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Section 270AA provides immunity from penalty under Section 270A and prosecution under Section 276C/276CC where the assessee (i) pays the tax and interest demanded within the period under Section 156, and (ii) does not prefer an appeal against the assessment order. Application in Form 68 must be filed within 1 month from the end of the month in which assessment order is received. Immunity is not available for misreporting (200% category).
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The pre-2021 reassessment regime operated through reasons recorded, sanctioning approval and a notice that initiated proceedings without prior hearing. The post-2021 regime imports a quasi-adjudicatory pre-issuance phase under Section 148A. The professional reply leverages the inverted sequence by engaging at the show-cause stage, where the Assessing Officer is statutorily bound to consider the response before the speaking order issues.
The Section 144B faceless framework severs the traditional taxpayer-officer interface in favour of dynamic allocation across Assessment, Verification, Technical and Review Units. The reply discipline therefore differs from the earlier jurisdictional pattern, with submissions calibrated to the documentary and reasoned-position record rather than to officer rapport, and the video-conference hearing right exercised consistently to preserve natural-justice continuity.
Computer-Assisted Scrutiny Selection has displaced manual selection for the substantial majority of scrutiny cases, with parameters published through internal CBDT directions rather than through statutory rule. The reply confines itself to the parameter that triggered selection, sustaining the limited-scrutiny boundary that Instruction 5 of 2016 enforces, and resists drift into unrelated issues unless fresh approval has been recorded by the Principal Commissioner.
The twenty-one-day window under Section 245 is treated as a discrete procedural opportunity to record the demand status independently of the formal recovery track under Sections 220 to 222. Reply options of demand correct, partially incorrect or disagreed are exercised on documentary support such as appellate acknowledgement, stay order or rectification application, preventing refund-set-off becoming an inadvertent recovery substitute.
Section 149 applies a three-year general limit and a ten-year extended limit conditioned on books, documents or evidence revealing escaped income above fifty lakh rupees represented in asset, expenditure or entry. Mapping each Section 148 notice against the threshold, the surviving Ashish Agarwal and Rajeev Bansal timeline and the specified-authority sanction under Section 151 produces the limitation-defence position that frames the reply.
Where the notice issues under limited scrutiny on a CASS-flagged parameter, the reply is structured to address that parameter alone. Drift to other issues by the Assessment Unit is contested as exceeding the boundary recorded in CBDT Instruction 5 of 2016 and successor instructions, which require Principal Commissioner approval and reasons in writing for any expansion to complete scrutiny.
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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
Application seeking immunity from imposition of penalty under Section 270A and prosecution under Section 276C and Section 276CC, conditional on payment of tax and interest as per order and non-filing of appeal
Updated return enabling any person to disclose income previously omitted; accompanied by proof of payment of additional tax under Section 140B — twenty-five per cent or fifty per cent of tax and interest depending on year of filing
Challan for remitting tax demand consequent to Section 156 notice, self-assessment tax under Section 140A, advance tax instalments, or regular assessment dues; carries assessment year, demand identification number where applicable
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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 sourceFor IT Notice Reply at PIN 600107, understanding the Anna Nagar Division's documentation norms removes most of the friction from the process. Statutory correspondence for Koyambedu Roundtana businesses routes through the Anna Nagar Division, so we align every IT Notice Reply engagement to that jurisdiction from the start. Koyambedu Roundtana (PIN 600107) falls under the Anna Nagar Division of the Chennai North, the jurisdiction that handles statutory matters for businesses at this PIN. We keep a cycle-by-cycle record of how the Anna Nagar Division of the Chennai North handles Koyambedu Roundtana filings and approvals.
Document pickup near CMBT Bus Terminus is a same-hour errand for our Koyambedu Roundtana engagements rather than the half-day a typical Chennai client expects. Vendors and customers tied to the Koyambedu Roundtana Bus Stop network show up across the invoice trail we reconcile for Koyambedu Roundtana IT Notice Reply clients. Working in Koyambedu Roundtana brings a logistical edge: proximity to CMBT Bus Terminus and the Koyambedu Roundtana Bus Stop corridor keeps physical document handling fast. Commercial activity in Koyambedu Roundtana runs high, so IT Notice Reply volumes scale through peak months and we staff the Koyambedu Roundtana desk accordingly.
