Telangana High Court Rules Income Under Fifty Lakhs Blocks Extended Tax Reassessment
The Telangana High Court held that income below fifty lakh rupees cannot trigger the extended income tax reassessment window under Section 149(1)(b). The court clarified that meeting this monetary threshold is a mandatory jurisdictional prerequisite that cannot be bypassed using time exclusion clauses.
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For professionals: The Telangana High Court ruled that earnings below fifty lakh rupees cannot trigger the extended reassessment timeline under Section 149(1)(b). · The fifty lakh rupee financial limit is an essential jurisdictional prerequisite that must be satisfied independently. · Statutory time-exclusion provisions cannot be applied to substitute for or cure the absence of this required condition.
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