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No statutory pre-deposit is required to file a CIT(A) appeal under Section 249. However, Section 249(4) bars admission unless tax on returned income is paid (where return was filed) or, where no return was filed, an amount equal to advance tax payable is deposited. For stay of demand pending appeal, CBDT Instruction 1914 (modified by Office Memorandum dated 31-Jul-2017 and 25-Aug-2017) generally requires 20% deposit, relaxable in genuine hardship cases.
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Every notice received is authenticated for DIN under CBDT Circular 19 of 2019 before drafting begins. Two notices in the last three years failed authentication outright, and the underlying engagement closed at that stage. The rule is treated as a substantive defence, not a checkbox.
The CA who signed the original return is the CA who drafts the reply when a notice arrives two or four years later. Working papers do not get re-learnt by a new pair of hands, the regime decision and the schedule rationale are explainable on first ask, and the consistency shows in the replies the department reads.
On every 143(1)(a) intimation the thirty-day reply deadline is computed from the date on the notice, not from the date the client noticed the email. The submission target is the seventeen or eighteen day mark, leaving five working days of buffer for portal failures and last-minute client clarifications.
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 IT Notice Reply engagement delivers measurable, guaranteed outcomes — expert professionals, on time, every time.
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Deadlines in this neighbourhood — Sowcarpet businesses operate where the cluster of wholesale (spices/gold/textile), traditional commerce, hospitality businesses that defines Sowcarpet's commercial fabric.
Deadline pressure points we see in Sowcarpet: On the ground in Sowcarpet, for Sowcarpet units balancing production cycles with monthly GST and quarterly TDS compliance.
Forms most asked about here — Sowcarpet businesses operate where where wholesale (spices/gold/textile) businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
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
Written application before Assessing Officer seeking treatment as not being in default during pendency of Section 246A appeal; per CBDT OM, twenty per cent pre-deposit ordinarily required to qualify
System-generated intimation processed by CPC Bengaluru that communicates either acceptance of the return as filed, refund determined, or proposed adjustments under clauses (i) to (vi) of Section 143(1)(a) requiring response within thirty days
Notice issued by Assessing Officer or prescribed authority requiring the assessee to attend the office or produce evidence in support of the return; selection follows CASS criteria notified by CBDT for the assessment year
Notice calling for return where none has been furnished, production of accounts and documents, or any information on points considered necessary for assessment; non-compliance attracts Section 271(1)(b) penalty
Every claim on this page can be traced back to a section or rule below.
Statutory hooks that bite here — Sowcarpet businesses operate where where wholesale (spices/gold/textile) businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
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.
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Sowcarpet (PIN 600079) falls under the Sowcarpet Division of the Chennai North, the jurisdiction that handles statutory matters for businesses at this PIN. For IT Notice Reply at PIN 600079, understanding the Sowcarpet Division's documentation norms removes most of the friction from the process. Records we prepare for Sowcarpet carry the geo-zone 600xx tag and coordinates 13.0937, 80.2820, which map each submission back to this locality. The 600xx geo-zone covering Sowcarpet groups several locality clusters under common administration, keeping documentation expectations predictable.
Most commerce in Sowcarpet — invoices, expenses, purchases and statutory records — eventually surfaces in the IT Notice Reply working file we maintain for clients here. Each IT Notice Reply cycle for Sowcarpet reflects its commercial rhythm — invoices generated near Sowcarpet Pillar Box Road, expenses routed through the Mint Bus Stop freight network. Working in Sowcarpet brings a logistical edge: proximity to Sowcarpet Pillar Box Road and the Mint Bus Stop corridor keeps physical document handling fast. Sowcarpet reads as a wholesale spice gold and traditional trade pocket with very high commercial activity, anchored around Sowcarpet Pillar Box Road and fed by the Mint Bus Stop corridor.
The business mix in Sowcarpet centres on traditional commerce, and that sector carries its own IT Notice Reply quirks we plan for in advance. For a traditional commerce business in Sowcarpet, the IT Notice Reply scope is rarely generic; we tailor the checklist to how that sector actually transacts. traditional commerce units around Sowcarpet share recurring IT Notice Reply patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation. The traditional commerce character of Sowcarpet commerce influences everything from invoice formats to the supporting documents a IT Notice Reply review needs.
Document intake for Sowcarpet clients runs over WhatsApp, so there is no office visit and no paper shuffle for a IT Notice Reply engagement. Fixed-fee scoping means a Sowcarpet business knows the IT Notice Reply cost up front, with no surprise additions mid-engagement. The Sowcarpet IT Notice Reply workflow is documented end-to-end: WhatsApp document intake, a working file, qualified review, and a filed acknowledgement back to you. Working papers for Sowcarpet IT Notice Reply engagements stay archived and retrievable, which makes any later notice or query straightforward to answer.
From the same Sowcarpet team we also serve George Town and other nearby localities without re-onboarding clients. Proximity to George Town means a Sowcarpet engagement can extend across the locality cluster with no change in cadence. A client relocating between Sowcarpet and George Town keeps the same IT Notice Reply file and the same team. Group companies spread across Sowcarpet and George Town consolidate their IT Notice Reply under one engagement with us.
