The reassessment was initiated solely on the basis of a different legal inference drawn from the same material examined during the original scrutiny assessment. The Tribunal held that there was no fresh tangible material and the reopening amounted to a mere change of opinion, which is impermissible in law. It further held that royalty paid by the assessee to a duly authorised power of attorney holder for use of land was a genuine business expenditure incurred out of commercial expediency and allowable under section 37(1). (AY. 2012-13)
Balajee Infratech & Constructions (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2025) 238 TTJ 568 / 179 taxmann.com 420 (Mum)(Trib).
S. 147: Reassessment-Change of opinion-No fresh tangible material-Reopening invalid [S.2(47)(vi), 37(1)]
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