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Exemption to be given from the conditions of defective return . Budget 2021-22

Exemption to be given from the conditions of defective return . Budget 2021-22

Sub-section (9) of section 139 of the Act lays down the procedure for curing a defective return. It provides that in case a return of income is found to be defective, the Assessing Officer will intimate the defect to the assessee and give him a period of 15 days or more to rectify the said defect and if the defect is not rectified within the said period, the return shall be treated as an invalid return and the assessee will be considered to have never filed a return of income.

The Explanation lists the conditions in which a certain return of income shall be considered to be defective.

Now it has been proposed that a proviso be inserted to the said Explanation empowering the Board to specify, vide notification that any of the above conditions shall not apply for a class of assessee or shall apply with such modifications, as maybe specified in such notification.

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