Answers By Expert: Advocate Shashi Ashok Bekal
  Time limit for scrutiny assessment AY 2020-21
Sir, What is the time limit for issuance of notice for fy 2019-20? Will the reduced time limit of three months apply as against the original period of 6 months? Notices u/s 143(2) were already received in few cases before 30-06-2021. Can it be considered that all the notices are issued and no further notices will be issued? Please clarify.


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  Scrutiny Notice under section 143(2) for AY 2020-2021 not mentions CASS/Manual selection whether valid
Dear Sir, Scrutiny Notice under section 143(2) for AY 2020-2021 does not mentions whether selection of return of income is selected for scrutiny is under CASS/Manual. Whether case has been selected for scrutiny under CASS or Manual, has been a practice from the department for past many years and also been mentioned in the instruction issued by the CBDT vide F.No. 225/157 /2017 /ITA.11 dated 23 June 2017 (attached). Whether Scrutiny Notice issued under section 143(2) for AY 2020-2021 valid in terms of above instructions & guidelines under the income tax act?


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  Section 151 . Sanction for issue of notice – Who will be approving authority u/s 151 i.e. JCIT or CIT, considering the extension granted time to time due to Covid Pandemics.
Notice u/s 148 for ay 15-16 received 0n 25/03/2021.  Who will be approving authority u/s 151  i.e. JCIT or CIT,  considering the extension granted time to time due to Covid Pandemics.


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  Holding of NRE account by a foreign citizen , whether interest income is exempt ?
A person who is an Indian but holds a Singapore citizenship. He has been living in India, for more than 2 years. He still holds NRE account and claims that the interest is exempt from tax.   Bank is allowing him to continue to hold the NRE account and is not deducting TDS because he is a foreign citizen. Is the legal position correct?


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  Capital gains without STT , set off of losses .
A company is earning capital gains from sale of shares attracting STT as well as capital gains from other shares/units of MFs without STT. Can the company adjust only the losses from the STT paid shares against the profit of non-STT paid shares without adjusting it against the profits from STT paid shares? Can the Income-tax department raise objection and adjust STT paid losses first against the profits from STT paid shares and only the remaining loss is allowed to be adjusted against profit from non-STT paid shares?


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  : Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act , 2020 – Procedure for payment of tax .
We have received the Form 3 from designated authority regarding the payment of tax. In Form 4 we have to submit the details of tax paid along with the proof of withdrawal of relevant appeal. What is the procedure to pay the this tax. Whether it has to be paid through income tax portal or we can pay it offline through challan. Kindly guide me on the procedure to make the payment of tax after receiving Form 3


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  Faceless Assessment & invocation of Provisions of sec 144A
How & to whom an application for directions of the JCIT or the Addl CIT is to be submitted for directions u/s 144A, in the Faceless Assessment Scheme?


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  Section 148 notice time limit & applicability of section 148A
A query was answered by Adv.Advocate Aditya Ajgonkar The Ld. advocate stated that the last date for issue notice u/s 148 was extended to 30.06.2021 but section 148A is also effective from 01.04.2021. My query is that section 148 has been extended as if Finance Act 2021 was not passed hence extended upto 31.03.2022. Similarly, application of section 148A is also deferred till 31.03.2020. Can you pl confirm & provide notification Nos>


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  Gift of an Oxygen Concentrator by a Foreign Citizen to an Indian Citizen in India- Coverage under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act and Income Tax Act
When the second wave of Covid-19 was at its peak and people were dying merely for the lack of oxygen beds in the country, the DGFT, vide Notification 4/2015-20 amended Para 2.25 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 allowing duty free imports of Oxygen Concentrators for personal use through post, courier or e-commerce portals in the list of exempted categories, where Customs clearance is sought as ''gifts", till 31 July 2021. No enabling provisions for relief has been made in any other laws till date. Assuming that an Oxygen Concentrator costs upwards of Rs. 1.5 lakhs, if an Oxygen Concentrator is…


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  Compliance Check functionality for Sections 206AB & 206CCA
Hi, I have two questions regarding above title. Can we search for single PAN functionality for section 206AB & 206CCA through income tax portal? While doing the bulk search, after uploading the csv file of PAN ,the page is not loading, is anybody facing the same issue?


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