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Validity of reassessment proceedings u/s 150 Interpretation of section 26 of the Income-tax Act Validity of Reassessment Proceedings u/s 150: The assessee, an Association of Persons (AOP), challenged the correctness of the CIT(A)'s order for the assessment year 2002-03, primarily on the ground that the initiation of reassessment proceedings was unsustainable in law. The Assessing Officer reopened the assessment upon discovering that the assessee had not paid municipal taxes for certain years, despite claiming deductions for them. The assessee contended that quantification of income in the hands of the AOP was not necessary for taxing the co-owners' shares, as per section 26 of the Act. The Departmental Representative argued that the reassessment was valid and necessary for determining the co-owners' shares. The Tribunal held that the assessment of the AOP did not impact the taxability of individual shares of income in the hands of co-owners, quashing the reassessment proceedings. Interpretation of Section 26 of the Income-tax Act: Section 26 of the Income-tax Act deals with property owned by co-owners and specifies that their shares in the income from the property shall be included in their total income. The Tribunal analyzed the provisions of section 26 and the legal implications of assessing an AOP consisting of co-owners. It was established that the quantification of income in the AOP's assessment was not a prerequisite for taxing individual shares of income in the co-owners' hands. The Tribunal rejected the Departmental Representative's argument that income from house property must first be determined in the AOP's assessment before allocating shares to co-owners. The reassessment proceedings were quashed based on the understanding that no income had escaped assessment in the hands of the assessee AOP.
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