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Yes, but only with leave of the CIT(A) under Rule 46A of the Income Tax Rules. The Rule permits additional evidence in four situations — (a) AO refused to admit evidence, (b) appellant prevented by sufficient cause, (c) evidence not available at AO stage, (d) order passed without giving sufficient opportunity. The CIT(A) must record reasons in writing and give the AO opportunity to examine the additional evidence (remand report).
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The order under 148A(d) must be a speaking order — it must consider the assessee's reply, address the objections, and record reasons for treating the matter as fit for issuance of a 148 notice. A boilerplate order that simply repeats the show-cause notice fails this test. Every 148A(d) order received by my clients is read against this standard and challenged on the speaking-order ground where it is found wanting.
The sanctioning authority under Section 151 changes with the age of the assessment year — Pr.CCIT, CCIT, Pr.CIT or CIT, depending on whether the notice falls within three years or beyond. A sanction by the wrong rank, or a sanction granted without application of mind on the material, is fatal to the reopening. Each notice is checked against the correct sanctioning rank before any reply on merits is contemplated.
The video conference under Section 144B is no different from a hearing before any other quasi-judicial authority — preparation, brief notes, and the discipline of leading the bench through the record matter as much as they would in a courtroom. The assessee is not left to face the Assessment Unit alone; the hearing is attended by senior personnel who has read the entire file.
Where the order under attack is jurisdictionally void or passed in violation of natural justice, the alternative-remedy bar of statutory appeal does not preclude a writ. The decision to write rather than appeal is taken before Form 35 is filed — once the appellate remedy is invoked, the High Court's discretion in entertaining the writ narrows. The election is made on a written advisory note, not by default.
The two-hundred per cent misreporting penalty applies only where the addition falls within one of the six clauses of Section 270A(9) — misrepresentation, suppression, false entry, expenditure not substantiated, undisclosed investment, or claim outside section provisions. Many penalty orders apply the misreporting rate without making the case on facts. The reply walks the officer through the clauses and pegs the penalty at fifty per cent under-reporting where the facts support it.
Where the addition is small, the litigation cost outweighs the saving, and the assessee is willing to pay tax and interest, Form 68 immunity under Section 270AA is filed within one month of the assessment order. Penalty and prosecution under 270A and 276C are waived. The trade-off is the loss of appeal — the calculation is made on a written cost-benefit memorandum before the form is filed.
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Communication of proposed amendment to an order or intimation where mistake apparent from record is noticed; the assessee is required to be heard before any amendment which has the effect of enhancing assessment or reducing refund is made
Intimation proposing adjustment of refund determined as due against outstanding demand, mandated by the Hon'ble Delhi High Court ruling in Court On Its Own Motion v UoI; requires speaking order before adjustment
Notice specifying the sum payable in consequence of any order under the Act — tax, interest, penalty, fine; the operative document for recovery; payable within thirty days under Section 220(1)
Electronic form for filing first appeal under Section 246A against assessment, reassessment, rectification or penalty orders; carries grounds of appeal, statement of facts, and proof of fee payment
Memorandum of appeal to ITAT under Section 253 against orders of Commissioner (Appeals), Commissioner under Section 263 or 264, or penalty orders by Principal Commissioner; filed in triplicate with certified order copy
Application seeking immunity from imposition of penalty under Section 270A and prosecution under Section 276C and Section 276CC, conditional on payment of tax and interest as per order and non-filing of appeal
Updated return enabling any person to disclose income previously omitted; accompanied by proof of payment of additional tax under Section 140B — twenty-five per cent or fifty per cent of tax and interest depending on year of filing
Challan for remitting tax demand consequent to Section 156 notice, self-assessment tax under Section 140A, advance tax instalments, or regular assessment dues; carries assessment year, demand identification number where applicable
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Sub-section (1) of Section 142 of the Income-tax Act 1961 empowers the Assessing Officer to call for a return where none has been furnished, to require production of accounts and documents, and to call for any information on points or matters considered necessary for assessment. It is to be noted that the proviso to clause (ii) bars the officer from calling for accounts relating to a period more than three years prior to the previous year without prior approval of the Joint Commissioner. Non-compliance attracts penalty under Section 271(1)(b) of ten thousand rupees per default and prosecution under Section 276D.
View sourceSub-section (1) of Section 143 prescribes the summary processing of a return furnished under Section 139 or in response to a notice under Section 142(1). The system computes the total income or loss after making adjustments enumerated in clauses (i) to (vi) — arithmetical errors, incorrect claims apparent from the return information, disallowance of loss claimed where the return is belated, disallowance of expenditure indicated in the audit report but not taken into account, disallowance of deduction claimed under Section 10AA or any provision of Chapter VI-A heading 'C' where the return is furnished beyond the due date, and addition of income appearing in Form 26AS or Form 16 not included in the return. The proviso requires an intimation of any proposed adjustment to be communicated and a response window of thirty days afforded before the adjustment is given effect.
