Income Tax Preliminary Assessment Limited to Error Checks; Fresh Deduction Claims Must Follow Administrative Channels.

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....The preliminary assessment u/s 143(1) is limited to processing the return for arithmetical errors, incorrect expense claims, verifying audit reports, deductions, and cross-checking income against Form 26AS/16A. The AO cannot go beyond this mandate. The assessee made a fresh claim for deduction of prior period expenses and CSR expenses, which was disallowed u/s 37(1) as it was not claimed in the original return. The assessee appealed, but the Tribunal observed that the case laws cited pertain to fresh claims in regular assessment, not preliminary assessment u/s 143(1). The assessee received an intimation u/s 143(1) accepting the return, and the time for revision had elapsed. The Tribunal held that the assessee filed the appeal without any gr.........