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Section 144B(6)(viii) makes the personal hearing by video conference a matter of right wherever the assessee asks for one. Denial of the hearing, or holding the hearing in such a perfunctory manner that the assessee is denied a fair opportunity, vitiates the order on natural-justice grounds. The remedy is a writ petition under Article 226 before the jurisdictional High Court praying for setting aside the assessment order and remand for fresh hearing. The Madras High Court has set aside several assessment orders on this single ground in the period 2022 to 2024.
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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.
Each adverse order is classified into mistake-apparent territory, where Section 154 rectification is the appropriate remedy, or debatable-issue territory, where Section 246A appeal applies. The classification is recorded with reasons because pursuit of the wrong remedy consumes the limitation window of the correct one. Rectification preserves the appellate window, while appeal forecloses concurrent rectification on the same issue.
The OECD Practice Note articulates rights to information, certainty, appeal, privacy and a fair system as the comparative baseline for assessment proceedings. The reply discipline references these baselines in framing natural-justice arguments, sustaining the position that the post-2021 Indian regime is read consistently with the international comparative reference where ambiguity in domestic interpretation arises.
Of the last 145 income-tax notices replied to at this practice, 118 closed at the e-Proceedings stage, 22 progressed to faceless assessment under 144B, and 5 reached CIT(A). The numbers are kept on a running internal register and shared with clients on intake — not estimated, not rounded for marketing.
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.
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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
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
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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 sourceApprovals, acknowledgements and queries for Tambaram businesses tie back to the Tambaram Division, so our IT Notice Reply cadence accounts for how that office works. Every Tambaram engagement we open begins with the basics: PIN 600045, the Tambaram Division, and the coordinates 12.9249, 80.1278 that anchor the locality. Because PIN 600045 sits inside the Chennai South jurisdiction, the handling office for Tambaram stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles. The 600xx geo-zone covering Tambaram groups several locality clusters under common administration, keeping documentation expectations predictable.
Tambaram reads as a suburban transport residential and education pocket with very high commercial activity, anchored around Tambaram Railway Junction and fed by the Tambaram Junction Railway corridor. Each IT Notice Reply cycle for Tambaram reflects its commercial rhythm — invoices generated near Tambaram Railway Junction, expenses routed through the Tambaram Junction Railway freight network. Vendors and customers tied to the Tambaram Junction Railway network show up across the invoice trail we reconcile for Tambaram IT Notice Reply clients. The businesses clustered around Tambaram Railway Junction in Tambaram drive the bulk of the IT Notice Reply workload we see each cycle.
education units around Tambaram share recurring IT Notice Reply patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation. Sector concentration matters: when Tambaram leans toward education, the IT Notice Reply risks cluster around the same few line items each cycle. For a education business in Tambaram, the IT Notice Reply scope is rarely generic; we tailor the checklist to how that sector actually transacts. The education character of Tambaram commerce influences everything from invoice formats to the supporting documents a IT Notice Reply review needs.
Our Tambaram IT Notice Reply process is built to be predictable, documented, and on time, cycle after cycle. We keep a repeatable IT Notice Reply checklist for Tambaram so nothing in the cycle is improvised or missed. Turnaround for Tambaram IT Notice Reply is deterministic — fixed fee, a scoped timeline, and a same-business-day acknowledgement once filed. From the first IT Notice Reply cycle, a Tambaram engagement is set up to be audit-ready rather than reconstructed under pressure later.
Serving Tambaram and Selaiyur from one team keeps IT Notice Reply turnaround identical across the cluster. A client relocating between Tambaram and Selaiyur keeps the same IT Notice Reply file and the same team. Businesses straddling Tambaram and Selaiyur get a single IT Notice Reply point of contact rather than two. Group companies spread across Tambaram and Selaiyur consolidate their IT Notice Reply under one engagement with us.
The longer we serve Tambaram, the more precisely we predict where a IT Notice Reply file needs attention. The IT Notice Reply mistakes we see most in Tambaram are avoidable with disciplined intake, which our checklist enforces. Over several cycles in Tambaram, the recurring IT Notice Reply issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early. Sector signals in Tambaram — seasonal retail swings and peak-period volumes — shape how we schedule IT Notice Reply work.
Incorporating in Tambaram comes with jurisdiction, registration and IT Notice Reply steps that we sequence so nothing stalls the launch. For a new business incorporating in Tambaram or shifting its principal place of business here, IT Notice Reply setup is one of the first things to get right. Relocating a registered office into Tambaram (PIN 600045) changes the assessing division, and we handle that IT Notice Reply transition cleanly. We onboard new Tambaram entities onto a IT Notice Reply cadence that is audit-ready from the very first cycle.
