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IT officer takes written signed declaration without copy or receipt --- legal?
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....T officer takes written signed declaration without copy or receipt --- legal?<br> Query (Issue) Started By: - Faako9qu Faako9qu Dated:- 10-1-2017 Last Reply Date:- 18-3-2017 Income Tax<br>Got 1 Reply<....
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....br>Income Tax<br>One of my clients was sent a summon to appear before an IT officer because IT dept found his declaration of assets incomplete. He duly appeared before the IT officer and was told to w....
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....rite down a declaration of assets, which he did. When he asked to retain a copy for his records, the IT officer told him that is not allowed, and the only way to get a copy of his own declaration was ....
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....to file an RTI. I believe my client is entitled to retain a copy of the declaration he wrote. He got no other receipt or acknowledgment that he even reported to the IT office and provided all document....
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....s asked for. I think he was entitled to that too. The whole encounter reeked of collecting confession under duress without witness. My client was 100% honest, by the way. No evasion was ever attempte....
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....d. Is there any specific article in the IT Act that permits an IT officer to collect a declaration without returning a true copy? Reply By MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN: The Reply: Your client is having r....
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....ight to receive the copy of the declaration.<br> Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing ....