Bona fide disclosure requirements govern under-reporting penalties, and post-penalty immunity applications cannot secure available statutory protectio...
Certificate-of-origin verification procedure governs preferential customs benefits; denial without retroactive verification was set aside with consequ...
Disciplinary Committee jurisdiction and mandatory investigation requirements invalidated cancellation of an insolvency professional's registration and...
Retention of seized property survives where recorded reasons support proceeds of crime, while stayed investigation periods are excluded from limitatio...
Reopening of assessment - reasons for re-opening within or beyond 4 years - reasons to believe - The court specifically pointed out that the information used from the DRI and the Shah Commission reports was not adequately scrutinized independently by the assessing officers to form a reasonable belief of tax evasion. The court noted that the decision of the Supreme Court, which found mining leases post-2007 to be illegal, could not retroactively make previous business activities illegal for tax purposes. The court emphasized that such interpretations were not known or could not have been known by the taxpayers at the time of filing their returns.
Reopening of assessment - reasons for re-opening within or beyond 4 years - reasons to believe - The court specifically pointed out that the information used from the DRI and the Shah Commission reports was not adequately scrutinized independently by the assessing officers to form a reasonable belief of tax evasion. The court noted that the decision of the Supreme Court, which found mining leases post-2007 to be illegal, could not retroactively make previous business activities illegal for tax purposes. The court emphasized that such interpretations were not known or could not have been known by the taxpayers at the time of filing their returns.
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