Section 144B introduced by the Finance Act 2021 mandates that all assessments under Sections 143(3) and 144 are conducted faceless through the National Faceless Assessment Centre with Assessment Unit, Verification Unit, Technical Unit and Review Unit roles distributed nationally.
Section 142(2A) empowers the AO, with prior approval of Pr.CIT, to direct a special audit by a chartered accountant where the accounts are complex or doubts arise on correctness. The Section 142(2C) report becomes the basis for further assessment proceedings.
Yes — by writ before the High Court on grounds of mala fide or non-application of mind. The Supreme Court has held that the AO must record valid reasons demonstrating complexity, and the assessee must be heard before the direction. Sahara India is the leading precedent.
Section 119(2)(b) read with CBDT Circular 9 of 2015 allows condonation of delay in filing returns claiming refund or carry-forward of loss. The Pr.CIT/CCIT/CBDT — depending on quantum — exercises this discretion on hardship grounds with documentary support.
Section 133A survey is conducted at a place of business during business hours; the officer can inspect books and impound them but cannot seize money or jewellery. Section 132 search is at any place and any time, and seizure of money and assets is permitted.
Yes — Section 133A statements do not have the evidentiary weight of Section 132(4) sworn statements and can be retracted with supporting documentary material showing that the original admission was made under pressure or was factually incorrect.
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An income tax notice is a formal communication issued by the income tax authorities under the Income-tax Act 1961 conveying an action, requirement, or finding affecting the recipient's tax position. The Act provides for several distinct categories of notice — intimation under Section 143(1) after return processing, inquiry under Section 142(1) seeking information, scrutiny under Section 143(2) opening an assessment, reassessment under Section 148 read with the post-April-2021 Section 148A framework, rectification under Section 154, adjustment under Section 245, demand under Section 156, and recovery under Section 220 and Section 222. The Central Board of Direct Taxes prescribes the form, content, and procedural requirements for each notice through Rules under Section 295 and contemporaneous Circulars. The Faceless Assessment Scheme under Section 144B routes most communications through the National Faceless Assessment Centre, with notices served electronically through the e-filing portal and the registered email under Rule 127. Each notice carries distinct compliance windows, substantive content requirements, and consequence patterns, making accurate identification of the section under which the notice has been issued the first analytical step in any reply strategy.
The Computer-Assisted Scrutiny Selection module operated by the Directorate of Income Tax (Systems) selects returns for scrutiny under Section 143(2) using statistical risk parameters drawing on the Annual Information Statement, Form 26AS aggregates, Goods and Services Tax Network data, depository feeds, and registrar-of-companies disclosures. Common triggers include mismatch between GSTR-3B outward supplies and ITR turnover, high-value bank deposits relative to declared income, foreign remittances under Liberalised Remittance Scheme exceeding declared sources, large refund claims, and cross-tax-base inconsistencies. The Annual Information Statement framework introduced by CBDT Circular 8/2021 consolidates third-party reports into a single feed that the assessee can review pre-filing, while the corresponding Taxpayer Information Summary provides an aggregated overview. Where pre-filing review identifies AIS errors, the assessee can submit feedback through the e-filing portal to mark entries as duplicate, incorrect, or relating to another person, with the corrected AIS forming the basis for subsequent scrutiny selection.
Section 282 read with Rule 127 governs the mode and place of service of any notice under the Act. Electronic service through the e-filing portal, the registered email, and (where applicable) the mobile number registered with the department is the primary mode under the Faceless framework, with physical service preserved as a backup. The Pradeep Goyal Supreme Court ruling on the Document Identification Number mandate, codified through CBDT Circular 19/2019, requires every notice and order to carry a DIN that can be verified on the e-filing portal — a notice without a verifiable DIN is treated as invalid except in narrow exceptional circumstances. The Anshul Jain Delhi HC ruling and the Tata Communications Bombay HC ruling have applied the DIN requirement strictly, with the assessee entitled to seek verification before responding substantively. Service through the e-Proceedings module triggers the compliance window from the date of dispatch, not the date of access by the assessee, making prompt portal review critical.
Section 148A(d) requires the Assessing Officer to pass an order, with the approval of the specified authority under Section 151, deciding whether or not it is a fit case for issue of a Section 148 notice. The order must be a speaking order engaging with each material submission made by the assessee in the Section 148A(b) response, with the Kranti Associates Supreme Court ruling on reasoned decision-making applying directly. Where the Section 148A(d) order is adverse but the assessee considers that the order suffers from jurisdictional defects — non-engagement with material submissions, sanction not obtained from the appropriate authority under Section 151, limitation expired under Section 149 — the writ remedy under Article 226 before the Madras High Court is available. The writ route at the Section 148A(d) stage is increasingly common since the underlying defects can be examined without the prejudice of subsequent reassessment proceedings.
