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Income Tax : Order under Para 3 of the Faceless Penalty Scheme, 2021, for defining the scope of ‘Penalties’ to be assigned to the F...
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The issue in the present appeal relates to the exigibility of penalty u/s 271B for failure of the assessee to get accounts audited in respect of the previous year relevant to the assessment year under consideration as required u/s 44AB and furnished to the Assessing Officer before specified due date i.e. due date for filing the return of income.
ITAT held that penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) on Bogus purchase addition cannot be levied where addition was made on estimated basis.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that as all the particulars duly furnished by the assessee relating to source of investment, mere rejection of the claim of the assessee cannot invite levy of penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, penalty deleted.
Devinder Gupta & Sons (HUF) Vs CIT (ITAT Delhi) It is an admitted position that the assessee had taken loan from the lender in the earlier years, a part of which has been repaid during the year albeit in cash. The amount of loan has been consequently reduced. A confirmation whereof from the lender has […]
Jharkhand High Court held that when search is initiated, penalty is leviable under section 271AAB of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, initiation of penalty proceedings u/s 271(1)(c) post initiation of search is unsustainable.
Learn about the Income Tax Grievance Redressal Mechanism under Section 276B of the Income Tax Act 1961, including its provisions, penalties, and implications for taxpayers in India.
ITAT Delhi held that penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act cannot be imposed on the basis of legal fiction of section 50C of the Income Tax Act.
ITAT Chandigarh held that claiming of wrong depreciation on the advice of auditor is bona fide claim and hence penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act not leviable.
ITAT delete penalty levied for failure to get accounts audited and for filing tax audit report belatedly, on the grounds that the assessee was prevented by reasonable cause due to its pathetic condition and heavy losses incurred in its business.
Defect in statutory notice in not striking out of irrelevant ground vitiates penalty proceedings for the reason that assessee has not given sufficient notice for preparing his defense, as to grounds on which penalty proceedings have been initiated.
