COURT: | Bombay High Court (Goa Bench) |
CORAM: | M. S. Sonak J, Nutan D. Sardesai J |
SECTION(S): | 147, 148 |
GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
CATCH WORDS: | failure to disclose material facts, Reassessment |
COUNSEL: | Shivan Desai, Susan Linhares |
DATE: | February 18, 2020 (Date of pronouncement) |
DATE: | May 7, 2020 (Date of publication) |
AY: | 2012-13 |
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S. 147/ 148: A mere bald assertion by the AO that the assessee has not disclosed fully and truly all the material facts is not sufficient. The AO has to give details as to which fact or the material was not disclosed by the assessee, leading to its income escaping assessment. Otherwise, the reopening is not valid (Imp judgements referred) |
The decision in Calcutta Discount Co. Ltd in fact, assists the case of the Petitioner rather than the Respondents. In this decision, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has held that it is the duty of the assessee to disclose fully and truly all primary relevant facts and once all primary facts are before the assessing authority, he requires no further assistance by way of disclosure and it is for him to decide what inference of facts can be reasonably drawn and what legal inferences have ultimately to be drawn. However, if there are some reasonable grounds for thinking that there had been underassessment as regards any primary facts which could have a material bearing on question of under-assessment, that would be sufficient to give jurisdiction to the ITO to issue notice for reassessment.
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