For a restaurants business in Koyambedu Roundtana, the IT Notice Reply scope is rarely generic; we tailor the checklist to how that sector actually transacts. restaurants units around Koyambedu Roundtana share recurring IT Notice Reply patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation. We have closed enough IT Notice Reply files for restaurants firms near Koyambedu Roundtana to know where the department usually probes. Because Koyambedu Roundtana hosts a cluster of restaurants businesses, we benchmark each new IT Notice Reply engagement against patterns we already track for the locality.
Turnaround for Koyambedu Roundtana IT Notice Reply is deterministic — fixed fee, a scoped timeline, and a same-business-day acknowledgement once filed. Working papers for Koyambedu Roundtana IT Notice Reply engagements stay archived and retrievable, which makes any later notice or query straightforward to answer. We keep a repeatable IT Notice Reply checklist for Koyambedu Roundtana so nothing in the cycle is improvised or missed. Every IT Notice Reply file we open for Koyambedu Roundtana is reconciled, reviewed by a qualified practitioner, and archived for seven years.
From the same Koyambedu Roundtana team we also serve Koyambedu and other nearby localities without re-onboarding clients. A client relocating between Koyambedu Roundtana and Koyambedu keeps the same IT Notice Reply file and the same team. Serving Koyambedu Roundtana and Koyambedu from one team keeps IT Notice Reply turnaround identical across the cluster. Group companies spread across Koyambedu Roundtana and Koyambedu consolidate their IT Notice Reply under one engagement with us.
Patterns we track for Koyambedu Roundtana include hospitality documentation gaps, timing mismatches, and the questions the Anna Nagar Division tends to raise. Over several cycles in Koyambedu Roundtana, the recurring IT Notice Reply issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early. The IT Notice Reply mistakes we see most in Koyambedu Roundtana are avoidable with disciplined intake, which our checklist enforces. Common patterns in the Anna Nagar Division give Koyambedu Roundtana businesses an early-warning map we use to pre-empt IT Notice Reply issues.
A startup setting up near Koyambedu Roundtana in Koyambedu Roundtana gets a IT Notice Reply foundation built for the Anna Nagar Division from day one. When a Koyambedu Wholesale Market business expands into Koyambedu Roundtana, we extend its IT Notice Reply setup to PIN 600107 without disruption. For a new business incorporating in Koyambedu Roundtana or shifting its principal place of business here, IT Notice Reply setup is one of the first things to get right. Shifting principal place of business to Koyambedu Roundtana means updating jurisdiction to the Chennai North, and we manage the paperwork end-to-end.
The Supreme Court framework — recorded reasons on request, objections filed, speaking order disposing objections — was a judge-made safeguard that the substituted Section 148A has now absorbed into statute. The principle survives in spirit and informs interpretation of the new clauses.
Kranti Associates versus Masood Ahmed Khan requires every quasi-judicial order to record reasons disclosing application of mind. Generic rejection orders — whether on rectification, revision or appeal — fail this test and are vulnerable to being set aside on judicial review.
Goetze (India) Limited versus CIT bars the Assessing Officer from entertaining a fresh deduction claim except by a revised return. In reassessment, the bench-claim restriction continues — fresh claims must be routed through the appellate authorities, which have wider powers.
Article 226 of the Constitution allows a writ petition challenging the Section 148 notice or the preceding Section 148A(d) order on jurisdictional grounds — limitation, sanction, lack of information, or procedural failure. The Madras HC entertains such petitions where alternative remedy is inadequate.
Under-reporting (sub-section 2) attracts fifty per cent of tax payable; misreporting (sub-section 9) — covering misrepresentation, false evidence, suppression and similar limbs — attracts two hundred per cent. The misreporting characterisation must be specifically established by the Assessing Officer.
Yes. Section 270AA grants immunity from Section 270A penalty and Section 276C prosecution where the assessee pays the tax with interest in full and undertakes not to appeal the addition. Form 68 must be filed within one month of the assessment order.