Patterns we track for Sowcarpet include hospitality documentation gaps, timing mismatches, and the questions the Sowcarpet Division tends to raise. The longer we serve Sowcarpet, the more precisely we predict where a IT Notice Reply file needs attention. Over several cycles in Sowcarpet, the recurring IT Notice Reply issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early. Common patterns in the Sowcarpet Division give Sowcarpet businesses an early-warning map we use to pre-empt IT Notice Reply issues.
When a Broadway business expands into Sowcarpet, we extend its IT Notice Reply setup to PIN 600079 without disruption. A startup setting up near Sowcarpet Pillar Box Road in Sowcarpet gets a IT Notice Reply foundation built for the Sowcarpet Division from day one. New traditional commerce ventures in Sowcarpet lean on us to stand up IT Notice Reply correctly before the first deadline rather than after a notice. We onboard new Sowcarpet entities onto a IT Notice Reply cadence that is audit-ready from the very first cycle.
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.
Section 156 is the demand notice that follows any assessment, reassessment, penalty or interest order. The sum specified becomes payable within thirty days of service. Interest under Section 220(2) at one per cent per month begins from the expiry of that window.
By filing a Section 220(6) stay application before the Assessing Officer or Pr.CIT, typically supported by an appeal-pendency proof and a twenty per cent pre-deposit under CBDT Office Memorandum dated 29-Feb-2016. Madras HC writ jurisdiction is available where stay is denied unreasonably.
Section 246A provides a first appeal to the CIT(A) National Faceless Appeal Centre, to be filed in Form 35 within thirty days of service of the order. From the CIT(A) order, a second appeal lies to ITAT Chennai under Section 253 within sixty days.
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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 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.
Citation of case law in any reply should be load-bearing and grounded in the authority cited. Mere listing of citations without analytical engagement detracts from the reply's persuasive force. The principle is to cite each authority with a precise proposition tied to the facts at hand — for example, the Goetze (India) ruling on additional claims requires Section 264 revision rather than rectification; the Kelvinator of India ruling rules out mere change of opinion as basis for reopening; the GKN Driveshafts ruling requires speaking-order disposal of objections; the Calcutta Discount ruling sustains writ remedy at the threshold for jurisdictional defects. Where the authority is not directly applicable, the analogous extension should be articulated transparently. Where the assessee's position is supported by a strong stream of authority across multiple High Courts, this is summarised with the leading rulings cited.
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.
The evidentiary documents enclosed with any income tax reply are classified into four broad categories — statutory records (audit reports, tax returns, AIS, Form 26AS, Form 16, GST returns), contractual records (agreements, invoices, receipts, statements of work, contracts of employment), banking and financial records (bank statements, cash books, payment gateway statements, FIRCs, settlement reports), and corporate or constitutional records (memorandum and articles, partnership deeds, board resolutions, working partner declarations, trust deeds). The classification framework allows the assessee to assemble the document pack systematically with each category indexed and cross-referenced to the response document. The Section 271AAB and Section 271 penalty provisions on documentation make the contemporaneous-record discipline strategically important, since post-hoc documentation has lower evidentiary weight than contemporaneous records.
Section 142(1) and Section 142(2) authorise the Assessing Officer to require the assessee to produce specified accounts and documents. The production obligation is both procedural and substantive — procedural in that non-compliance attracts Section 271(1)(b) penalty and may trigger Section 144 best-judgment assessment, and substantive in that the documents produced form the evidentiary basis for the assessment. The strategic decision on which documents to produce and which to withhold (citing privilege, irrelevance, or absence) requires careful calibration. Where documents are voluminous, the assessee can produce a summary with the full set retained for inspection, citing the proportionality principle. Where particular documents are not in the assessee's possession (held by third parties), the assessee articulates this with documented attempts to obtain the records.
The reconciliation working between the return position and the underlying records is often the primary evidentiary tool in any reply. Where the notice flags a mismatch between two figures (GSTR-3B versus ITR turnover, AIS versus declared receipts, Form 26AS TDS versus claim in Schedule TDS), the reconciliation working traces each entry in one figure to the corresponding entry in the other, with the unreconciled items separately identified and explained. The tabular format with row-wise entries indexed to the supporting documents provides the deciding authority with a clear evidentiary path. The reconciliation discipline forces the assessee's documentation to be tightened pre-emptively, with errors in the books or in third-party reports surfaced and addressed through AIS feedback, Rule 37BA correction requests, or revised returns under Section 139(5).
The strategic choice across the appellate hierarchy depends on the nature of the dispute, the documentary state, the limitation residue, and the financial exposure. For routine assessment disputes, the Section 246A appeal to CIT(A) followed by Section 253 appeal to ITAT is the standard sequence, with Section 260A High Court appeal reserved for substantial questions of law. For jurisdictional defects and natural-justice violations, the Article 226 writ remedy before the High Court is often more effective than the appellate hierarchy, since the relief is at the threshold without requiring exhaustion of appellate remedies. For mistakes apparent from the record, the Section 154 rectification route is the most efficient. For substantive policy questions affecting multiple assessment years, the Section 263 or Section 264 revision route may be appropriate. The strategic choice is the analytical exercise that frames the overall approach to the notice and the subsequent appellate strategy.
