Section 169 of Income Tax Act "Right of executor to recover tax paid"
169. The provisions of section 162 shall, so far as may be, apply in the case of an executor in respect of tax paid or payable by him as they apply in the case of a representative assessee.
Section 170 of Income Tax Act "Succession to business otherwise than on death"
170. (1) Where
a person carrying on any business or profession (such person
hereinafter in this section being referred to as the
predecessor) has been succeeded therein by any other person
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the successor)
who continues to carry on that business or profession,-
(a) the predecessor shall be assessed in respect of the
income of the previous year in which the succession took
place up to the date of succession;
(b) the successor shall be assessed in respect of the income
of the previous year after the date of succession.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section
(1), when the predecessor cannot be found, the assessment of
the income of the previous year in which the succession took
place up to the date of succession and of the previous year
preceding that year shall be made on the successor in like
manner and to the same extent as it would have been made on
the predecessor, and all the provisions of this Act shall,
so far as may be, apply accordingly.
(3) When any sum payable under this section in respect of
the income of such business or profession for the previous
year in which the succession took place up to the date of
succession or for the previous year preceding that year,
assessed on the predecessor, cannot be recovered from him,
the Assessing Officer shall record a finding to that effect
and the sum payable by the predecessor shall thereafter be
payable by and recoverable from the successor, and the
successor shall be entitled to recover from the predecessor
any sum so paid.
(4) Where any business or profession carried on by a Hindu
undivided family is succeeded to, and simultaneously with
the succession or after the succession there has been a
partition of the joint family property between the members
or groups of members, the tax due in respect of the income
of the business or profession succeeded to, up to the date
of succession, shall be assessed and recovered in the manner
provided in section 171, but without prejudice to the
provisions of this section.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "income"
includes any gain accruing from the transfer, in any manner
whatsoever, of the business or profession as a result of the
succession.