BUDHEWAL CO-OPERATIVE SUGAR MILLS v. JOINT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX
[Citation -2005-LL-0411-4]
Citation | 2005-LL-0411-4 |
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Appellant Name | BUDHEWAL CO-OPERATIVE SUGAR MILLS |
Respondent Name | JOINT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX |
Court | ITAT |
Relevant Act | Income-tax |
Date of Order | 11/04/2005 |
Assessment Year | 1994-95 |
Judgment | View Judgment |
Keyword Tags | revisionary jurisdiction • computation of income • concealment of income • original return • wrong statement • time-limit |
Bot Summary: | Learned counsel for the assessee submitted that the original return should have been replaced by the revised return since the assessment was not completed by the AO and before the completion of the assessment return was revised on the basis of judgment of Hon ble Supreme Court and the assessee claimed deduction under s. 80P(2)(a)(iii). So the revised return filed was non est in the eyes of law and the learned CIT(A) rightly confirmed the order of AO for not entertaining the revised return. In the present case as regards the facts of the case are concerned, there is no dispute that the assessee revised the return on 5th July, 1996 but the time available was upto 31st March, 1996 since the return had been filed on 31st Oct., 1994. The provisions of s. 139(5) read as under: If any person, having furnished a return under sub-s., or in pursuance of a notice issued under sub-s. of s. 142, discovers any omission or any wrong statement therein, he may furnish a revised return at any time before the expiry of one year from the end of the relevant assessment year or before the completion of the assessment, whichever is earlier: Provided that where the return relates to the previous year relevant to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1988 or any earlier assessment year, the reference to one year aforesaid shall be construed as a reference to two years from the end of the relevant assessment year. Admittedly the revised return filed by the assessee was not within the time allowable under the law because the assessee could not file the revised return before the expiry of one year from the end of relevant assessment year or before the completion of assessment whichever was earlier. As regards the case laws relied on by the learned counsel for the assessee are concerned, in our opinion, the facts were different in those cases since in the case of Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha vs. CIT, the issue was related to the penalty under s. 271(1)(c) of IT Act and it has been held that: the offence of concealment of income was complete when the original voluntary returns were filed and the revised returns did not obliterate the offence. In the case of CIT vs. Arun Textile C the issue related to the claim of depreciation and it had been held that: the assessee had not claimed depreciation in the revised return and had made clear its intention not to claim the same and it was not open to the ITO to advert to the original return for the purpose of allowing deduction which claim was expressly withdrawn by filing the revised return. |