Section 246A provides the first appeal route to the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) against orders specified in sub-section (1) including Section 143(3) assessment orders, Section 144 best-judgment orders, Section 147 reassessment orders, Section 154 rectification orders that enhance the assessment, and Section 271 penalty orders. The appeal is filed in Form 35 with the prescribed fee within thirty days of the order under Section 249(2), with the appellate authority empowered to condone delay under Section 249(3) on sufficient cause. The Faceless Appeal Scheme codified in Section 250 routes the appeal through the National Faceless Appeal Centre, with the assessment unit, verification unit, technical unit, and review unit operating in distinct separations. The appellate authority's powers include confirming, modifying, enhancing, or annulling the assessment, with enhancement subject to additional opportunity of hearing under Section 251.
Section 253 provides the second appeal route to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal against the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) under Section 250. The appeal is filed in Form 36 with the prescribed fee within sixty days of the order under Section 253(3), with the Tribunal empowered to condone delay on sufficient cause. The Tribunal sits in benches across India with the Chennai bench having jurisdiction over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and certain other regions. The Tribunal's powers under Section 254 include passing such orders as it thinks fit, with the Section 254(2) rectification window for mistakes apparent from the record being four years from the date of the order. The Tribunal's order is final on facts but subject to further appeal on substantial questions of law under Section 260A to the High Court. The Chennai bench's recent jurisprudence including the Tapas Dutta and Pradeep Goyal application has been influential.
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Best-judgment assessment under Section 144 is the assessment made by the Assessing Officer to the best of his judgment where the assessee fails to file a return, comply with Section 142(1) or 143(2) notices, or fails to substantiate claims. A pre-decisional show-cause notice is mandated.
Faceless assessment scheme is the dynamic-jurisdiction scheme notified under Section 144B whereby assessment proceedings are conducted without physical interface — through e-Proceedings on the e-portal, with assessment units randomly allocated by the National Faceless Assessment Centre. Personal hearing through video conferencing on request.
National Faceless Assessment Centre is the apex authority constituted under the faceless assessment scheme that allocates cases to assessment units, verification units, technical units and review units across India, and serves as the single point of contact with the assessee through the e-portal.
Faceless penalty scheme is the dynamic-jurisdiction framework for imposition of penalties — Section 270A, Section 271AAC, Section 271AAD, Section 272A and others — through the National Faceless Penalty Centre. The penalty unit issues the show-cause; the review unit examines proposed orders before they are finalised.
Show-cause notice under Section 274 is the procedural prerequisite for imposition of any penalty under Chapter XXI. The notice must specify the limb under which penalty is proposed — under-reporting or misreporting under Section 270A, for instance — to give the assessee a meaningful opportunity to respond.
Under-reporting of income is defined in Section 270A(2) through six situations — income assessed greater than income returned, income above maximum amount not chargeable to tax where no return is filed, income reassessed greater than income previously assessed, loss claimed but lower loss assessed, and so on. Penalty at fifty per cent of tax payable on under-reported income.
Misreporting of income is defined in Section 270A(9) through six situations — misrepresentation or suppression of facts, failure to record investments in books, claim of expenditure not substantiated, recording of false entry, failure to record receipts bearing on total income, failure to report international transactions. Penalty at two hundred per cent of tax payable.
Immunity application under Section 270AA is the application in Form 68 seeking immunity from Section 270A penalty and Section 276C / 276CC prosecution, conditional on payment of tax and interest per order and non-filing of appeal. To be filed within one month of end of month of receipt of order; not available in misreporting cases.
Section 271AAC penalty is the ten per cent penalty on tax payable under Section 115BBE for income that is referred to in Section 68, 69, 69A, 69B, 69C or 69D — unexplained credits, unexplained investments, unexplained money, unexplained expenditure. Combined incidence including Section 115BBE base reaches seventy-eight per cent.
Section 115BBE special tax rate is the sixty per cent rate (plus twenty-five per cent surcharge and four per cent cess) applicable to income referred to in Sections 68 to 69D. Sub-section (2) bars set-off of any loss or deduction against such income. The provision targets unexplained credits, investments and expenditure.
Section 68 unexplained cash credit is the deeming provision under which any sum found credited in the books of an assessee, the nature and source of which the assessee fails to explain to the satisfaction of the Assessing Officer, is charged to income tax as the income of the assessee for that previous year.
Section 69A unexplained money is the deeming provision applicable where the assessee is found to be the owner of money, bullion, jewellery or other valuable article not recorded in books, and offers no satisfactory explanation. The unexplained money is deemed income of the financial year in which ownership is established.
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How the local trade mix shapes this — Sowcarpet businesses operate where where wholesale (spices/gold/textile) businesses dominate the local compliance profile, and the business activity radiating outward from Mint Street and nearby commercial pockets.
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Why these Sowcarpet engagements look the way they do: On the ground in Sowcarpet, the business activity radiating outward from Mint Street and nearby commercial pockets; for Sowcarpet units balancing production cycles with monthly GST and quarterly TDS compliance.
“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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