Section 148A inserted by the Finance Act 2021 effective from 1 April 2021 introduced a four-step procedural architecture preceding any Section 148 reassessment notice. Section 148A(a) provides for inquiry, if required, with the prior approval of the specified authority. Section 148A(b) provides for a show-cause notice to the assessee seeking response on why a Section 148 notice should not be issued, with the assessee given seven to thirty days to respond. Section 148A(c) requires the Assessing Officer to consider the assessee's reply. Section 148A(d) requires the passing of an order, with the approval of the specified authority, deciding whether or not it is a fit case for issue of a Section 148 notice. The architecture is procedural rather than substantive, with the substantive reassessment occurring through the subsequent Section 148 notice and Section 147 assessment. The framework substantially strengthens the assessee's procedural position relative to the pre-2021 regime.
The post-2021 framework requires the Assessing Officer to have information suggesting income escaping assessment before invoking the Section 148A procedure. Explanation 1 to Section 148 lists the categories of information including risk-management strategy notified by the Board, audit objections, information received under Section 90 or Section 90A, communication from any law-enforcement agency, and information received under a scheme notified under Section 135A. The Section 135A faceless inquiry scheme provides for an Inquiry and Verification Centre to collect information that the Assessing Officer can rely on. The framework moves from the subjective reason-to-believe standard of the pre-2021 regime to an objective information-based standard, with the assessee's response strategy focused on rebutting the underlying information rather than challenging subjective formation of belief.
Section 151 prescribes the sanction requirement for the issuance of a Section 148 notice. Sub-section (1) requires the prior approval of the Principal Commissioner or Principal Director or Commissioner or Director where three years or less have elapsed from the end of the relevant assessment year. Sub-section (2) requires the prior approval of the Principal Chief Commissioner or Principal Director General or Chief Commissioner or Director General where more than three years have elapsed. The sanction is substantive, not formal, with the sanctioning authority required to apply mind to the underlying material as held in the Pradeep Goyal Supreme Court ruling on the DIN requirement and in the German Remedies Bombay HC ruling on the mechanical sanction. Where the sanction is mechanical or absent, the resulting notice is unsustainable. The strategic working in any reassessment response includes a check on the sanction layer.
Section 149(1)(c) as it stood prior to the Finance Act 2021 prescribed a sixteen-year limitation for reassessments involving assets located outside India. The post-2021 framework consolidates this within the ten-year limit under Section 149(1)(b) where the asset value crosses fifty lakh rupees, with the foreign-asset character no longer triggering a distinct longer window. For transitional cases involving foreign assets reported under the Foreign Asset Reporting framework or detected through the Common Reporting Standard exchange of information, the limitation working draws on the assessment year of escapement, the asset value, and the TOLA extension. The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act 2015 provides a separate parallel framework for foreign undisclosed assets with its own limitation provisions under Section 11 of that Act, which operate independently of the Section 149 framework.
Section 149 as substituted by the Finance Act 2021 prescribes the limitation periods for issuance of Section 148 reassessment notices. The general limitation under Section 149(1)(a) is three years from the end of the relevant assessment year. The extended limitation under Section 149(1)(b) is ten years from the end of the relevant assessment year where the income escaping assessment, represented in the form of an asset or expenditure or entry, is or is likely to be fifty lakh rupees or more. The Section 149(1A) framework prescribed for asset-based escapement requires the existence of the asset to be evidenced through specified means. The structure substantially limits the routine reassessment window compared to the pre-2021 framework, with the ten-year extension reserved for high-value cases. The limitation begins from the end of the assessment year, making the working of the cut-off date analytically straightforward.
Sections 153A and 153C provide a special assessment framework for search cases under Section 132 and requisition cases under Section 132A. Section 153A authorises the Assessing Officer to assess or reassess the total income of six assessment years preceding the year of search, with the limitation under Section 153B prescribing twenty-one months from the end of the financial year in which the search was conducted. Section 153C extends the framework to persons other than the searched person where seized material relates to such other person. The Finance Act 2023 has substantially recast the framework with the new Sections 148 read with Section 149 applying to search cases post-2023, with the assessment-block concept retained. The Manish Maheshwari Supreme Court ruling and the CIT v Calcutta Knitwears ruling have applied the procedural conditions strictly in pre-amendment cases.
