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Issues: Whether income reflected by payment of advance tax could be treated as undisclosed income in block assessment, and whether the Tribunal was right in remitting the matter to the Assessing Officer to quantify undisclosed income after taking advance tax into account.
Analysis: The assessment arose from a search under Section 132 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, in a block assessment under Chapter XIV-B. The Court followed its earlier view that payment of advance tax constitutes disclosure of the income on which such tax was paid. Such income, being reflected through self-assessment and statutory filing obligations, cannot be lightly ignored while computing undisclosed income, and falls within the statutory scheme of Section 158BB of the Income-tax Act, 1961. On that basis, the Tribunal's direction to consider advance tax paid while quantifying undisclosed income was consistent with law.
Conclusion: The Tribunal was right in remitting the matter to the Assessing Officer for quantification of undisclosed income by taking advance tax paid into account; the question was answered in the affirmative and against the Revenue.
Final Conclusion: The appeal failed, and the Revenue's challenge to the Tribunal's remand order was rejected.
Ratio Decidendi: Income disclosed through payment of advance tax is not to be treated as undisclosed income for block assessment purposes, and such disclosure must be considered while quantifying undisclosed income under Section 158BB of the Income-tax Act, 1961.