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The notice engagement folder carries the original notice PDF with the DIN authentication printout, the e-Proceedings transaction log and submission acknowledgement, the AIS, TIS and Form 26AS downloads as on the date of the reply, the original return for the assessment year along with ITR-V and computation, every source document being relied on in the reply (bank certificates, broker contract notes, Form 16 and 16A copies, deduction receipts), the partner-signed reconciliation worksheet, the draft reply in track-changes through to the final filed version, the upload acknowledgement number, and where the matter escalates the Section 142(1) questionnaire chain, the draft assessment order, the Section 144B(6)(viii) hearing minutes, and the assessment order itself. The retention period is seven assessment years from the order, mapped to the outer time limit for further reassessment under Section 149. Where Section 148 reopens the year, the file is reopened from the same folder rather than reconstructed, which is the practical reason the seven-year retention is observed without exception.
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Tribunal practice is paper-book practice. The compilation runs to several hundred pages on a contested reassessment — recorded reasons, 148A(b) notice, reply, 148A(d) order, sanction, 148 notice, 142(1) questionnaires, draft assessment order, SCN, reply, assessment order, penalty order, appeal grounds, and CIT(A) order — all indexed and paginated. The synopsis is written so that the bench can grasp the controversy in five minutes; the oral submissions then build only on what the paper book has already established.
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.
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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 sourceMEPZ-Tambaram is India's first multi-product Export Processing Zone hosting electronics garments engineering and pharmaceutical units engaged in 100% export. For IT Notice Reply at PIN 600045, understanding the Tambaram Division's documentation norms removes most of the friction from the process. The 600xx geo-zone covering MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ groups several locality clusters under common administration, keeping documentation expectations predictable. We keep a cycle-by-cycle record of how the Tambaram Division of the Chennai South handles MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ filings and approvals.
Document pickup near MEPZ-SEZ Tambaram is a same-hour errand for our MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ engagements rather than the half-day a typical Chennai client expects. The businesses clustered around MEPZ-SEZ Tambaram in MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ drive the bulk of the IT Notice Reply workload we see each cycle. MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ reads as a multi product export sez pocket with high commercial activity, anchored around MEPZ-SEZ Tambaram and fed by the MEPZ Bus Stop corridor. Freight and foot traffic from the MEPZ Bus Stop hub pull steady daily commerce through MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ, so there is rarely a quiet filing month in this multi product export sez pocket.
garments units around MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ share recurring IT Notice Reply patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation. Because MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ hosts a cluster of garments businesses, we benchmark each new IT Notice Reply engagement against patterns we already track for the locality. Sector concentration matters: when MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ leans toward garments, the IT Notice Reply risks cluster around the same few line items each cycle. The garments character of MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ commerce influences everything from invoice formats to the supporting documents a IT Notice Reply review needs.
The MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ IT Notice Reply workflow is documented end-to-end: WhatsApp document intake, a working file, qualified review, and a filed acknowledgement back to you. Fixed-fee scoping means a MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ business knows the IT Notice Reply cost up front, with no surprise additions mid-engagement. We keep a repeatable IT Notice Reply checklist for MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ so nothing in the cycle is improvised or missed. Document intake for MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ clients runs over WhatsApp, so there is no office visit and no paper shuffle for a IT Notice Reply engagement.
A client relocating between MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ and Chromepet keeps the same IT Notice Reply file and the same team. Proximity to Chromepet means a MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ engagement can extend across the locality cluster with no change in cadence. Businesses straddling MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ and Chromepet get a single IT Notice Reply point of contact rather than two. Serving MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ and Chromepet from one team keeps IT Notice Reply turnaround identical across the cluster.
Each engagement in MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ adds to a record of what the Chennai South jurisdiction expects, sharpening the next IT Notice Reply file. Common patterns in the Tambaram Division give MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ businesses an early-warning map we use to pre-empt IT Notice Reply issues. Over several cycles in MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ, the recurring IT Notice Reply issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early. Sector signals in MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ — seasonal electronics swings and peak-period volumes — shape how we schedule IT Notice Reply work.
Incorporating in MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ comes with jurisdiction, registration and IT Notice Reply steps that we sequence so nothing stalls the launch. When a Selaiyur business expands into MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ, we extend its IT Notice Reply setup to PIN 600045 without disruption. For a new business incorporating in MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ or shifting its principal place of business here, IT Notice Reply setup is one of the first things to get right. We onboard new MEPZ-Tambaram SEZ entities onto a IT Notice Reply cadence that is audit-ready from the very first cycle.
