Penalty cannot be levied on Addition of Notional House Property Income

Shri Suresh Shivlal Bhasin Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai)

As regards imposition of penalty on the addition made on account of notional house property income, it goes without saying that in reality the assessee has not earned any income from house property. The Assessing Officer himself has observed that the addition made on account of income from house property is notional. In that view of the matter, penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) of the Act cannot be imposed in respect of addition made on account of notional income from house property.

Penalty cannot

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