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IT officer takes written signed declaration without copy or receipt --- legal?

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..... One of my clients was sent a summon to appear before an IT officer because IT dept found his declaration of assets incomplete. He duly appeared before the IT officer and was told to write down a decla .....

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..... ration of assets, which he did. When he asked to retain a copy for his records, the IT officer told him that is not allowed, and the only way to get a copy of his own declaration was to file an RTI. I .....

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..... believe my client is entitled to retain a copy of the declaration he wrote. He got no other receipt or acknowledgment that he even reported to the IT office and provided all documents asked for. I th .....

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..... ink he was entitled to that too. The whole encounter reeked of collecting confession under duress without witness. My client was 100% honest, by the way. No evasion was ever attempted. Is there any .....

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..... specific article in the IT Act that permits an IT officer to collect a declaration without returning a true copy? - Reply By MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN - The Reply = Your client is having right to recei .....

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..... ve the copy of the declaration. - IT officer takes written signed declaration without copy or receipt --- legal? - Query Started By: - Faako9qu Faako9qu Dated:- 10-1-2017 Income Tax - Got 1 Reply - .....

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