Implementation of the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 04.05.2022 (2022 SCC Online SC 543) (Union of India v. Ashish Agarwal). - Income Tax - 01/2022

..... er Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020 [hereinafter referred to as TOLA ] and various notifications issued thereunder (these reassessment notices hereinafter referred to as extended reassessment notices ). 2. These extended reassessment notices were issued by the Assessing Officers under the provision of section 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ) following the procedure prescribed under various sections pertaining to reassessment namely sections 147 to 151 , as they existed prior to their amendment by the Finance Act, 2021 (hereinafter referred to as old law ). With effect from 1st April 2021, the old law has been substituted with new sections 147-151 (hereinafter referred to as .....

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..... be seen: Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that the new law shall operate and all the defences available to assessees under section 149 of the new law and whatever rights are available to the Assessing Officer under the new law shall continue to be available. Sub-section (1) of new section 149 of the Act as amended by the Finance Act, 2021 (before its amendment by the Finance Act, 2022 ) reads as under:- 149. (1) No notice under section 148 shall be issued for the relevant assessment year,- (a) if three years have elapsed from the end of the relevant assessment year, unless the case falls under clause (b); (b) if three years, but not more than ten years, have elapsed from the end of the relevant assessment year unless the Assessing Off .....

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..... uced in paragraph 6.1 above. Specified authority under section 151 of the new law in this case shall be the authority prescribed under clause (ii) of that section. (ii) AY 16-17, AY 17-18: Fresh notice under section 148 can be issued in these cases, with the approval of the specified authority, under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of new section 149 of the Act, since they are within the period of three years from the end of the relevant assessment year. Specified authority under section 151 of the new law in this case shall be the authority prescribed under clause (i) of that section. 7.0 Cases where the Assessing Officer is required to provide the information and material relied upon within 30 days: 7.1 Hon'ble Supreme Court has directe .....

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..... cases, the information and material relied upon for issuance of extended reassessment notices. The assessee has two weeks to reply as to why a notice under section 148 of the Act should not be issued, on the basis of information which suggests that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment in his case for the relevant assessment year. The time period of two weeks shall be counted from the date of last communication of information and material by the Assessing Officer to the assessee. In view of the observation of Hon'ble Supreme Court that all the defences of the new law are available to the assessee, if assessee makes a request by making an application that more time be given to him to file reply to the show cause notice, th .....

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Implementation of the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 04.05.2022 (2022 SCC Online SC 543) (Union of India v. Ashish Agarwal). - Income Tax

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