Reassessment limitation excludes the section 148A(b) response period, while political donation deductions require proof beyond banking records.

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....Reassessment limitation excludes the period allowed for a response to a notice under section 148A(b) when calculating the three-year period under section 149(1). Once that exclusion applies, approval by the PCIT satisfies the specified-authority requirement under section 151(i), preserving the notice's validity. A political-party donation deduction under section 80GGC requires a genuine contribution; payment through banking channels and a receipt alone do not prove genuineness. Investigation material, statements, bank-trail analysis and evidence of layered funds may, under the test of human probabilities, establish an accommodation entry. Failure to rebut such material renders the deduction ineligible.....