There is no statutory pre-deposit but the CBDT Office Memorandum dated 29-Feb-2016 generally requires twenty per cent of disputed demand for grant of stay under Section 220(6). The percentage may be relaxed on prima-facie strong merits or hardship.
Sixty days from receipt of the CIT(A) or DRP order. Form 36 is the prescribed format. Pre-deposit norms continue under the CBDT OM framework; in practice, the twenty per cent already paid at CIT(A) stage often continues without further deposit subject to ITAT directions.
The first proviso to Section 143(1)(a) prescribes thirty days from the date of the intimation. Silence beyond that window is deemed acceptance of the proposed adjustment and the addition is finalised in the regular Section 143(1) intimation that follows.
No. The substituted Section 148 expressly requires a Section 148A enquiry-and-show-cause to be completed and a speaking order under clause (d) to be passed before any Section 148 notice can be validly issued, except in the narrow search-related carve-outs.
The substituted Section 149 prescribes three years from the end of the relevant assessment year in normal cases, extendable to ten years where the escaped income represented by an asset, expenditure or entry is fifty lakh or more.
Civil Appeal 3005 of 2022 deemed Section 148 notices issued under the old regime between April and June 2021 to be Section 148A(b) show-cause notices under the new regime, requiring the department to furnish material and provide a fresh reply window.
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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.
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.
Section 245 operates across assessment years, with refunds from one assessment year potentially adjusted against demands of multiple other assessment years. The practical accounting requires the assessee to track each underlying demand by assessment year and section, with the set-off intimation identifying the source-year refund and the destination-year demands. Where the demand crystallised after an appellate order or a tribunal order, the assessee verifies whether the order has been given effect to under Section 153(3) or Section 153(5) before consenting to the set-off — orders that have not been given effect produce phantom demands that should be cleared through Section 154 rectification before any set-off. The multi-year accounting often surfaces errors in demand crystallisation that the assessee can address through targeted rectification applications, with the Section 245 intimation serving as the operational trigger.
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.
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 income-tax stay framework under Section 220(6) compares with the GST appellate stay framework under Section 107 of the CGST Act, with the latter prescribing a fixed pre-deposit of ten percent of the disputed tax for first appeal to the Appellate Authority and a further twenty percent for the second appeal to the GST Appellate Tribunal under Section 112. The income-tax framework is more flexible with the Office Memorandum providing for variations across the twenty-percent baseline, while the GST framework is statutorily fixed. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper on GST contemplated a unified appellate structure that has since been implemented with the pre-deposit framework. The conceptual contrast illustrates the policy choice between flexibility (income tax) and predictability (GST) in the stay regime, with each having distinct implications for the litigation strategy.
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.
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Section 234C interest is the deferment interest for default in payment of instalments of advance tax during the previous year — specific cut-offs of fifteen, forty-five, seventy-five and one hundred per cent at four quarterly instalments. Computed at one per cent per month for three months for each instalment shortfall.
Limited scrutiny is the scrutiny under Section 143(2) where the issues to be examined are confined to specific points flagged by the CASS — typically two or three issues such as cash deposits, deduction claims, mismatch with Form 26AS. Expansion to complete scrutiny requires written approval of the Principal Commissioner.
Complete scrutiny is the scrutiny under Section 143(2) where all aspects of the return may be examined — turnover, expenses, depreciation, loans, additions to capital, partner remuneration. Selected based on CASS criteria or converted from limited scrutiny on approval of the Principal Commissioner.
Form 26AS is the annual tax statement maintained at the Centralised Processing Centre Bengaluru consolidating TDS, TCS, advance tax, self-assessment tax, refunds, high-value transactions, and specified financial transactions reported by reporting entities. Routinely cited in notice proceedings to anchor income additions.
Annual Information Statement is the comprehensive statement introduced in 2021 displaying information received by the Department from various reporting sources — banks, mutual funds, registrars, employers — covering interest, dividends, sale of securities, sale of property, foreign remittances. Forms the trigger dataset for many Section 142(1) and Section 148A(b) notices.
Taxpayer Information Summary is the category-wise aggregated statement derived from the AIS, showing summary values that can be used for pre-filling the return. Discrepancies between TIS and the return filed often surface in Section 143(1) adjustments under clause (vi).
Specified financial transaction is the reporting category notified under Section 285BA — high-value transactions reportable by banks, registrars, mutual fund houses and others. Includes cash deposits above ten lakh rupees in savings accounts, fifty lakh rupees in current accounts, credit card payments above one lakh rupees in cash and others.
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.
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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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