Download CBDT Circulars On Prosecution Of Offenses And Compounding Of Offenses Under Direct Tax Laws

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Download CBDT Circular No. 24 12019 and Circular No. 25/2019 dated 9th September 2019

As per section 279(1) of the Act, the sanctioning authority for offences under Chapter XXII is the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner or Commissioner (Appeals) or the appropriate authority. For proper examination of facts and circumstances of a case, and to ensure that only deserving cases below the threshold limit as prescribed in Annexure get selected for filing of prosecution complaint. such sanctioning authority shall seek the prior administrative approval of a collegium of two CCIT/DGIT rank officers, including the CCIT/DGIT in whose j urisdiction the case lies. The Principal CCIT(CCA) concerned may issue directions for pairing of CCslT/DGIT for this purpose. In case of disagreement between the two CCITIDGIT rank officers of the collegium, the matter will be referred to the Principal CClT(CCA) whose decision will be final

For the purposes of this Circular, application can be filed in all such cases where a) prosecution proceedings are pending before any court of law for more than 12 months . or b) any compounding application for an offence filed previously was withdrawn by the applicant solely for the reason that such application was filed beyond 12 months, or

c) any compounding application for an offence had been rejected previous ly solely for technical reasons.