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4016 Points
Joined December 2009
Dear Hireshire,
Good one brother..........
I am beleving that there are no 2 opinions regarding the year in which income is to be taxed or lets say the income was also received in the year in which it was accrued.....
Since 3 years has paased now u cannot revise the return...............
Ideally it CANNOT be taken as Income of current year...........
There are 4 options -
1) Reassessment u/s 147 or Raid - But then thats AOs prerogative
2) Law only prohibits the revision of return voluntarily after 1 year but u can always voluntary deposit TAX along with interest after 1 year........If u see the bottom line is deposit of tax & not the return filing.......return filing is just a declaration of ur incomes & taxes thereon..........
3) Vlountary Disclosure Income Scheme (VDIS)- These schmes are introduced to disclose ur undisclosed Income..... but only for a specific period........ now u would say why one would diclose, becos under these schemes No interest & penalty is charged & entire income is taxed at Flat rate......till now 5 such schemes had been introduced.......last time this scheme was introduced in 1997 I guess...........
4) I m not 100% convinced but I think AO wont mind either if u declare it as current year;s income.......