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Best-judgment assessment under Section 144 — the AO completes assessment ex-parte on the material available. Penalty under Section 272A(1)(d) is ₹10,000 for each default of non-compliance with Section 142(1)/142(2A)/143(2). Repeated non-appearance also weakens any subsequent appellate remedy because the appellate authority will require a justification for non-appearance before admitting fresh evidence.
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Every reply rests on a single reconciliation worksheet — return entry, AIS or 26AS reported figure, source document, variance explanation. The narrative letter is short. The annexure pack is detailed. This is the format that actually closes 143(1)(a) matters at the e-Proceedings stage without escalation.
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 Anna Nagar 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.
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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 sourceAnna Nagar (PIN 600040) falls under the Anna Nagar Division of the Chennai North, the jurisdiction that handles statutory matters for businesses at this PIN. Records we prepare for Anna Nagar carry the geo-zone 600xx tag and coordinates 13.0859, 80.2101, which map each submission back to this locality. Because PIN 600040 sits inside the Chennai North jurisdiction, the handling office for Anna Nagar stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles. Anna Nagar is a planned residential township that has matured into one of north Chennai's premier commercial districts, with multi-specialty hospitals, branded retail along Second Avenue and dense small-business activity. Most GST clients here are healthcare clinics, retail outlets, restaurants and professional services.
Most commerce in Anna Nagar — invoices, expenses, purchases and statutory records — eventually surfaces in the IT Notice Reply working file we maintain for clients here. Freight and foot traffic from the Anna Nagar East Metro hub pull steady daily commerce through Anna Nagar, so there is rarely a quiet filing month in this planned residential commercial hub pocket. The planned residential commercial hub mix of Anna Nagar shapes what lands in our workpapers — a blend of hospitality activity and the commercial pulse around Chinthamani Junction. Commercial activity in Anna Nagar runs high, so IT Notice Reply volumes scale through peak months and we staff the Anna Nagar desk accordingly.
We have closed enough IT Notice Reply files for education firms near Anna Nagar to know where the department usually probes. IT Notice Reply for education businesses in Anna Nagar hinges on getting the sector's recurring entries right the first time. The education character of Anna Nagar commerce influences everything from invoice formats to the supporting documents a IT Notice Reply review needs. Sector concentration matters: when Anna Nagar leans toward education, the IT Notice Reply risks cluster around the same few line items each cycle.
Working papers for Anna Nagar IT Notice Reply engagements stay archived and retrievable, which makes any later notice or query straightforward to answer. The Anna Nagar IT Notice Reply workflow is documented end-to-end: WhatsApp document intake, a working file, qualified review, and a filed acknowledgement back to you. Turnaround for Anna Nagar IT Notice Reply is deterministic — fixed fee, a scoped timeline, and a same-business-day acknowledgement once filed. Every IT Notice Reply file we open for Anna Nagar is reconciled, reviewed by a qualified practitioner, and archived for seven years.
Coverage from Anna Nagar naturally extends to Anna Nagar West, so group entities across the area share one IT Notice Reply workflow. Proximity to Anna Nagar West means a Anna Nagar engagement can extend across the locality cluster with no change in cadence. A client relocating between Anna Nagar and Anna Nagar West keeps the same IT Notice Reply file and the same team. Group companies spread across Anna Nagar and Anna Nagar West consolidate their IT Notice Reply under one engagement with us.
The longer we serve Anna Nagar, the more precisely we predict where a IT Notice Reply file needs attention. Over several cycles in Anna Nagar, the recurring IT Notice Reply issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early. Patterns we track for Anna Nagar include hospitality documentation gaps, timing mismatches, and the questions the Anna Nagar Division tends to raise. Because we work repeatedly across Anna Nagar, we can benchmark a new client's IT Notice Reply position against the locality norm.
