Scientific research approval grants a research association tax recognition, subject to annual donor reporting, certification, and regulatory complianc...
Judicial discipline requires consistent reassessment treatment where identical facts were decided for the same taxpayer in the preceding assessment ye...
Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - The words ‘ reason to believe’ appearing in Section 147 cannot mean that the A.O should have finally ascertained the facts. Assessing Officer merely forms a ‘belief’ from the examination he makes and if escaped assessment, it would amount to saying that he has ‘ reason to believe’ that such income has ‘escaped assessment’. The justification for his belief is not to be judged from the standards of proof required for coming to a final decision. - HC
Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - The words ‘ reason to believe’ appearing in Section 147 cannot mean that the A.O should have finally ascertained the facts. Assessing Officer merely forms a ‘belief’ from the examination he makes and if escaped assessment, it would amount to saying that he has ‘ reason to believe’ that such income has ‘escaped assessment’. The justification for his belief is not to be judged from the standards of proof required for coming to a final decision. - HC
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