View sourceSub-section (2) of Section 143 enables the Assessing Officer or the prescribed income-tax authority, where a return has been furnished under Section 139 or in response to a notice under Section 142(1), to serve on the assessee a notice requiring him to attend the office or produce evidence in support of the return. The proviso prescribes an outer limit of three months from the end of the financial year in which the return is furnished, beyond which no Section 143(2) notice may be issued. Selection for scrutiny follows the Central Action Plan and the Computer Assisted Scrutiny Selection criteria notified by the Central Board of Direct Taxes for the relevant assessment year.
View sourceSection 148 as substituted prescribes that before making the assessment or reassessment under Section 147, the Assessing Officer shall serve on the assessee a notice requiring him to furnish a return of income within the period specified in the notice, not being less than three months. The proviso requires that no notice under this section shall be issued unless there is information with the officer which suggests that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment, and the officer has obtained prior approval of the specified authority. The order under Section 148A(d) must precede issue of the Section 148 notice.
View sourceSection 148A, inserted by the Finance Act 2021 and modified by the Finance Act 2022, prescribes a four-stage pre-notice inquiry — clause (a) the officer may conduct any inquiry with prior approval; clause (b) the officer shall provide an opportunity of being heard by serving a show-cause notice of not less than seven days and not more than thirty days; clause (c) the officer shall consider the reply furnished by the assessee; clause (d) the officer shall pass an order with the approval of the specified authority deciding whether or not it is a fit case to issue a Section 148 notice. It is to be noted that clause (d) order is the document on which the validity of the subsequent Section 148 notice rises or falls.
View sourceSection 154 enables an income-tax authority to amend any order passed by it, or any intimation or deemed intimation under Section 143(1), or any intimation under Section 200A(1) or Section 206CB(1), with a view to rectifying any mistake apparent from the record. Sub-section (1A) extends the power to amendments consequent to an appellate order. Sub-section (7) imposes a four-year limitation reckoned from the end of the financial year in which the order sought to be amended was passed. Sub-section (8) requires a six-month disposal timeline where the assessee himself moves an application. It is to be noted that the mistake must be apparent on the face of the record and not require a long-drawn process of reasoning or investigation.
View sourceRecords we prepare for Vanagaram-Porur Road carry the geo-zone 600xx tag and coordinates 13.0500, 80.1581, which map each submission back to this locality. Because PIN 600116 sits inside the Chennai West jurisdiction, the handling office for Vanagaram-Porur Road stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles. Vanagaram-Porur Road (PIN 600116) falls under the Saidapet Division of the Chennai West, the jurisdiction that handles statutory matters for businesses at this PIN. The 600xx geo-zone covering Vanagaram-Porur Road groups several locality clusters under common administration, keeping documentation expectations predictable.
Commercial activity in Vanagaram-Porur Road runs high, so IT Notice Reply volumes scale through peak months and we staff the Vanagaram-Porur Road desk accordingly. Freight and foot traffic from the Vanagaram-Porur Junction Bus Stop hub pull steady daily commerce through Vanagaram-Porur Road, so there is rarely a quiet filing month in this commercial corridor with mid density retail pocket. Most commerce in Vanagaram-Porur Road — invoices, expenses, purchases and statutory records — eventually surfaces in the IT Notice Reply working file we maintain for clients here. Vanagaram-Porur Road sustains a high flow of commerce for a commercial corridor with mid density retail locality, and that flow is the raw material for the IT Notice Reply files we close here.
The business mix in Vanagaram-Porur Road centres on auto services, and that sector carries its own IT Notice Reply quirks we plan for in advance. We have closed enough IT Notice Reply files for auto services firms near Vanagaram-Porur Road to know where the department usually probes. IT Notice Reply for auto services businesses in Vanagaram-Porur Road hinges on getting the sector's recurring entries right the first time. The auto services character of Vanagaram-Porur Road commerce influences everything from invoice formats to the supporting documents a IT Notice Reply review needs.
Document intake for Vanagaram-Porur Road clients runs over WhatsApp, so there is no office visit and no paper shuffle for a IT Notice Reply engagement. Working papers for Vanagaram-Porur Road IT Notice Reply engagements stay archived and retrievable, which makes any later notice or query straightforward to answer. From the first IT Notice Reply cycle, a Vanagaram-Porur Road engagement is set up to be audit-ready rather than reconstructed under pressure later. The qualified-review step on every Vanagaram-Porur Road IT Notice Reply file is where errors get caught before they reach the portal.
