Reassessment Invalid: Lack of New Material Leads to Favorable Ruling for Assessee; Change of Opinion Not Sufficient.

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 reassessment proceedings u/s 147, the requirement of fresh tangible material for reopening assessment, and the disallowance of expenditure incurred on DAP, production, and translation expenses. The court held that the reasons provided by the Assessing Officer (AO) failed to demonstrate the assessee's failure to disclose fully and truly, rendering the reassessment exercise nugatory. The court observed that the purported reasons only demonstrated a change of opinion, which cannot form the basis for reopening the assessment. The court also noted that even if the AO's argument of allowing expenses due to a mistake or without verification is accepted, the appropriate remedy would lie u/s 263. Consequently, the essential ingredient fo.........