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Amendment in Notification No. S.O 3265 (E) dated the 12th September, 2019
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....IV, and Chapter XXI of the Act shall apply to the assessment made in accordance with the said Scheme subject to the following exceptions, modifications and adaptations, namely: "A. (1) The assessment shall be made as per the following procedure, namely:- (i) the National e-Assessment Centre shall serve a notice on the assessee under sub-section (2) of section 143, specifying the issues for selection of his case for assessment; (ii) the assessee may, within fifteen days from the date of receipt of notice referred to in clause (i), file his response to the National e-assessment Centre; (iii) where the assessee - (a) has furnished his return of income under section 139 or in response to a notice issued under sub-section (1) of 142 or sub-section (1) of section 148; and a notice under sub-section (2) of section 143 has been issued by the Assessing Officer or the prescribed income-tax authority, as the case may be; or (b) has not furnished his return of income in response to a notice issued under sub-section (1) of section 142 by the Assessing Officer; or (c) has not furnished his return of income under sub-section (1) of....
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....xi) where the assessee fails to comply with the notice referred to in clause (vi) or notice issued under sub-section (1) of section 142 or with a direction issued under sub-section (2A) of section 142, the National e-Assessment Centre shall serve upon such assessee a notice under section 144 giving him an opportunity to show-cause, on a date and time to be specified in the notice, why the assessment in his case should not be completed to the best of its judgment; (xii) the assessee shall, within the time specified in the notice referred to in clause (xi) or such time as may be extended on the basis of an application in this regard, file his response to the National e-Assessment Centre; (xiii) where the assessee fails to file response to the notice referred to in clause (xi) within the time specified in the notice or within the extended time, if any, the National e-Assessment Centre shall intimate such failure to the assessment unit; (xiv) the assessment unit shall, after taking into account all the relevant material available on the record make in writing, a draft assessment order or, in a case where intimation referred to in clause (xiii) is received fro....
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....er considering the modifications suggested by the review unit, send the final draft assessment order to the National e-assessment Centre; (xxi) The National e-assessment Centre shall, upon receiving final draft assessment order, follow the procedure laid down in sub-clause (a) or sub-clause (b) of clause (xvi), as the case may be; (xxii) the assessee may, in a case where show-cause notice under sub-clause (b) of clause (xvi) has been served upon him, furnish his response to the National e-assessment Centre on or before the date and time specified in the notice or within the extended time, if any; (xxiii) the National e-assessment Centre shall,- (a) in a case where no response to the show-cause notice is received, finalise the assessment as per the draft assessment order, as per the procedure laid down in sub-clause (a) of clause (xvi); or (b) in any other case, send the response received from the assessee to the assessment unit; (xxiv) the assessment unit shall, after taking into account the response furnished by the assessee, make a revised draft assessment order and send it to the National e-assessment Centre; (xxv) t....
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....d by the circumstances referred to in clause (vib) of Paragraph 12 of the said Scheme. (3A) Where the request for personal hearing has been approved by the Chief Commissioner or the Director General, in charge of the Regional e-assessment Centre, such hearing shall be conducted exclusively through video conferencing, including use of any telecommunication application software which supports video telephony, in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Board. (3B) Subject to the sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph (8) of the said Scheme, any examination or recording of the statement of the assessee or any other person (other than statement recorded in the course of survey under section 133A of the Act) shall be conducted by an income-tax authority in any unit under the said Scheme, exclusively through video conferencing, including use of any telecommunication application software which supports video telephony in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Board. (4) The Board shall establish suitable facilities for video conferencing including telecommunication application software which supports video telephony at such locations as may be necessary, so as to ensure tha....