Proximity to Vanagaram means a Vanagaram-Porur Road engagement can extend across the locality cluster with no change in cadence. We treat Vanagaram-Porur Road and Vanagaram as one catchment for IT Notice Reply, which keeps documentation and turnaround consistent. From the same Vanagaram-Porur Road team we also serve Vanagaram and other nearby localities without re-onboarding clients. Businesses straddling Vanagaram-Porur Road and Vanagaram get a single IT Notice Reply point of contact rather than two.
The longer we serve Vanagaram-Porur Road, the more precisely we predict where a IT Notice Reply file needs attention. Because we work repeatedly across Vanagaram-Porur Road, we can benchmark a new client's IT Notice Reply position against the locality norm. The IT Notice Reply mistakes we see most in Vanagaram-Porur Road are avoidable with disciplined intake, which our checklist enforces. Each engagement in Vanagaram-Porur Road adds to a record of what the Chennai West jurisdiction expects, sharpening the next IT Notice Reply file.
A startup setting up near Vanagaram Junction in Vanagaram-Porur Road gets a IT Notice Reply foundation built for the Saidapet Division from day one. Incorporating in Vanagaram-Porur Road comes with jurisdiction, registration and IT Notice Reply steps that we sequence so nothing stalls the launch. For a new business incorporating in Vanagaram-Porur Road or shifting its principal place of business here, IT Notice Reply setup is one of the first things to get right. Shifting principal place of business to Vanagaram-Porur Road means updating jurisdiction to the Chennai West, and we manage the paperwork end-to-end.
Section 264 allows the Pr.CIT to revise any order at the assessee's instance, provided the assessee has not invoked the regular appellate remedy. The application must be filed within one year of the order; condonation up to two years is at the Pr.CIT's discretion.
No. Section 264(4) bars revision where the order is the subject matter of a pending appeal. The assessee must elect one route. Section 264 is generally preferred for narrow, undisputed issues where the AO had not exercised proper discretion.
Clause (a) preliminary enquiry with prior approval where required; clause (b) show-cause notice of not less than seven days; clause (c) consideration of the assessee's reply; clause (d) speaking order on whether the case is a fit one for issuance of Section 148.
Section 245 allows the department to adjust a refund against an outstanding demand. The proviso mandates twenty-one days prior intimation. The assessee responds on the e-portal choosing 'demand is correct', 'partially incorrect' or 'disagree', with supporting documents.
Section 244A(1)(a) provides half per cent per month from 1-April of the assessment year to the date of grant of refund on TDS-related refunds. Clause (b) covers other refunds from the date of payment of tax. The interest is automatic, not contingent on assessee claim.
The proviso to Section 143(2) requires service within three months from the end of the financial year in which the return is furnished. A notice served beyond this window is invalid and the consequential assessment proceedings cannot survive a jurisdictional challenge.
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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.
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.
Section 153 prescribes the limitation for completion of assessments under the Act. Sub-section (1) provides the limitation for assessments under Sections 143 and 144, which after successive amendments now stands at twelve months from the end of the assessment year in which the income was first assessable (with the period extended by TOLA in respect of pandemic-period assessments). Sub-section (2) provides the limitation for reassessments under Section 147, which is twelve months from the end of the financial year in which the Section 148 notice is served. Sub-section (3) provides the limitation for fresh assessments pursuant to appellate orders, which is twelve months from the end of the financial year in which the appellate order is received. The limitation provisions are mandatory, with assessments framed beyond the limitation being void ab initio.
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 154(3) provides that no rectification order resulting in enhancing the assessment, reducing a refund, or otherwise increasing the liability of the assessee shall be made unless the assessee has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. The natural justice requirement is mandatory, with non-compliance vitiating the rectification order. The procedure for the assessee's rectification application is through the e-filing portal under the e-Proceedings module, with the application identifying the order to be rectified, the specific mistake apparent from the record, the documentary substantiation, and the relief sought. The Assessing Officer is expected to dispose of the application within six months from the end of the month in which the application is received under sub-section (8), although this is directory and non-compliance does not vitiate the order.
Section 154 rectification is distinct from revision under Section 263 (revision by the Commissioner of orders prejudicial to revenue) and Section 264 (revision by the Commissioner of any order). Rectification is limited to mistakes apparent from the record, with debatable issues outside its scope. Section 263 revision applies where the Commissioner considers an order erroneous and prejudicial to the interests of revenue, with the assessee entitled to a hearing before the revision and a Section 253 appeal to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal against the revision order. Section 264 revision is at the assessee's instance and authorises the Commissioner to revise any order in favour of the assessee, subject to limitation periods and exclusion of orders subject to appeal. The strategic choice among rectification, revision, and appeal depends on the nature of the issue, the limitation residue, and the documentary state.
Section 154 authorises the income tax authority to rectify any mistake apparent from the record, with the rectification operating on orders passed under various provisions of the Act. The expression mistake apparent from the record has been judicially construed to mean a mistake that is patent on the face of the record without requiring elaborate argument or investigation. The T.S. Balaram v Volkart Brothers Supreme Court ruling established the foundational standard — a mistake must be obvious, not requiring two opinions, and discoverable from the four corners of the record. Subsequent rulings have applied the standard to typographical errors, arithmetical mistakes, omissions to give effect to retrospective amendments, and patent misapplications of binding precedent. Debatable issues are outside the rectification window and must be pursued through the appellate hierarchy.
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.
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Section 154 permits the assessing authority to rectify any mistake apparent from the record in an order or intimation, either suo motu or on application by the assessee within four years from the end of the financial year in which the order was passed. 'Mistake apparent' is narrowly construed to mean obvious errors visible without long-drawn reasoning — debatable issues fall outside Section 154 and require Section 246A appeal or Section 264 revision.
A debatable-issue rejection is the standard ground on which CPC or the Assessing Officer rejects a Section 154 rectification when the underlying grievance involves interpretation rather than arithmetic. Once a 154 is rejected on this ground, the only remaining routes are an appeal under Section 246A within thirty days of the original order, a revision under Section 264 within one year, or writ under Article 226 in narrow circumstances.
Section 144B sets out the faceless assessment scheme operationalised through the National Faceless Assessment Centre, Assessment Units, Verification Units, Review Units and Technical Units. Assessments and most rectifications under faceless orders are routed through the NFAC and not the jurisdictional assessing officer; any 154 application against a faceless order must therefore be addressed to NFAC, not CPC.
DIN is the unique fifteen-character alphanumeric reference number that every income-tax communication, notice, order, summons or letter must carry under CBDT Circular 19/2019. A communication without a DIN, or with an invalid DIN that does not resolve on the portal verification utility, is treated as non-est in law per the Supreme Court ruling in CIT v. Pradeep Goyal.
AIS is the comprehensive statement under Section 285BB and Rule 114-I showing every information point reported against a PAN by banks, mutual funds, registrars, depositories, sub-registrars and other Specified Financial Transaction reporters. AIS lines drive risk scoring and are the most common trigger for Section 148A enquiries; downloading AIS each February and filing feedback against erroneous lines is the cleanest pre-emptive defence.
AIS feedback is the optional taxpayer response submitted against any line in the Annual Information Statement, marking it as fully correct, partially correct, denied, duplicate, relating to another PAN or transferred to another year. Feedback creates a documented audit trail and converts the AIS line into 'disputed by taxpayer' status, which materially weakens any subsequent reliance on the line in a 148A enquiry.
SFT is the reporter regime under Section 285BA read with Rule 114E requiring banks, post offices, mutual funds, sub-registrars, credit card issuers and others to report specified high-value transactions against PAN every financial year. Errors in SFT reporting — gross instead of net, wrong PAN, wrong year, duplicate entries — are routine and frequently surface as AIS-driven 148A enquiries on the recipient taxpayer.
Section 246A confers the right of first appeal to the Commissioner (Appeals) or the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) against specified orders including Section 143(3) assessment, Section 147 reassessment, Section 154 rectification, and Section 270A penalty orders. The appeal must be filed in Form 35 within thirty days of receipt of the order with the prescribed fee under Rule 45, and is the primary appellate remedy before ITAT.
Section 264 empowers the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner to revise any order passed by a subordinate authority where the assessee finds the order prejudicial, on an application filed within one year from the date of communication. Section 264 is a discretionary remedy and not a substitute for appeal — it is used where the appeal window has lapsed without fault, or where the grievance does not lend itself to appellate adjudication.
The 'Response to Outstanding Demand' tab on the e-filing portal shows every demand currently open against the taxpayer's PAN across all assessment years. Stale demands sit there for years until a refund triggers Section 245 set-off, at which point the taxpayer has thirty days to dispute. Best practice is to review the tab every July before filing season and clear any erroneous or already-paid demands pre-emptively.
TOLA refers to the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act 2020, used by the department to extend reassessment limitation across the transition from the old Section 147-151 regime to the new Section 148A regime after April 2021. The Supreme Court in Union of India v. Ashish Agarwal (2022) and high court decisions in Rajeev Bansal and others have substantially narrowed the substantive reach of TOLA extension.
Section 270A levies penalty of fifty per cent of the tax payable on under-reported income, escalated to two hundred per cent where the under-reporting is in consequence of misreporting. Penalty proceedings under 270A are initiated by a Section 274 notice typically along with the assessment order and require an independent reply on facts and on immunity grounds — Section 270AA immunity is available where conditions of full disclosure and tax payment are met.
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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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