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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 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.
Where the demand under Section 156 is not paid within the Section 220 timeline and no stay order has been obtained, the recovery machinery under Sections 222 to 232 read with the Second Schedule to the Income-tax Act is activated. The Tax Recovery Officer issues a Section 222 certificate to the Tax Recovery Officer, who then proceeds under the Second Schedule with modes including attachment and sale of movable property (Rules 20 to 25), attachment and sale of immovable property (Rules 48 to 67), arrest and detention of the defaulter (Rules 73 to 81), and appointment of a receiver (Rules 69 to 71). The recovery machinery operates parallel to any appellate proceedings absent a stay, with the assessee's strategic priority being the obtaining of a stay order at the earliest opportunity. The Section 281 transfer-during-pendency provision treats certain transfers as void against the revenue.
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.
The Section 220(6) stay application is the operative remedy to suspend recovery of a demand pending appeal under Section 246A. The application is drafted addressing the three classical grounds for stay — prima facie case (the merits of the appeal in summary), balance of convenience (the asymmetry between the assessee's hardship and the revenue's interest), and irreparable injury (the consequences of recovery being implemented). The CBDT Office Memorandum dated 31 July 2017 read with the subsequent Memorandum dated 29 February 2016 prescribes the deposit framework — twenty percent of the disputed demand is the standard requirement, with departures permitted in specified circumstances. The application is filed before the Assessing Officer (where the order is under Section 143(3) or comparable) or before the Commissioner (where escalation is sought after an adverse Assessing Officer order).
The CBDT Instruction 1914 dated 2 February 1993 read with the subsequent Office Memoranda introduced the high-pitched-assessment criterion as a ground for departure from the standard twenty-percent-deposit framework. The criterion applies where the assessed income is twice or more the returned income, with a presumption of stay in such cases. The Soul v ACIT Delhi HC ruling and several Madras High Court rulings have applied the criterion to direct stay without deposit where the assessment-versus-return ratio satisfies the criterion. The strategic implication for assessees is the inclusion of the high-pitched-assessment ratio in the stay application as an independent ground, with the contemporaneous documentary substantiation through the assessment order and the return. The criterion shifts the deposit burden where applicable, providing relief from the standard framework.
Where the Section 246A appeal before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) has been disposed of and a Section 253 appeal before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal is pending, the stay framework shifts to the Section 254(2A) provisions. The Income-tax Appellate Tribunal Rules 1963 provide for stay applications before the Tribunal, with the standard procedural framework involving the same three grounds (prima facie case, balance of convenience, irreparable injury) and the deposit working. The Pepsi Foods Delhi HC ruling and the Tata Communications Bombay HC ruling have provided guidance on the tribunal-stay framework. Where the appeal is pending before a High Court under Section 260A, the stay framework is governed by the High Court's writ jurisdiction under Article 226 and Section 220(6) read with the inherent jurisdiction. The progressive shift up the appellate hierarchy alters the procedural framework while preserving the substantive principles.
The reply voice is professional and procedural, addressed to the deciding authority through the e-Proceedings portal. The register avoids both excessive deference and adversarial sharpness, with the focus on the merits of the position. The tonal calibration acknowledges the Assessing Officer's procedural authority while asserting the assessee's substantive position, with disagreements articulated through reasoned analysis rather than rhetorical assertion. The reply addresses the deciding authority by the official designation (Assessing Officer, Faceless Assessment Unit, Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)) and not by name, preserving the procedural framework. Indian English usage is observed throughout, with statutory references precise (Section 143(2) read with Section 144B) and case-law citations following standard format. The reply concludes with a procedural request — disposal of the notice, dropping of the proposed adjustment, or grant of stay, as the case may be.
