TMI BlogTime period for Accounts/Income tax/Excise RecordX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Time period for Accounts/Income tax/Excise Record X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ccounts and other documents are to be kept for at least 6 years from the end of relevant assessment year. You should also go through the reopening of assessments u/s.149. 149. 1[(1) No notice under section 148 shall be issued for the relevant assessment year, - 2[(a) if four years have elapsed from the end of the relevant assessment year, unless the case falls under clause (b) 3[or clause (c)] ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ; (b) if four years, but not more than six years, have elapsed from the end of the relevant assessment year unless the income chargeable to tax which has escaped assessment amounts to or is likely to amount to one lakh rupees or more for that year.] 3[(c) if four years, but not more than sixteen years, have elapsed from the end of the relevant assessment year unless the income in relation to any ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... asset (including financial interest in any entity) located outside India, chargeable to tax, has escaped assessment.] Central Excise/Service tax - 5 Years B. Time Limit Section 73(1) prescribes the time limit for issuance of show cause notice as: - Situation Time-limit Where short levy, non levy, short payment, non payment or erroneous refund of service tax due to: - (a) fraud; or (b) co ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... llusion; or
(c) wilful mis-statement; or
(d) suppression of facts; or
(e) contravention of any of the provisions of this Chapter or of the rules made thereunder
with intent to evade payment of service tax.
[Known as extended period of limitation]
Five years from the relevant date
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