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Penalties Imposable under Income-tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The framework outlines penalties for defaults like under-reporting, TDS failures, and non-compliance, while allowing relief where ...

April 9, 2026 408 Views 0 comment Print

₹200 per day Penalty Introduced for Non-Reporting of Crypto Transactions

Income Tax : Furnishing incorrect crypto-asset information without rectification can attract a fixed penalty. The amendment strengthens account...

February 3, 2026 7884 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Penalties Replaced by Fixed Fees to Cut Compliance Litigation

Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 converts key penalties for audit and reporting delays into mandatory fees. The shift aims to reduce dispute...

February 2, 2026 2970 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty for Under-Reporting to Be Issued With Assessment, Not Separately

Income Tax : The law now proposes a single consolidated assessment-cum-penalty order for under-reporting of income, reducing multiple proceedin...

February 2, 2026 1455 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Strikes Down 271DA Penalty for Missing Satisfaction in Assessment Order

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that penalty under Section 271DA cannot be imposed when the assessment order lacks recorded satisfaction of a 26...

November 20, 2025 1464 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Budget 2026: Penalty & Assessment Proceedings Merged to Reduce Tax Litigation

Corporate Law : The Budget proposes a single integrated order for assessment and penalty to avoid parallel proceedings. The key takeaway is reduce...

February 1, 2026 1092 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024: Revised Penalty Timeline for TDS/TCS Statements

Income Tax : Budget 2024 reduces penalty relief period for TDS/TCS statement filing from one year to one month. Changes effective April 2025....

July 26, 2024 3180 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024 amends penalty for Undisclosed Foreign Income & Assets in ITR

Income Tax : New amendments to the Black Money Act from October 2024 raise the exemption threshold for penalties on foreign assets to ₹20 lak...

July 25, 2024 4263 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024: Changes to Income Tax Penalty Limitation Period Provisions

Income Tax : Discover the proposed changes to Section 275 of the Income-tax Act, eliminating ambiguity in penalty imposition timelines. Effecti...

July 23, 2024 1581 Views 0 comment Print

Late Fees, Interest, threat to levy penalty or to initiate prosecution – Tax Terrorism

CA, CS, CMA : People are held hostage in a cyber-world with ransom in the form of Late Fees and Interest and a threat to levy penalty or to init...

October 21, 2022 19920 Views 6 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Penalty Deleted as AO Failed to Specify Exact Section 271(1)(c) Charge: Delhi HC

Income Tax : The case addressed ambiguity in penalty proceedings where the specific charge was not identified. The Court upheld deletion of pen...

April 18, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty Quashed as Notice Failed to Specify Exact Section 271(1)(c) Charge: ITAT Raipur

Income Tax : The case involved an ambiguous penalty notice that did not clarify whether the charge was concealment or inaccurate particulars. T...

April 18, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

No Penalty on Estimated Bogus Purchases: ITAT Deletes U/s 271(1)(c) Levy

Income Tax : The case involved penalty on disallowance of purchases treated as non-genuine and estimated at 12.5%. Tribunal ruled that estimate...

April 18, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271(1)(c) Penalty Deleted Due to Consistency with Earlier Year Ruling: ITAT Dehradun

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that penalty under section 271(1)(c) cannot be sustained when identical facts in earlier years led to deletion. ...

April 16, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271(1)(c) Penalty Invalid as AO Failed to Specify Charge: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT held that penalty proceedings are invalid where the Assessing Officer does not specify whether the charge is concealment ...

April 16, 2026 372 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Failure to Produce Certified Copies of Register of Members & Share Transfer Forms (MGT-1, SH-4): MCA imposes Penalty

Company Law : Penalty imposed on Cryo Scientific Systems for failure to maintain proper registers under Companies Act 2013. Learn more about the...

August 23, 2024 1740 Views 0 comment Print

NFRA Penalizes RCFL Auditors with ₹2.5 Crore Fine for Audit Misconduct

Company Law : The NFRA fines Shridhar & Associates and CA Ajay Vastani for professional misconduct in auditing RCFL's financials for FY 2018-19....

May 16, 2024 12630 Views 0 comment Print

Scope of Penalties to be assigned to Faceless Penalty Scheme, 2021

Income Tax : Order under Para 3 of the Faceless Penalty Scheme, 2021, for defining the scope of ‘Penalties’ to be assigned to the F...

February 26, 2021 3063 Views 0 comment Print

Limitation for penalty proceedings U/s. 271D & 271E

Income Tax : It is a settled position that period of limitation of penalty proceedings under section 271D and 271E of the Act is governed by th...

April 26, 2016 7738 Views 0 comment Print

Limitation commencement for penalty proceedings U/s. 271D &271E

Income Tax : It has been brought to notice of CBDT that there are conflicting interpretations of various High Courts on the issue whether the l...

April 26, 2016 2998 Views 0 comment Print


Budget 2025: Non-Applicability of Section 271AAB from 1st Sept 2024

February 2, 2025 2646 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271AAB penalties will not apply to searches initiated under Section 132 after September 1, 2024, as per the Finance Bill, 2025.

Section 275 amended to set a six-month deadline for passing penalty orders

February 2, 2025 3066 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Bill 2025 rationalizes the time-limit for imposing penalties under section 275 of the Income-tax Act, setting a uniform limit of six months.

Budget 2025: AO to Impose Sections 271C to 271E Penalty Instead of JCIT

February 2, 2025 1899 Views 0 comment Print

Post-Finance Bill 2025, penalties under specified sections of the Income-tax Act will be levied by the Assessing Officer, with Joint Commissioner approval for higher amounts.

Section 271AAB Penalty Not Applicable for Searches on or after 01.09.2024

February 2, 2025 1767 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty under Section 271AAB of the Income-tax Act is not applicable for searches after 1st September 2024, replaced by Section 158BFA penalty.

Section 270AA(2) Immunity cannot be denied for Belated Form-68 Application: ITAT Bangalore

January 31, 2025 2037 Views 0 comment Print

Read the full text of the ITAT Bangalore order in the DACSS Granites Pvt. Ltd. case. The tribunal rules that immunity under Section 270AA(2) cannot be denied due to a belated Form-68 application.

No Section 271(1)(c) penalty if Assessee allowed section 80IA(4) deduction subsequently

January 30, 2025 648 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad dismisses penalty for disallowance of deduction under section 80IA(4), ruling in favor of the assessee as a developer.

Penalty not sustainable if related assessment order is quashed: ITAT Mumbai

January 30, 2025 1521 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules that penalty cannot be maintained after assessment order is quashed, restoring a case to CIT(A) for fresh hearing.

Section 271(1)(b) penalty confirmed for not signing consent waiver on undisclosed HSBC bank account

January 27, 2025 792 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi upholds penalty under Section 271(1)(b) against Sanjay Dalmia for not signing consent waiver form related to undisclosed HSBC bank account details.

Section 271(1)(b) cannot be imposed for each non-compliance of Section 143(2) notices

January 27, 2025 8850 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi ruled in Rekha Rani vs. DCIT that penalty under Section 271(1)(b) cannot be imposed for each non-compliance of Section 143(2) notices, only for the first default.

Undisclosed Foreign Bank Account: No Penalty on mere allegations without substantiated proof 

January 27, 2025 5769 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashes Section 271(1)(b) penalty against Charu Modi Bhartia, citing lack of evidence on alleged foreign bank account ownership with HSBC Geneva.

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