, with the refund applied and the residual balance (refund or demand) flowing through. Where the demand is contested through a pending Section 246A appeal or Section 154 rectification, the assessee responds objecting to the set-off citing the pendency and the absence of a stay order under Section 220(6) for unconditional set-off. Where the demand is itself the subject of a stay order or a deposit arrangement, the assessee produces the stay order and contests the set-off. Where the demand has crystallised but a Section 220(3) or Section 220(7) installment arrangement is in place, the assessee produces the installment order and contests the lump-sum set-off. Each response is uploaded through the e-Proceedings portal within the deadline stated on the intimation.
The strategic sequencing on receipt of a Section 156 demand notice depends on the underlying order and the merits of the position. The first step is the Section 246A appeal filing within the thirty-day window in Form 35 with the prescribed fee, since the appeal pendency is a precondition for Section 220(6) stay. The second step is the Section 220(6) stay application within the thirty-day window of the demand notice, with the deposit working keyed to the CBDT Office Memorandum framework. The third step, where applicable, is the Section 154 rectification application addressing any mistakes apparent from the record in the order creating the demand. The fourth, where jurisdictional defects exist, is the Article 226 writ remedy before the Madras High Court. The sequencing is designed to preserve the assessee's position across procedural and substantive dimensions while preventing recovery action.
Section 156 provides for the service of a notice of demand specifying the sum payable by the assessee where any tax, interest, penalty, fine, or other sum is payable in consequence of any order under the Act. Section 220(1) requires the assessee to pay the amount specified in the demand notice within thirty days of service of the notice, with the Assessing Officer empowered to reduce the period where there is reason to believe that the assessee will dispose of property or abscond. Failure to pay within the specified period attracts interest under Section 220(2) at one percent per month or part thereof, and triggers the recovery machinery under Sections 222 to 232 read with the Second Schedule. The notice carries an Document Identification Number that must be verified through the e-filing portal under the CBDT Circular 19/2019 framework.
Section 220(6) authorises the Assessing Officer, where the assessee has presented an appeal under Section 246A, to treat the assessee as not being in default during the pendency of the appeal in respect of the demand. The CBDT Office Memorandum dated 31 July 2017 prescribes the framework for stay of demand pending appeal — twenty percent deposit of the disputed demand for stay during pendency before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), with exceptions where the position is clearly covered by binding precedent or where the high-pitched-assessment criterion applies. The assessee files a stay application under Section 220(6) within the thirty-day window following the demand notice, articulating the grounds for stay including the prima facie case, the balance of convenience, and the financial hardship. The Assessing Officer's order on the stay application is itself subject to challenge through Section 264 revision or Article 226 writ.
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AIS is the comprehensive statement under Section 285BB and Rule 114-I showing every information point reported against a PAN by banks, mutual funds, registrars, depositories, sub-registrars and other Specified Financial Transaction reporters. AIS lines drive risk scoring and are the most common trigger for Section 148A enquiries; downloading AIS each February and filing feedback against erroneous lines is the cleanest pre-emptive defence.
AIS feedback is the optional taxpayer response submitted against any line in the Annual Information Statement, marking it as fully correct, partially correct, denied, duplicate, relating to another PAN or transferred to another year. Feedback creates a documented audit trail and converts the AIS line into 'disputed by taxpayer' status, which materially weakens any subsequent reliance on the line in a 148A enquiry.
SFT is the reporter regime under Section 285BA read with Rule 114E requiring banks, post offices, mutual funds, sub-registrars, credit card issuers and others to report specified high-value transactions against PAN every financial year. Errors in SFT reporting — gross instead of net, wrong PAN, wrong year, duplicate entries — are routine and frequently surface as AIS-driven 148A enquiries on the recipient taxpayer.
Section 246A confers the right of first appeal to the Commissioner (Appeals) or the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) against specified orders including Section 143(3) assessment, Section 147 reassessment, Section 154 rectification, and Section 270A penalty orders. The appeal must be filed in Form 35 within thirty days of receipt of the order with the prescribed fee under Rule 45, and is the primary appellate remedy before ITAT.
Section 264 empowers the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner to revise any order passed by a subordinate authority where the assessee finds the order prejudicial, on an application filed within one year from the date of communication. Section 264 is a discretionary remedy and not a substitute for appeal — it is used where the appeal window has lapsed without fault, or where the grievance does not lend itself to appellate adjudication.
The 'Response to Outstanding Demand' tab on the e-filing portal shows every demand currently open against the taxpayer's PAN across all assessment years. Stale demands sit there for years until a refund triggers Section 245 set-off, at which point the taxpayer has thirty days to dispute. Best practice is to review the tab every July before filing season and clear any erroneous or already-paid demands pre-emptively.
TOLA refers to the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act 2020, used by the department to extend reassessment limitation across the transition from the old Section 147-151 regime to the new Section 148A regime after April 2021. The Supreme Court in Union of India v. Ashish Agarwal (2022) and high court decisions in Rajeev Bansal and others have substantially narrowed the substantive reach of TOLA extension.
Section 270A levies penalty of fifty per cent of the tax payable on under-reported income, escalated to two hundred per cent where the under-reporting is in consequence of misreporting. Penalty proceedings under 270A are initiated by a Section 274 notice typically along with the assessment order and require an independent reply on facts and on immunity grounds — Section 270AA immunity is available where conditions of full disclosure and tax payment are met.
OLTAS challan correction is the mechanism to correct keying errors in a challan paid through banking channels — wrong assessment year, wrong major head, wrong minor head, wrong PAN. The bank has a seven-day window from challan date to correct on its own; beyond that the correction has to be requested through the jurisdictional assessing officer who has discretionary power to direct the correction in the OLTAS database.
Section 244A grants the assessee simple interest at half per cent per month on a refund payable, computed from 1st April of the assessment year or from the date of payment of tax, whichever is later, up to the date of grant of the refund. Interest on refunds arising from Section 154 rectification or appellate orders runs from the date of the original payment, not from the date of the rectifying order.
Intimation under Section 143(1) is the system-generated communication processed at the Centralised Processing Centre Bengaluru that either accepts the return as filed, determines a refund, or proposes adjustments listed in clauses (i) to (vi) of the sub-section. A thirty-day response window applies before any proposed adjustment is given effect.
Scrutiny notice under Section 143(2) is the notice issued by the Assessing Officer requiring the assessee to attend or produce evidence in support of the return. The proviso bars issue beyond three months from end of financial year of return filing. Selection follows the Central Action Plan and CASS criteria.
Numerical examples showing tax + interest + penalty across common default scenarios.
How Ambattur businesses typically avoid these: On the ground in Ambattur, the dense engineering auto-component and packaging ecosystem of the Ambattur Industrial Estate operating across SIDCO and CMDA-developed sectors; for Ambattur SME manufacturers managing complex GST input-tax-credit and inter-state compliance footprints.
How the local trade mix shapes this — Ambattur businesses operate where the dense engineering auto-component and packaging ecosystem of the Ambattur Industrial Estate operating across SIDCO and CMDA-developed sectors.
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“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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