Best judgment assessment.
115WF. If any person, being an employer—
(a) fails to make the return required under
sub-section (1) of section 115WD and has not made a return under sub-section (3) or a revised
return under sub-section (4) of that section, or
(b) fails to comply with all the terms of a notice
issued under sub-section (2) of section 115WD or
fails to comply with a direction issued under sub-section (2A) of section 142, or
(c) having made a return, fails to comply with all
the terms of a notice issued under sub-section (2) of section 115WE,
the Assessing Officer, after taking into account all relevant material
which the Assessing Officer has gathered, shall, after giving the assessee an
opportunity of being heard, make the assessment of the fringe benefits to the
best of his judgment and determine the sum payable by the assessee on the basis
of such assessment:
Provided that such opportunity shall be given by the Assessing Officer by
serving a notice calling upon the assessee to show cause, on a date and time to
be specified in the notice as to why the assessment should not be completed to
the best of his judgment:
Provided further that it shall not be necessary to give such opportunity in a case where a notice under sub-section (2) of section 115WD has been issued prior to the making of an assessment under this section.