Duties & Rights of an Assessee during Income Tax Search
Duties of an Assessee during Income Tax Search: To allow free and unhindered ingress and access into the premises to the Search team To hand over the keys to all receptacles in which books of accounts, documents, records and assets are kept to the Search team Not to remove or let anyone to remove any goods, articles, documents and records without notice or permission of the authorised officers of the Search team. If an assessee or any of his team members destroy any documents, records or assets they shall be punishable under Section 204 of IPC. Being legally bound by an oath to state the truth, the assessee shall answer all queries truthfully and to the best of his knowledge. If he makes any false statement, he shall be punishable under Section 181 of IPC. to identify every person, present in the premises during the Search and to explain their relationship to the person being searched. In case of any attempt ...