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.... 2] The petitioner is a partnership firm and is engaged in the business of trading in diamonds. 3] The petitioner fled its original return of income in terms of section 139 of the Act for A.Y. 2015-2016 on 30.09.2015 declaring total income at Rs.Nil and claim to carry forward loss of Rs. 1,26,81,544 was also made. 4] The petitioner's return was selected for scrutiny assessment. According to the petitioner, during the course of assessment, several details pertaining to the petitioner's claim of foreign exchange losses and it's sundry creditors along with the books of accounts were called for and they were submitted. 5] According to the petitioner, respondent No.1 after scrutinizing all the details furnished by the petitioner ....
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....l assessment proceedings. It is submitted that reassessment without any additional information amounts to change of opinion and the same is not permissible. 10] It is further submitted that the proviso to section 147 of the Act provides that where an assessment under section 143(3) of the Act has been made for relevant assessment year and four years from the end of the relevant assessment year has expired, then no reassessment proceedings can be initiated under section 147 of the Act unless any income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment for such assessment year by reason of failure on the part of the assessee to disclose fully and truly all material facts necessary for assessment for that assessment year. It is submitted that....
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....in-reply. 14] This Court in Ananta Landmark Pvt. Ltd. vs. Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax Central Circle 5(3) and ors. (2021) 439 ITR 168 has held: "The Assessing Officer has no power to review an assessment which has been concluded. If a period of four years has lapsed from the end of relevant year, the Assessing Officer has to mention what was the tangible material to come to the conclusion that there is an escapement of income from assessment and that there has been failure to fully and truly disclose material fact. After a period of four years even if the Assessing Officer has some tangible material to come to the conclusion that there is an escapement of income from assessment, he cannot exercise the power to reopen unles....
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....0(1) Sir/Madam/M/s, Subject: Reason for selection Kindly find the reason of reopening as requested by you vide your letter dated 15.07.2021. You are requested to file your objection if any on the reason recorded by 2 The assessee is engaged in the business 20.09.2021. Jewellery. Assessee filed the return of income on 30.09.2015 declaring total income of manufacturing/trading of Gems & Rs. Nil and claiming loss to be carry forward of Rs. 1,26,81,544/-. The case was selected for scrutiny under CASS. The assessment was completed u/s. 143(3) of the IT Act on 27.12.2017 assessing total income of Rs. (-) 1,26,81,544/- 2. Basis of forming reasons to believe and details of escapement of income : While....
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....ility as provided in the above provisions. Hence amount payable to ascertain the genuineness of the liability, same should have been treated as sundry creditors for more than three years which was allowed as deduction is required to be added to the income of the assessee and tax recovered on the amount as given below :- F.Y Invoice USD amount in Purchase rupees value as [email protected] per USD in Tax @30% on 231831874.95 3857448.36 69549562.48 2009-10 378234490.72 2010-11 6293440.09 113470347.22 183019909.70 Further on going through the case record, it is reve that assessee had claimed deduction on account of notional foreign exchange loss ....