Application under section 158AB to defer filing of appeal before the Appellate Tribunal or the jurisdictional High Court
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)
Notification No. 83/2022
New Delhi, the 12th July, 2022
INCOME-TAX
G.S.R. 537(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 158AB read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:––
1. Short title and commencement.––
(1) This rule may be called the Income-tax (Twenty Second Amendment) Rules, 2022.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in Part III A, rule 16 shall be renumbered as rule 15A thereof and after rule 15A as so numbered, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:—―
16. Application under section 158AB to defer filing of appeal before the Appellate Tribunal or the jurisdictional High Court
The application referred to in sub-section (2) of section 158AB, required to be made before the Appellate Tribunal or the jurisdictional High Court, as the case may be, shall be made in Form No. 8A by the Assessing Officer.”
3. In the principal rules, in Appendix-II,–
(I) in FormNo.8, for the brackets, words and figures―[See rule 16],the brackets, words and figures ―[See rule 15A]” shall be substituted;
(II) after Form No. 8, the following Form shall be inserted, namely:—
Form No. 8A
[See rule 16]
In the High Court of ……… or
Income-tax Appellate Tribunal…..
(strike out whichever is inapplicable)
[F. No. 370142/30/2022-TPL]
PRAJNA PARAMITA, Director
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 969(E) dated the 26th March, 1962 and were last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 524(E) dated the 8th July, 2022.
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