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Prolonged sterilisation of development rights supports capital-gains treatment, while business-income disallowances cannot govern capital-gains comput...
Additional evidence in transfer pricing dispute leads to fresh examination, while tax deductions, TDS credit, fee and refund interest require verifica...
Category II AIF pass-through taxation preserves non-business income character; investment receipts cannot be reclassified without applying recognised ...
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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