Invalid Reopening of Tax Assessment: Notice Issued Late u/s 148, Beyond Deadline of March 31, 2013.

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....Validity of reopening of assessment u/s 147 - in our opinion proviso to section 147 of the Act is meant to limit the scope of provision u/s. 147 of the Act, going by this, it is safe to say that the proviso to section 147 of the Act is a qualifying proviso and it only seeks to limit the main provision in section 147 of the Act with stipulation or condition. In the present case, we already discussed the same in the aforementioned paragraphs that the AO should have issued notice u/s. 148 of the Act on or before 31-03-2013 whereas the notice issued was on 23-04-2014. - AT....