Section 281B of the Income Tax Act

Income-tax Act, 2025: s.500

Section 281B of the Income-tax Act, 1961 corresponds to section 500 (Provisional attachment to protect revenue in certain cases) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.

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Correspondence checked against the ICAI tabular mapping of the two Acts and the BharatTax.co section commentary.

The decision most relied on for Section 281B is Rao Raja Hanut Singh (2001) 252 ITR 0528 (Rajasthan) (iv) Ian Peter Morris v. ACIT (244 ITR 303), cited in 6 of the 33 judgments on BharatTax that turn on this section.

Leading authorities on Section 281B

Judgments on Section 281B