Section 183 - Declaration of undisclosed income. - Finance Act, 2016

Declaration of undisclosed income. 183 . (1) Subject to the provisions of this Scheme, any person may make, on or after the date of commencement of this Scheme but before a date to be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette, a declaration in respect of any income chargeable to tax under the Income-tax Act for any assessment year prior to the assessment year beginning on the 1st day of April, 2017- (a) for which he has failed to furnish a return under section 139 of the Income-tax Act; (b) which he has failed to disclose in a return of income furnished by him under the Income-tax Act before the date of commencement of this Scheme; (c) which has escaped assessment by reason of the omission or failure on the part of such person to furnish a return under the Income-tax Act or to disclose fully and truly all material facts necessary for the assessment or otherwise. (2) Where the income chargeable to tax is declared in the form of investment in any asset, the fair market value of such asset as on the date of commencement of this Scheme shall be deemed to be the undisclosed income for the purposes of sub-section (1). (3) The fair market value of any asset shall be determined in such manner, as may be prescribed. (4) No deduction in respect of any expenditure or allowance shall be allowed against the income in respect of which declaration under this section is made.