section 271(1)(c)

  • May
  • 13

No penalty for mere change in head of income

We are of the considered opinion that the transaction in respect of the share trading was duly disclosed at the time of filing of the return. Some of the income was shown as long-tern capital gain and part of the income was also shown as speculative business in shares/scripts trading. As per the annexures, the [...]

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  • May
  • 11

No Penalty on tax liability which is based on decision not available at the time of filing ROI

The    revenue authorities had imposed penalty on the ground that deduction under section 80HHC of the Act was   wrongly claimed. The Tribunal however, deleted  such penalty. The Tribunal noted that    tax liability against the assessee was confirmed on the basis of the decision of the Apex Court in the case of  CIT v. Ravindranathan Nair, [...]

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  • Apr
  • 27

Surrender after detection of incriminating material with regard to income so surrendered is not voluntary

Voluntarily means out of free will without any compulsion. When the assessee concealed incriminating material in the form of transactions in the aforesaid account of the two parties, surrender cannot held to be voluntarily. Surrender of income after the department has collected incriminating material with regard to the income so disclosed, cannot be voluntary surrender, [...]

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  • Apr
  • 26

Consistent losses show mistake/ absence of intention to evade taxes

Mere mistake in making of a claim in the return of income would not ipso facto reflect concealment or furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income in terms of section 271(1)(c) of the Act. The wrong claim of depreciation in the present case cannot be said to be made with an intention to evade taxes in [...]

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  • Apr
  • 25

Penalty justified for claiming of deduction for R&D activity after discontinuance of business

The first question is whether the assessee-company had produced reasonable evidence to support its claim of incurring expenditure to the extent of Rs. 32,99,650. The answer is a categorical “no”. This position has been upheld even by the Tribunal. The assessee has not produced details or any evidence to support its claim of expenditure to [...]

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  • Apr
  • 10

No penalty on income surrendered in survey proceedings which was disclosed in return of Income

There can be no concealment or non-disclosure, as the assessee had made a complete disclosure in the IT return and offered the surrendered amount for the purposes of tax and therefore no penalty under s. 271(1)(c) could be levied. The words ‘in the course of any proceedings under this Act’ in Sec. 271(1)(c ) of [...]

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  • Apr
  • 09

No penalty for wrong claim of depreciation , if claim was bona fide

In the present case, the AO had levied penalty under s. 271(1)(c) of the Act, for furnishing inaccurate particulars of income. It is not under dispute that the assessee had claimed wrong depreciation on account of additions made in the machinery and factory building accounts, which has been surrendered by the assessee to buy peace [...]

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  • Apr
  • 03

No Penalty if Assessee voluntarily & bona fidely declare its income

Once in a particular trust, some default came to the notice of a trustee managing its affairs and the same trustee is also managing the affairs of other trust then, if the trustee of the second trust voluntarily comes forward before the department and discloses material facts, which have been duly accepted by the department, [...]

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  • Apr
  • 01

No penalty if wrong claim is due to mistake/ wrong advice of CA

Tribunal by the impugned order records a finding that in the profit and loss account filed along with the return of income, the respondent-assessee has clearly described the loss as the loss on sale of its garment unit assets. This loss was added to the net loss in the computation of the total income. Thus, [...]

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  • Mar
  • 25

No penalty for concealment of Income on additions based on estimation of income

Though the Assessing Officer invoked penalty under Section 27(1)(c) of the Act and stated that the assessee failed to furnish complete details from bank statement, on going through the materials placed before this Court, it is seen that the Assessing Officer has subsequently found that the said deposit was made for the period commencing from [...]

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