Section 153 contains exclusion provisions that extend the limitation in defined circumstances. Explanation 1 to Section 153 excludes periods during which the assessment proceedings are stayed by court order, periods during which the assessee is unable to attend due to specified reasons, periods of reference to the Transfer Pricing Officer under Section 92CA, periods of Section 142(2A) special audit, and periods of reference to the Valuation Officer. The exclusion working at the end of any reassessment requires careful tracking of each excluded period, with the final limitation date computed by adding back the excluded days. The Vodafone International Holdings Bombay HC ruling on the exclusion-period interpretation has been applied across subsequent rulings, with the assessee entitled to challenge any limitation overshoot through the writ route or the appellate hierarchy.
Computing the assessment cut-off in practice involves a structured working — first, the original limitation under the applicable sub-section of Section 153; second, any extension under TOLA for pandemic-period assessments; third, identification of each exclusion period under Explanation 1 with documentary substantiation; fourth, addition of the excluded days to derive the final limitation date; fifth, comparison against the actual date of the assessment order to confirm whether the assessment is within or beyond the limitation. Where the working shows limitation overshoot, the assessment order is liable to be set aside on the limitation ground alone, regardless of the substantive merits of the position. The limitation challenge is typically raised in the Section 246A appeal as the first ground, with the appellate authority bound to consider it before reaching the substantive issues.
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OLTAS challan correction is the mechanism to correct keying errors in a challan paid through banking channels — wrong assessment year, wrong major head, wrong minor head, wrong PAN. The bank has a seven-day window from challan date to correct on its own; beyond that the correction has to be requested through the jurisdictional assessing officer who has discretionary power to direct the correction in the OLTAS database.
Section 244A grants the assessee simple interest at half per cent per month on a refund payable, computed from 1st April of the assessment year or from the date of payment of tax, whichever is later, up to the date of grant of the refund. Interest on refunds arising from Section 154 rectification or appellate orders runs from the date of the original payment, not from the date of the rectifying order.
Intimation under Section 143(1) is the system-generated communication processed at the Centralised Processing Centre Bengaluru that either accepts the return as filed, determines a refund, or proposes adjustments listed in clauses (i) to (vi) of the sub-section. A thirty-day response window applies before any proposed adjustment is given effect.
Scrutiny notice under Section 143(2) is the notice issued by the Assessing Officer requiring the assessee to attend or produce evidence in support of the return. The proviso bars issue beyond three months from end of financial year of return filing. Selection follows the Central Action Plan and CASS criteria.
Inquiry notice under Section 142(1) is the notice calling for a return where none has been filed, or for production of accounts and documents, or for any information on points considered necessary for assessment. Non-compliance attracts Section 271(1)(b) penalty of ten thousand rupees per default.
Section 148A pre-notice inquiry is the four-stage process inserted in 2021 — clause (a) preliminary inquiry, clause (b) show-cause notice, clause (c) consideration of reply, clause (d) speaking order on fitness for issue of Section 148 notice. The clause (d) order is the foundational document on which subsequent reassessment validity rests.
Reassessment notice under Section 148 is the notice requiring the assessee to furnish a return of income for an assessment year where income has escaped assessment. The notice follows the Section 148A(d) order. Limitation under Section 149 — three years ordinary, ten years where escapement of fifty lakh rupees or more is alleged.
Rectification under Section 154 is the amendment of an order or intimation to correct a mistake apparent from the record. The mistake must be obvious on the face of the record, not requiring long-drawn reasoning. Four-year limitation from end of financial year of original order; six-month disposal where moved by the assessee.
Set-off under Section 245 is the adjustment of refund determined as due against outstanding tax demand under the Act. The proviso mandates prior intimation; the Delhi High Court ruling in Court On Its Own Motion v UoI prescribes a speaking-order process with thirty-day window before adjustment.
Notice of demand under Section 156 is the notice specifying the sum payable consequent to an order — tax, interest, penalty or fine. It is the operative document for recovery and triggers the Section 220(1) thirty-day payment window beyond which Section 220(2) interest accrues.
Income escaping assessment is the term used in Section 147 for income chargeable to tax that has not been brought to assessment in the original proceedings — through omission, non-disclosure, mis-classification, or fresh information coming to the officer's notice subsequent to the original assessment.
Specified authority for reassessment approval is the senior officer whose prior approval is mandated under Sections 148 and 148A — Principal Chief Commissioner, Chief Commissioner, Principal Commissioner or Commissioner depending on the time elapsed from end of relevant assessment year. The approval is a jurisdictional condition.
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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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