No Section 270A Penalty on Estimation-Based Disallowances

Narayanan Sundaramahalingam Rajkumar Vs ACIT (ITAT Chennai) In the case of Narayanan Sundaramahalingam Rajkumar vs. ACIT, the Chennai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) dealt with a penalty imposed by the Assessing Officer (AO) under Section 270A of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The case stemmed from an assessment for the year 2018-19, where the AO disallowed 30% of the indexed cost of development expenses related to the sale of land by the assessee. The disallowance amounted to ₹16,63,384, and a penalty of ₹7,88,112 was levied, citing underreporting of income due to failure to furnish evide...