Section 414 — Other Modes of Recovery | ITA 2025

Section 414 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 corresponds to s. 226 (FA 1987) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. STATUTORY ARCHITECTURE Recovery modes: (a) attachment of debts / s. 226(3) garnishee notice on banks/debtors; (b) sale of movable /…

Section 414 — - OTHER MODES OF RECOVERY

Section 414 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 corresponds to s. 226 (FA 1987) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

Statutory text — Income-tax Act, 2025

(1) For the purposes of section 413, the Tax Recovery Officer shall be—

(a) the Tax Recovery Officer within whose jurisdiction the assessee carries on his business or profession or has the principal place of his business or profession; or

98. Clause (c) substituted for clauses (c) and (d) by the Finance Act, 2026, w.e.f. 1-4-2026. Prior to their substitution, clauses (c) and (d) read as under : “(c) arrest of the assessee and his detention in prison;

(d) appointing a receiver for the management of movable and immovable properties of the assessee.”

(b) the Tax Recovery Officer within whose jurisdiction the assessee resides or any of his movable or immovable property is situated, the jurisdiction for this purpose being the jurisdiction assigned to the Tax Recovery Officer under the orders or directions issued by the Board, or by any income-tax authority not below the rank of Commissioner who is authorised in this behalf by the Board in pursuance of section 241.

(2) Where an assessee has property within the jurisdiction of more than one Tax Recovery Officer and the Tax Recovery Officer by whom the certificate is drawn up—

(a) is not able to recover the entire amount by sale of the property, movable or immovable, within his jurisdiction; or

(b) is of the opinion that, for the purpose of expediting or securing the recovery of the whole or any part of the amount under this Part, it is necessary so to do, he may send—

(i) the certificate; or

(ii) a copy of the certificate certified in the manner as may be prescribed and specifying the amount to be recovered, where only a part of the amount is to be recovered, to a Tax Recovery Officer referred to in sub-section (1)(b) and, thereupon, such officer shall also proceed to recover the amount under this Part as if the certificate or copy thereof had been drawn up by him. Stay of proceedings in pursuance of certificate and amendment or cancella- tion thereof.

STATUTORY ARCHITECTURE

Recovery modes: (a) attachment of debts / s. 226(3) garnishee notice on banks/debtors; (b) sale of movable / immovable property; (c) appointment of receiver; (d) recovery from joint property of HUF; (e) recovery from partner of firm.

PRACTITIONER PLANNING NOTES

s. 226(3) notice on bank: bank must pay outstanding immediately on demand; common workplace issue.
Garnishee on debtors: customer-list compromise -- builds reputational risk.
Recovery from joint property: HUF separations and AOPs governed.

CROSS-REFERENCES

s. 412 (default & demand timeline).
s. 415 / 416 (TRO recovery).
s. 220(6) / 416(6) (stay during appeal).

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INCOME-TAX ACT, 2025	INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961
2025 provision	1961 counterpart
s. 414 -- Other Modes of Recovery	s. 226 (FA 1987)