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Reopening Tax Assessment Unjustified Due to AO's Failure to Independently Evaluate Audit Report u/s 143(3.

March 14, 2016

Case Laws     Income Tax     AT

Reopening of assessment - It cannot by any stretch of imagination be said that the A.O. has not gone through the tax audit report while framing assessment u/s 143(3) and in fact the A.O.is duty bound to go through the same before framing the assessment - now re-opening the assessment merely on the basis of information received from revenue audit team while there is no independent application of mind by the AO before re-opening the assessment which is not permissible - AT

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