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Final SCN SOP Non Responsive
Final SCN SOP Non Responsive
Final SCN SOP Non Responsive
Notice under section 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 has been issued to you on 29/03/2023 for the
assessment year 2016-17, whereby you were required to file the return of income for the assessment
year 2016-17 within 30 days. The case has been opened on the basis of following information available
with the Income Tax Department:
“You had sold immovable property for an aggregate consideration of Rs. 76,26,000/- and no
return of income has been filed by you for the assessment year 2016-17”
2.2 Synopsis of all submission of the assessee relating to the issue and indicating the dates of
submission
Details of the opportunities afforded to you to file return for the assessment year 2016-17 and
thereafter for filing the reply with regard to the transactions of sale of property entered into by you has
been given above but you have remained non-responsive; as no return under section 148 of the Income-
tax Act, 1961 has been filed and no reply to the questionnaire issued has been filed. As such, during the
course of assessment proceedings, you did not file any response to the notice as well as
communications issued both electronically and manually. Thus the assessment in this case for the
assessment year 2016-17 is proposed to be completed on the basis of information available on record
on the following lines.
As no details regarding cost of acquisition and date of acquisition of the above said properties
has been provided by you which have been transferred for a consideration of Rs. 76,26,000/- during the
period 01/04/2015 to 31/03/2016. Therefore, it is assumed that the property transferred by you is short
term capital asset within the meaning of section 2(42A) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and is chargeable to
tax under the head capital gain under section 45 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 which is to be computed
under section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Cost of acquisition is also taken as nil in the absence of
any reply from you. Accordingly the short term capital gain is computed at Rs. 76,26,000/- which is
computed as under:
Amount of Rs. 76,26,000/- is proposed to be treated as your income from capital gains under
the head short term capital gain and to be taxed accordingly as per provisions of the Income-tax Act,
1961 along with initiation of penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for
concealment of particulars of income. Your total income is proposed to be assessed at Rs. 76,26,000/-.
Interest shall also be charged under section 234A and 234B of the Income-tax Act, 1961 along
with initiation of penalty under section 271(1)(c), 271(1)(b) and 271F of the Income-tax Act, 1961.