Validity of Reopening of assessment - tangible materials - ...

Court Invalidates Reassessment Orders Due to Factual Error and Unauthorized Authority in Withholding Tax Case.

March 20, 2024

Case Laws Income Tax HC

Validity of Reopening of assessment - tangible materials - petitioner had failed to deduct withholding tax on the assumption that the AAR would issue a favourable ruling - The High court observed that the reassessment proceedings were initiated on a factual error regarding the scope of transactions covered by the AAR application. It held that if reassessment proceedings are initiated mechanically or on a wrong factual basis, they may warrant interference. - Regarding the approval for reassessment, the court found that the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax was not a specified authority u/s 151 for the relevant assessment years, rendering the reassessment proceedings invalid. - Consequently, the court quashed the impugned orders and notices, rendering the assessment orders null and void.

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Validity of Reopening of assessment - tangible materials - ...

Court Invalidates Reassessment Orders Due to Factual Error and Unauthorized Authority in Withholding Tax Case.

March 20, 2024

Case Laws Income Tax HC

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