Appellate authority can admit additional income-tax claim; remand to AO to verify period of stay under section 6(6)

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....ITAT allowed the assessee's additional claim, holding that while the AO may lack jurisdiction to adjudicate an additional claim absent a revised return, the appellate authority possesses jurisdiction to admit such a claim. The Tribunal found prima facie merit in the assessee's contention that she is a not-ordinarily-resident and not a resident, and that certain foreign income should therefore not be taxable in India. The appeal was remitted to the AO for a limited purpose: to verify the assessee's period of stay from 01.04.2005 to 31.03.2012 under section 6(6) of the Income-tax Act, determine residential status, and grant any reliefs as per law. Grounds 1 and 2 were allowed for statistical purposes.....