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Section 144 – Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax Act, 1961

 

 

Section 144. BEST JUDGMENT ASSESSMENT.

 

(1) If any person –

 

(a) Fails to make the return required under sub-section (1) of section 139 and has not made a return or a revised return under sub-section (4) or sub-section (5) of that section, or

 

(b) Fails to comply with all the terms of a notice issued under sub-section (1) of section 142 or fails to comply with a direction issued under sub-section (2A) of that section, or

 

(c) Having made a return, fails to comply with all the terms of a notice issued under sub-section (2) of section 143, the Assessing Officer], after taking into account all relevant material which the Assessing Officer has gathered, shall, after giving the assessee an opportunity of being heard, make the assessment of the total income or loss to the best of his judgment and determine the sum payable by the assessee on the basis of such assessment :

 

Provided that such opportunity shall be given by the Assessing Officer by serving a notice calling upon the assessee to show cause, on a date and time to be specified in the notice, why the assessment should not be completed to the best of his judgment :

 

Provided further that it shall not be necessary to give such opportunity in a case where a notice under sub-section (1) of section 142 has been issued prior to the making of an assessment under this section.

 

(2) The provisions of this section as they stood immediately before their amendment by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 (4 of 1988), shall apply to and in relation to any assessment for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1988, or any earlier assessment year and references in this section to the other provisions of this Act shall be construed as references to those provisions as for the time being in force and applicable to the relevant assessment year.

 

 

Related Judgements

 

TUTICORIN VEGETABLE MARKETING CO. (P) LTD. v. INCOME-TAX OFFICER & ANR.

 

SUDHIR SAREEN v. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX & ANR.

 

ASHOK MFG. CO. (P) LTD. v. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX.

 

COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX v. BAKELITE HYLAM LTD.

 

 

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