Comparison of section 259 'Power to call for information by prescribed income-tax authority.' between the Income-Tax Act, 2025 (as passed) and the Income-Tax Bill, 2025 (as originally introduced)

Power to call for information: tax authority may require relevant records for verification, subject to defined scope of proceeding.

A prescribed income tax authority may issue notices requiring persons to furnish information for verification of information in the authority's possession that is useful for, or relevant to, any inquiry or proceeding under the Act; the authority may specify form, manner and time for compliance and may process and utilise such information under a scheme notified under section 260. The enacted Section 259 adds subsection (3) linking the term 'proceeding' to the meaning in section 253, clarifying the definitional scope of notices.