Reassessment notice issued beyond three years for escaped income under fifty lakhs is quashed. Reassessment notice issued beyond three years for escaped income under fifty lakhs is quashed. Issue Whether the reassessment notice issued under Section 148 is legally sustainable when the alleged escaped income is less than ₹50 lakhs and the notice is issued… Read More »
Interest on delayed refund runs from the original application date, not the subsequent re-filing. Issue Whether the interest on a delayed GST refund under Section 56 must be calculated from the expiry of 60 days from the date of the original refund application, or whether a subsequent re-filing date forced by an illegal rejection of… Read More »
Direct payment of rent by employer after salary recovery does not disentitle assessee to House Rent Allowance exemption. Direct payment of rent by employer after salary recovery does not disentitle assessee to House Rent Allowance exemption. Issue Whether an employee is disentitled to House Rent Allowance (HRA) exemption under section 10(13A) of the Income-tax Act,… Read More »
Informant rewards are discretionary, ex-gratia payments; courts cannot interfere unless there is patent arbitrariness. Issue Whether an informant reward under the CBDT Guidelines, 2007, is an ex-gratia, non-statutory, and discretionary payment, thereby precluding the High Court from interfering with or modifying the CBDT Full Board’s final determination unless there is manifest illegality or patent arbitrariness.… Read More »
GST assessment orders and recovery notices issued against a deceased taxpayer are completely legally void. GST assessment orders and recovery notices issued against a deceased taxpayer are completely legally void. Issue Whether GST show cause notices, assessment orders, and consequential recovery actions (such as bank account freezing) initiated against a deceased proprietor are legally valid,… Read More »
Undisputed Exporter Entitled to IGST Refund Under Rule 96 Despite Omission of Tax Details in Shipping Bills Undisputed Exporter Entitled to IGST Refund Under Rule 96 Despite Omission of Tax Details in Shipping Bills Issue Whether an exporter can be denied an IGST refund under Rule 96 of the CGST Rules for undisputed exports simply… Read More »
No Penalty for Concealment Can Be Levied When Returned Interest Income Is Accepted Without Additions Issue Whether a penalty for concealment of chargeable interest or furnishing inaccurate particulars under Section 13 of the Interest Tax Act, 1974 can be legally sustained when the Assessing Officer accepts the assessee’s filed returns without making any additions or… Read More »
Partners Personally Liable Under Section 122 For Fake Billing And Fictitious Input Tax Credit Fraud Issue Whether the revenue authorities are legally justified in invoking Section 122 to impose individual personal penalties on the partners of a firm, in addition to the firm’s liabilities, when search findings, electronic records, and voluntary admissions establish their direct… Read More »
Reopening Barred by Limitation under Section 149 Since Corrected Escaped Income Falls Below Statutory Fifty Lakh Threshold Issue Whether the Assessing Officer was legally justified in issuing a reassessment notice under Section 148 beyond the normal limitation period for an alleged income escape of Rs. 70 lakhs, when a proper evaluation of the transaction records… Read More »
Reassessment Initiated After Dropping Search Proceedings Does Not Bar Relief Under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme Reassessment Initiated After Dropping Search Proceedings Does Not Bar Relief Under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme Issue Whether the revenue authorities can integrate dropped Section 153C search proceedings with subsequent Section 147 reassessment proceedings initiated via a Section 133A survey to… Read More »