An effective reply to any income tax notice is structured around a covering letter that performs four functions — identification of the notice (date, DIN, section, assessment year), confirmation of compliance with each clause of the notice, indexed reference to enclosures, and reservation of further submission rights where applicable. The covering letter is brief and procedural, with the substantive content carried in the enclosures and the structured response document. The discipline of separation between covering letter and substantive content allows the Assessing Officer or appellate authority to navigate the response efficiently, with the indexing serving as a roadmap. Where personal hearing is to be sought, the request is articulated in the covering letter with the specific grounds — adverse adjustment proposed, complexity of issues, voluminous documentation requiring oral elaboration, or the Kranti Associates principle on reasoned engagement.
The Kranti Associates Supreme Court ruling on reasoned decision-making requires the deciding authority to engage with each material submission made by the assessee. The corresponding principle applies to the assessee's reply — each ground raised by the Assessing Officer in the notice should be addressed in the response with reasoned engagement and documentary substantiation. A reply that engages selectively or generically with the notice grounds risks being interpreted as concession on the unaddressed points. The structured response document organises each ground as a numbered heading, with the response under each heading providing the factual position, the legal framework, the documentary substantiation, and the cross-reference to the underlying records. The depth of engagement signals seriousness and improves the prospects of a favourable outcome.
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Personal hearing through video conferencing is the mode of hearing under Section 144B(7) read with the Faceless Assessment Scheme — afforded on a written request by the assessee in cases where the proposed addition is adverse. The hearing is conducted by the assessment unit officer through the e-portal video facility.
Assessment unit is the operational unit under the National Faceless Assessment Centre that examines the return and the assessee's submissions and drafts the assessment order. Dynamic allocation across India ensures arm's-length adjudication. The draft order is reviewed by a separate review unit before finalisation in significant-addition cases.
Verification unit is the operational unit under the National Faceless Assessment Centre that conducts third-party verifications during scrutiny — calls for information from banks, vendors, parties to transactions under Section 133(6). The verification report flows back to the assessment unit for incorporation in the assessment.
Technical unit is the operational unit under the National Faceless Assessment Centre that provides legal, valuation, transfer pricing or accounting opinions to the assessment unit on technical issues. Engaged where the assessment turns on a specialised question; the opinion guides but does not bind the assessment unit.
Review unit is the operational unit under the National Faceless Assessment Centre that examines the draft assessment order, particularly in cases of significant proposed additions or where the assessment unit has rejected the assessee's claims. The review unit may suggest variations before the order is finalised.
Standard Operating Procedure for assessment is the operational guideline issued by CBDT for conduct of scrutiny — defining timelines for issue of questionnaire, evidence-collection windows, restrictions on remand of issues, requirements for draft order in significant-addition cases. The SOP supplements the statutory framework with administrative discipline.
Survey under Section 133A is the inspection of business premises during business hours for verification of books, stocks, cash and documents. Distinct from search under Section 132 — no seizure of books or documents (only impounding), no examination of residence, recording of statements without administration of oath.
Search under Section 132 is the search and seizure operation conducted on the basis of credible information regarding undisclosed income. Power to seize books, documents, jewellery, cash. Statements recorded under Section 132(4) carry evidentiary weight per Pullangode Rubber Produce. Block assessment under Section 153A flows from search.
Section 153A block assessment is the assessment of six assessment years preceding the year of search, conducted consequent to a Section 132 search. Each of the six years is reopened by issue of notice; pending assessments abate; the AO assesses or reassesses the total income for each year. Distinct from Section 147 reassessment.
Section 271AAB penalty is the penalty applicable in search cases under Section 132 — thirty per cent of undisclosed income where the assessee admits in the Section 132(4) statement, files return declaring such income, and pays tax and interest before specified date; sixty per cent in other cases. Distinct from Section 270A penalty regime.
Section 276C prosecution is the criminal prosecution for wilful attempt to evade tax — punishable with rigorous imprisonment of six months to seven years where the amount of tax sought to be evaded exceeds twenty-five lakh rupees, three months to two years otherwise. Sanction of Principal Commissioner required under Section 279. Compounding available under Section 279(2).
Compounding of offences is the administrative route under Section 279(2) read with CBDT Guidelines for compounding of offences under direct tax laws, enabling the assessee to settle prosecution liability by payment of compounding fee. Compounding application before the Principal Chief Commissioner; not available for certain serious offences.
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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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