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Section 249

Circulars and notifications on section 249

15 circulars and 8 notifications on what is now Reasons not to be disclosed. Every one of them was issued under the Income-tax Act, 1961. They appear here because the department’s own concordance carries the provision each one names to section 249 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 — which is an inference about where the ground is now covered, not a holding that the instrument still bites.

Circulars

All 15 of them, newest first.
NumberDateWhat it deals with
Circular No. 4/202123 March 2021Clarifications on provisions of the direct tax vivad se vishwas act 2020
Circular No. 32/20161 September 2016Circular No. 32 of 2016
Circular No. 10/2012, dated 31-12-201231 December 2012Section 132, read with section 132A of the income-tax Act, 1961 - search & seizure - Assessment of preceding years in search cases during election period
Circular No. 75310 June 1997Explanatory Notes on Provisions Relating to the Voluntary Dis­closure of Income Scheme, 1997
Circular No. 45424 April 1986Special Bearer Bonds (Immunities & Exemptions) Act, 1981
Circular No. 39716 October 1984Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1984 - Circular No. 394, Dated 14-9-1984 and Circular No. 397, Dated 16-10-1984
Circular No. 39414 September 1984Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1984 - Circular No. 394, Dated 14-9-1984 and Circular No. 397, Dated 16-10-1984
Circular No. 3181 January 1982Special Bearer Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act, 1981
Circular No. 20424 July 1976Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 - Circular No. 179, Dated 30-9-1975, Circular No. 197, Dated 17-4-1976 and Circular No. 204, Dated 24-7-1976
Circular No. 19717 April 1976Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 - Circular No. 179, Dated 30-9-1975, Circular No. 197, Dated 17-4-1976 and Circular No. 204, Dated 24-7-1976
Circular No. 18414 November 1975Voluntary Disclosure of Income & Wealth Ordinance, 1975
Circular No. 18311 November 1975Voluntary Disclosure of Income & Wealth Ordinance, 1975
Circular No. 18125 October 1975Voluntary Disclosure of Income & Wealth Ordinance, 1975
Circular No. 18015 October 1975Voluntary Disclosure of Income & Wealth Ordinance, 1975
Circular No. 17930 September 1975Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 - Circular No. 179, Dated 30-9-1975, Circular No. 197, Dated 17-4-1976 and Circular No. 204, Dated 24-7-1976

Notifications

All 8 of them, newest first.
NumberDateWhat it deals with
Notification No. 42/20124 October 2012income-tax (fourteenth amendment) rules, 2012 - insertion of rule 112f
Notification No. 8211 November 2009Section 132 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Search & seizure - Empowerment of authorities to
Notification No. 38626 November 1979A notification under section 132 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 347E20 May 1978Every Commissioner notified under section 132
Notification No. 311E23 April 1976Every Commissioner notified under section 132
Notification No. 179E15 April 1975Shri R notified under section 132
Notification No. 51310 December 1973Shri B notified under section 132
Notification No. 11798 April 1965Central Board of Direct Taxes as the authority notified under section 132
What this page does not tell you. It does not tell you which of these is still operative. A circular can be withdrawn by a later one without either saying so on its face, and a notification can be superseded by the amendment of the provision it was made under. Read the latest one first, then work backwards.

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