Tag: reasons recorded

Recording consolidated satisfaction note for various assessment years is fatal to the very assumption of jurisdiction under section 153C – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Delhi has held that recording consolidated satisfaction note for various assessment years instead of recording independent and individual satisfaction note for each …

Reassessment order quashed as reasons to believe stated that return was processed only u/s 143(1) whereas return was actually processed under Section 143(3) In a recent judgment, ITAT Ahmedabad has upheld quashing of reassessment order on account of non application of mind as reasons recorded stated that return …

AO was clearly arbitrary so as to reopen assessment against the assessee on a wrong finding of fact and conclusion thereof – ITAT In a recent judgment ITAT Delhi has held that AO was clearly arbitrary so as to reopen assessment against the assessee on a wrong finding …

Reopening on the allegation of non disclosure of illegal mining was quashed as Apex Court did not declare it illegal till the date of its decision In a recent judgment Hon’ble Supreme Court dismissed the SLP of the Revenue against the order of the High Court quashing reopening …

Use of words, “either and or” in recording reasons to believe shows Ao was unsure of the facts and initiated proceedings in mechanical manner – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Ahmedabad held that use of words, “either and or” in reasons to believe reveals that the Assessing …

Non furnishing of reasons recorded for reopening of assessment despite assessee asking the same, the reassessment order bad in law. In a recent judgment, ITAT Delhi held that where reasons recorded were not furnished for reopening of assessment even when assessee sought for the same, the reassessment order …

When AO started the computation of assessed income from the returned income, the return can not be considered non-est for no e-verification In a recent judgment, ITAT Delhi has held that when Assessing Officer started the computation of assessed income from the returned income, the return can not …

It is incumbent upon AO to decide the case u/s 148A(d) on the basis of the material on record including the reply of the assessee – High Court In a recent judgment, the Himanchal Pradesh High Court has held that it is incumbent upon the Assessing Officer to …

Jurisdiction assumed u/s 148 on borrowed satisfaction without any live link between information and material on record – Supreme Court declined to entertain Department  In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Supreme Court declined to interfere with High Court order quashing notice under section 148 when Assessing Officer assumed jurisdiction …

A fresh notice u/s 148 is required if AO wants to assessee any other income other than as per reasons recorded.  In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court has reiterated that a fresh reopening notice u/s 148 is required if AO wants to assessee any other …