notification no. 104/2024 f. no. 370142/16/2024 tpl / gsr 584 e · 20 Sept 2024

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th September, 2024

G.S.R. 584(E).–In exercise of the powers conferred by section 99 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024 (15 of 2024), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:―

1. Short title and commencement.–
   (1) These rules may be called the Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Rules, 2024.
   (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions. – (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,–

• (a) “Act” means the Finance (No.2) Act, 2024 (15 of 2024);
• (b) “dispute” means appeal, writ or special leave petition filed by the declarant or the income-tax authority before the Appellate Forum, or objections filed before the Dispute Resolution Panel under section 144C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) and the Dispute Resolution Panel has not issued any direction, or Dispute Resolution Panel has issued direction under sub-section (5) of section 144C of the said Act and the Assessing Officer has not completed the assessment under sub-section (13) of that section, or application filed under section 264 of the said Act;
• (c) “Form” means the Forms annexed to these rules;
• (d) “issues covered in favour of the declarant” means issues in respect of which –
• (i) an appeal or writ or special leave petition is filed by the income-tax authority before the appellate forum; or
• (ii) an appeal is filed before the Commissioner (Appeals) or the Joint Commissioner (Appeals), or objections is filed before the Dispute Resolution Panel, by the declarant, on which he has already got a decision in his favour from the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (where the decision on such issue is not reversed by the High Court or the Supreme Court) or the High Court (where the decision on such issue is not reversed by the Supreme Court); or
• (iii) an appeal is filed by the declarant before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal on which he has already got a decision in his favour from the High Court (where the decision on such issue is not reversed by the Supreme Court);
• (e) “new appellant case” means any case other than an “old appellant case” where the declarant is an appellant after the 31st January, 2020 but on or before the specified date;
• (f) “old appellant case” means where the declarant is an appellant on or before the 31st January, 2020, in respect of any tax arrear and continues to be an appellant at the same appellate forum on the specified date in respect of such tax arrear; and
• (g) “section” means section of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024 (15 of 2024) as included in Chapter IV of the said Act.
  (2) the words and expressions used in these rules and not defined but defined in the Act or the Income-tax Act, 1961, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts.

3. Amount payable by declarant.- (1) Where a declarant files a declaration to the designated authority under sub-section (1) of section 91 of the Act, on or before the 31st December, 2024, the amount payable by the declarant under the Act shall be as mentioned in column (3) of the Table specified in section 90 of the Act, subject to the conditions as provided in the First, Second and Third provisos of the said Table.

(2) Where a declarant files a declaration to the Designated Authority under sub-section (1) of section 91 of the Act, on or after the 1st January, 2025 but on or before the last date, the amount payable by the declarant under the Act shall be as provided in column (4) of the Table specified in section 90 of the Act, subject to the conditions as provided in the First, Second and Third provisos of the said Table.

(3) Where the dispute includes issues covered in favour of declarant, the disputed tax in respect of such issues shall be the amount, which bears to tax, including surcharge and cess, payable on all the issues in dispute, the same proportion as the disputed income in relation to issues covered in favour of declarant bear to the disputed income in relation to all the issues in dispute.

4. Form of declaration and undertaking.- (1) The declaration for any dispute referred to in sub-section (1) of section 91 and the undertaking referred to in sub-section (4) of the said section shall be made in Form-1 to the designated authority and shall be filed separately in respect of each order:

Provided that where the appellant and the income-tax authority have both filed an appeal or writ petition or special leave petition in respect of the same order, single Form-1 shall be filed by the appellant.

(2) The declaration and the undertaking under sub-rule (1) shall be verified by the declarant or any person competent to verify the return of income on his behalf in accordance with section 140 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961).

(3) The designated authority, on receipt of declaration, shall issue a receipt electronically in acknowledgement thereof.

5. Form of certificate by Designated Authority.- The Designated Authority shall issue a certificate referred to in sub-section (1) of section 92 electronically in Form-2.

6. Intimation of payment.- The intimation of payment as referred to in sub-section (2) of section 92, made pursuant to the certificate issued by the designated authority shall be furnished along with proof of withdrawal of appeal, objection, application, writ petition, special leave petition, or claim filed by the declarant to the designated authority in Form-3.

7. Order by designated authority.-The order by the designated authority under sub-section (2) of section 92, in respect of payment of amount payable by the declarant as per certificate issued under sub-section (1) of section 92, shall be in Form-4.

8. Laying down of procedure, formats and standards.- (1) The Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems), as the case may be, shall lay down procedures, formats and standards for furnishing and verifying the declaration and undertaking in Form-1, under sub-rule (1) of rule 4, issuance of certificate in Form-2 under rule 5, intimation of payment and proof of withdrawal in Form-3 under rule 6 and issuance of order in Form-4 under rule 7.
   (2) The Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) shall also be responsible for evolving and implementing appropriate security, archival and retrieval policies in relation to the said declaration, undertaking, certificate, intimation and order.

9. Manner of computing disputed tax in cases where loss or unabsorbed depreciation is reduced.- (1) Where the dispute in relation to an assessment year relates to reduction in loss or unabsorbed depreciation to be carried forward under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the declarant shall have an option to –

• (i) include the tax, including surcharge and cess, payable on the amount by which loss or unabsorbed depreciation is reduced in the disputed tax and carry forward the loss or unabsorbed depreciation by ignoring such amount of reduction in loss or unabsorbed depreciation; or
• (ii) carry forward the reduced amount of loss or unabsorbed depreciation.
  (2) Where the declarant exercises the option as provided in clause (ii) of sub-rule (1), he shall be liable to pay tax, including surcharge and cess, along with interest, if any, as a consequence of carrying forward the reduced amount of loss or unabsorbed depreciation in subsequent years:
  Provided that the written down value of the block of asset on the last day of the year, in respect of which unabsorbed depreciation has been reduced, shall not be increased by the amount of reduction in unabsorbed depreciation:
  Provided further that in computing the reduced amount of loss or unabsorbed depreciation to be carried forward in clause (ii) of sub-rule (1), one-half of the amount by which loss or unabsorbed depreciation is reduced shall be considered for reduction, if such reduction is related to issues covered in favour of declarant.

10. Manner of computing disputed tax in cases where Minimum Alternate Tax (“MAT” in short) credit is reduced.- (1) Where the dispute in relation to an assessment year relates to reduction in MAT credit to be carried forward, the declarant shall have an option to –

• (i) include the amount by which MAT credit to be carried forward is reduced in disputed tax and carry forward the MAT credit by ignoring such amount of reduction, or
• (ii) carry forward the reduced MAT credit.
  (2) Where the declarant exercises the option as provided in clause (ii) of sub-rule (1), he shall be liable to pay tax, including surcharge and cess, along with interest, if any, as a consequence of carrying forward reduced MAT credit in subsequent years:
  Provided that in computing the reduced amount of MAT credit to be carried forward in clause (ii) of sub-rule (1), one-half of the amount by which MAT credit is reduced shall be considered for reduction, if such reduction is related to issues covered in favour of declarant.
  Explanation.– For the purposes of this rule MAT credit means the tax credit as provided in section 115JAA or section 115JD of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961).