S. 271B No penalty Failure to get accounts audited for Bona fide belief that assessee not liable to get audited

Manoj S. Gugale Vs. ITO (ITAT Pune) The issue is with respect to levy of penalty under section 271B of the Act. It is an undisputed fact that assessee is engaged in the business of Advertising Agency and during the year under consideration the commission earned from the Advertising Agency was not in excess of the limits prescribed under section 44AB for the purpose of getting the books audited. Before us, it is assessee’s submission that the entire receipts will not form part of turnover and therefore he had not got the books audited and for which reliance was placed on CBDT Circular and...