« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  ITR filing deadline extension now demanded by this Tax Bar Association due to many issues including technical glitches with ITR portal  GST Rule Changes for FY 2025 26  Income tax return filing 2025: Five ITR mistakes that can trigger an income tax notice in 2025  ITR filing What is updated income tax return and ITR U Who can file & what you can t change - top points to know  Shifted to new tax regime? Here are 5 investments you shouldn't drop  Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Expert Panel for addressing queries related to Statutory Audit pertaining to auditing aspects. «  Capital gains... Not allowing standard deduction for salaried is unjust... » Scope to scrutinise January, 25th 2008 The Mumbai tribunal has recently said that for the purpose of scrutinising the assessees income, the assessing officer (AO) can issue a notice only for the limited scope as against loss, exemption and allowance or relief, which in his opinion is inadmissible, and not beyond that. The assessee filed the return declaring the income earned from sub-letting a premises as income from business. The AO selected the case for scrutiny and issued a notice for assessing the income as income from other sources. The assessee contended that the scrutiny notice was beyond its scope. The tribunal observed that the provisions of scrutiny are very limited, and therefore, it can operate only against the loss, exemption and allowance or relief claimed, which are inadmissible. Therefore, the change of the head with regard to income from the business to other sources falls out of the limited scope of the scrutiny assessment. Accordingly, the notice was considered as invalid.