Case Law Details
Sardarmal Kothari Vs ACIT (ITAT Chennai)
ITAT held that when an assessment has been made under sec.143(3) and not under sec.144 of the I.T. Act, it means that subsequent compliance in the assessment proceedings was considered as good compliance and the defaults committed earlier were ignored by the Assessing Officer and, therefore, there is no case for levy of penalty under sec.271(1)(b) of the Act. In the present case, the assessee seems to have co-operated with the assessment proceedings by responding to the notices and filing information called for and the assessment was completed under sec.143(3) and not sec.144 of the Act. Therefore, we hold that there is no case for levy of penalty under sec.271(1)(b) of the I.T. Act the assessee’s case.
FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF ITAT CHENNAI
This is an appeal filed by the assessee against the order of Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-IX, Chennai, dated 30.8.2012 for the Asst. Year 2009-10. The only grievance of the assessee in this appeal is that the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) erred in confirming the penalty of A.10,000/- levied by the Assessing Officer under sec.271(1)(b) of the I.T. Act.
2. The Assessing Officer levied penalty of A.10,000/- under sec.271(1)(b) of the Act as the assessee did not respond to notices issued by him under sec.143(2) & 142(1) of the I.T. Act on three occasions, ie., on 2.9.2010, 8.9.2011 and 15.10.2011, fixing the dates of hearing on 20.9.2010, 12.9.2011 and 20.10.2011 respectively. Subsequently, the assessment was made under sec.143(3) of the Act wherein the assessee appeared and furnished information called for by the Assessing Officer. The assessee preferred appeal before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) against levy of penalty contending that no Show Cause Notice has been issued by the Assessing Officer before levy of penalty under sec.271(1)(b) of the Act.
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