A startup setting up near Anna Nagar Tower Park in Anna Nagar gets a IT Notice Reply foundation built for the Anna Nagar Division from day one. We onboard new Anna Nagar entities onto a IT Notice Reply cadence that is audit-ready from the very first cycle. When a Aminjikarai business expands into Anna Nagar, we extend its IT Notice Reply setup to PIN 600040 without disruption. Relocating a registered office into Anna Nagar (PIN 600040) changes the assessing division, and we handle that IT Notice Reply transition cleanly.
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.
No. Section 264(4) bars revision where the order is the subject matter of a pending appeal. The assessee must elect one route. Section 264 is generally preferred for narrow, undisputed issues where the AO had not exercised proper 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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Reason to believe was, until 31 March 2021, the jurisdictional foundation for issue of a Section 148 notice — recorded reasons under the second proviso to Section 147 (pre-substitution). Post-substitution the trigger is information suggesting escapement under Section 148, with the Section 148A inquiry as procedural overlay.
GKN Driveshafts ruling is the Supreme Court decision in GKN Driveshafts (India) Ltd v ITO that prescribed the objection mechanism in reassessment — on receipt of Section 148 notice the assessee may file return and seek reasons recorded; on receipt of reasons the assessee may file objections; the AO must dispose of objections by a speaking order before proceeding.
Faceless reassessment is the conduct of Section 147 reassessment proceedings under the faceless framework — Section 148A inquiry and Section 148 notice through the Income Tax Business Application portal, dynamic jurisdiction allocation, no physical interface, hearing through video conferencing on request.
Specified authority approval under Section 151 is the jurisdictional approval required before issue of a Section 148 notice — Principal Chief Commissioner or Principal Commissioner where three or more years have elapsed from end of relevant assessment year, Principal Commissioner or Joint Commissioner otherwise. Approval is to be obtained on the merits, not as a mechanical signature.
Mistake apparent from record is the threshold for Section 154 rectification — an obvious error visible on the face of the record, not requiring elaborate reasoning or fresh investigation. A debatable legal proposition or a mistake the discovery of which requires evidence to be examined falls outside the scope.
Centralised Processing Centre at Bengaluru is the operational arm under the Directorate of Income Tax (Systems) that processes returns, issues Section 143(1) intimations, processes rectifications, and manages refunds. The 'CPC' tag in any notice indicates centralised, not jurisdictional, origin.
Section 246A appealable order is the order against which an appeal lies to the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) — intimations under Section 143(1) that are objected to, assessments under Sections 143(3) and 144, reassessments under Section 147, rectifications under Section 154, penalty orders under Chapter XXI, and others enumerated in the section.
Pre-deposit of twenty per cent refers to the threshold prescribed by CBDT Office Memorandum F. No. 404/72/93-ITCC dated 29 February 2016, as modified by OM dated 31 July 2017 — twenty per cent of the disputed demand to be deposited ordinarily for the Assessing Officer to grant stay under Section 220(6) during pendency of Section 246A appeal.
Recovery under Section 222 is the recovery of arrears under the Second Schedule procedure — by attachment and sale of movable and immovable property of the assessee, by appointment of a receiver, or by arrest and detention. Triggered after expiry of Section 220(1) demand window and where stay has not been granted.
Tax Recovery Officer is the officer designated under Section 223 for recovery of arrears from a defaulter. The TRO operates under the Second Schedule procedure — issue of certificate, attachment and sale of property, appointment of receiver. Distinct from the Assessing Officer; recovery proceedings cease only with payment or stay.
Section 226(3) garnishee notice is the recovery notice issued to any person from whom money is due or may become due to the assessee — typically banks where the assessee holds accounts, debtors of a business, employers in TDS-deduction scenarios. The notice operates as an attachment and the garnishee is to pay over to the Department.
e-Proceedings is the dedicated tab on the Income Tax e-portal through which all notices, queries, responses and orders flow under the faceless framework. The assessee uploads replies as PDF along with annexures. Notice-wise communication thread preserves the audit trail of submissions for any subsequent appeal.
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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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