Section 275(1)(a) of the Act does not nullify the availability to the AO of the period of limitation of six months from the end of the month when the order of the ITAT is received by the Assessing Officer

CIT Vs Mohair Investment & Trading Co (Delhi High Court)– From a plain reading of the relevant Sections it is clear that the period of six months provided for imposition of penalty under Section 275(1)(a) starts running after the successive appeals from an assessment order has been finally decided by the CIT(A) or the ITAT as the case may be whichever period expires later. The proviso to section 275(1)(a) has only had the effect of extending the period of imposing penalty from six months to one year within the receipt of the order of the Commissioner after 1st June, 2003. The proviso...