No penalty on taxation of ESOP when only CBDT Circular was there on its taxation

No penalty can be levied under s 271(1)(c) when there was only the CBDT Circular on the taxation of ESOP shares and where the assessee offered certain income in a particular year and paid taxes bona fidely and the AO taxed the same in another year. ACIT Vs Vijay Kumar Jindal (ITAT Delhi)- There was no law on taxation of Esop shares for A.Y. 1999-2000. Only CBDT Circular no. 710 was there clause (iv) of the same provided that where shares have been offered only to the employees, the value of perquisite will be the difference between the market price of the shares on the date of acceptance of t...