{"id":12078,"date":"2018-08-20T18:41:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T13:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/?p=12078"},"modified":"2018-08-20T18:52:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T13:22:45","slug":"cbdt-dilutes-applicability-of-low-tax-effect-circular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/cbdt-dilutes-applicability-of-low-tax-effect-circular\/","title":{"rendered":"CBDT Dilutes Applicability Of Low Tax Effect Circular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CBDT has issued a directive dated 20th August 2018 by which it has carved out several exceptions to its <a href=\"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/cbdt-circular-explains-precise-scope-of-decision-to-withdraw-low-tax-effect-appeals-of-dept\/\">Circular No. 3 of 2018 dated 11th July 2018<\/a> relating to the withdrawal\/ non-filing of appeal by the Department in low-tax effect appeals. The CBDT has specified several instances where appeals have to be filed and prosecuted despite their low-tax effect. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6440093791992877\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6406297397\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script> <\/p>\n<div class=\"journal2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/cbdt-dilutes-applicability-of-low-tax-effect-circular\/cbdt-low-tax-effect-circular-clarification\/#dlcenter\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12079\">Click here to download directive dated 20th August 2018 <\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>F No 279\/Misc. 142\/2007-ITJ (Pt)<br \/>\nGovernment of India<br \/>\nMinistry of Finance<br \/>\nDepartment of Revenue<br \/>\nCentral Board Direct Taxes<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi the 20th August, 2018<\/p>\n<p>To,<\/p>\n<p>All the Principal Chief Commissioners of Income Tax<\/p>\n<p>Subject: Amendment to para 10 of the Circular No. 3 of 2018 dated 11.07.2018-reg:<\/p>\n<p>Madam\/Sir,<\/p>\n<p>Kindly refer to the above.<\/p>\n<p>2.\tThe monetary limits for filing of appeals by the Department before Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, High Courts and SLPs\/ appeals before Supreme Court have been revised by Board&#8217;s Circular No. 3 of 2018 dated 11.07.2018.<\/p>\n<p>3.\tPara 10 of the said Circular provides that adverse judgments relating to the issues enumerated in the said para should be contested on merits notwithstanding that the tax effect entailed is less than the monetary limits specified in para 3 thereof or there is no tax effect. Para 10 of the  Circular No. 3 of 2018 dated 11.07.2018 is hereby amended as under:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;10. Adverse judgments relating to the following issues should be contested on merits notwithstanding that the tax effect entailed is less than the monetary limits specified in para 3 above or there is no tax effect:<\/p>\n<p>(a)\tWhere the Constitutional validity of the provisions of an Act or Rule is under challenge, or<\/p>\n<p>(b)\tWhere Board&#8217;s order, Notification, Instruction or Circular has been held to be illegal or ultra vires, or<\/p>\n<p>(c)\tWhere Revenue Audit objection in the case has been accepted by the Department, or<\/p>\n<p>(d)\tWhere addition relates to undisclosed foreign income\/ undisclosed foreign assets (including financial assets)\/ undisclosed foreign bank account.<\/p>\n<p>(e)\tWhere addition is based on information received from external sources in the nature of law enforcement agencies such as CBI\/ ED\/ DRI\/ SFIO\/ Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI).<\/p>\n<p>(f)\tCases where prosecution has been filed by the Department and is pending in the Court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>4.\tThe said modification shall come into effect from the date of issue of this  letter.<\/p>\n<p>5.\tThe same may be brought to the knowledge of all officers working in your  region.<\/p>\n<p>6.\tThis issues with the approval of the Hon&#8217;ble Finance Minister.<\/p>\n<p>(Neetika Bansal )<br \/>\nDirector (ITJ), CBDT, New Delhi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CBDT has issued a directive dated 20th August 2018 by which it has carved out several exceptions to its <a href=\"http:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/cbdt-circular-explains-precise-scope-of-decision-to-withdraw-low-tax-effect-appeals-of-dept\/\">Circular No. 3 of 2018 dated 11th July 2018<\/a> relating to the withdrawal\/ non-filing of appeal by the Department in low-tax effect appeals. The CBDT has specified several instances where appeals have to be filed and prosecuted despite their low-tax effect<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/cbdt-dilutes-applicability-of-low-tax-effect-circular\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-information","category-others"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}