2023 (12) TMI 709

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....SH KUMAR U.S., JM: This appeal filed by the assessee against the order of Learned Commissioner of Income Tax, National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC), Delhi ["Ld. CIT(A)", for short], dated 26/06/2023 for Assessment Year 2013-14. Grounds taken in this appeal are as under: "1. Under the facts and circumstances of the case, the ld. CIT(A)-NFAC has erred in confirming the order of AO CPC passed u/....

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.... assessee preferred an appeal before the Ld. CIT(A). The Ld. CIT(A), vide order dated 26/06/2023 dismissed the appeal on the ground that as per section 244A(2) of the Act, if the proceedings resulting in the refund are delayed for the reasons attributable to the assessee, whether wholly or in part, the period of the delay so attributable to the assessee shall be excluded from the period for which ....

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....der consideration as the said section has been amended w.e.f. 01/04/2017. Therefore, submitted that the order of the lower authorities are deserves to be reversed. 6. Per contra, the Ld. DR submitted that the provisions of section 244A of the Act have been rightly invoked as the delay in issuing the refund is due to the reasons attributable to the assessee. Therefore, the Grounds of Appeal of the....