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Foreign Assets, RSUs and Foreign Bank Accounts in ITR: Schedule FA Reporting, Notices & Penalty

Income Tax : Resident taxpayers holding foreign assets or financial interests may be required to file returns and disclose such assets regardle...

June 2, 2026 2205 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 270A Penalty Due to Defective Notice and Bona Fide Reliance on Form 16

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that non-specification of the precise statutory charge under sections 270A(2) and 270A(9) violated principles o...

May 15, 2026 540 Views 0 comment Print

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 849 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 8145 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 4161 Views 0 comment Print


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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 1251 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 3303 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 4485 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 1728 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 19968 Views 6 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 270A Penalty Deleted as Estimated Profit Addition Cannot Prove Misreporting

Income Tax : The ITAT held that penalty for misreporting of income cannot be levied when the underlying addition is based merely on estimation ...

June 7, 2026 309 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Deletes Section 271(1)(c) Penalty as Notice Lacked Specific Charge

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT upheld deletion of a penalty after finding that the show-cause notice failed to specify the applicable limb of Sect...

June 5, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

Advance Tax Payment Not Shield from Penalty for Concealment of Capital Gains: Madras HC

Income Tax : The assessee argued that payment of advance tax demonstrated absence of concealment. The High Court held that a subsequent conscio...

May 31, 2026 462 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 272A(1)(d) Penalty as Assessment Was Completed After Accepting Replies

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that penalty under Section 272A(1)(d) could not survive once the Assessing Officer completed assessment under Se...

May 21, 2026 540 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Reduces Section 271(1)(b) Penalty by treating Multiple Notice Defaults as One

Income Tax : The ITAT Visakhapatnam reduced a penalty under Section 271(1)(b) from Rs.30,000 to Rs.10,000 after treating non-compliance with th...

May 18, 2026 345 Views 0 comment Print


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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 1866 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 12762 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 3114 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 7840 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 3070 Views 0 comment Print


Section 272A Penalty for failure to answer questions or furnish information / returns/ statements or allow inspections etc

February 21, 2020 108873 Views 0 comment Print

The penalty provisions of section 272A of the Income Tax Act covers various penalty like failure to answer the questions or failure in furnishing several information / returns / statements etc. The provisions of section 272A are taken up and explained in the present article. Applicability of provisions of section 272A of the Income Tax […]

Section 271J Penalty on professionals for furnishing incorrect information in reports / certificates

February 20, 2020 18015 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding the penalty under section 271J of the Income Tax Act for professionals providing incorrect information in reports or certificates.

No Section 271(1)(c) penalty for genuine omissions in Income Tax Returns

February 20, 2020 3045 Views 0 comment Print

Omega Corrugators Pvt. Ltd Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT Mumbai bench has held that genuine omissions must be excluded from the levy of penalty under section 271 (1)(c) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. We find that assessee has debited a sum of Rs.3,57,541/- towards loss on sale of motor car in its profit and […]

Section 271I Penalty for failure in furnishing Form 15CA & Form 15CB

February 19, 2020 43407 Views 2 comments Print

Any person making payment to a non-resident (not being a company) or a foreign company is required to furnish payment information in Form 15CA and Form 15CB. In case such person fails in furnishing the information in Form 15CA and Form 15CB, then he would be liable to pay the penalty under section 271-I of […]

Section 271H Penalty for late filing/non-filing of TDS or TCS return

February 19, 2020 54294 Views 2 comments Print

Understand the penalty for late filing/non-filing of TDS or TCS return as per section 271H of the Income Tax Act. Learn about the applicable due dates and penalty amounts.

Penalty for failure in furnishing report or furnishing inaccurate report under section 286 – Section 271GB

February 18, 2020 29508 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the penalty provisions of section 271GB for failure to furnish accurate report under section 286. Learn about the applicability and amount of penalty under the Income Tax Act.

Section 271GA Penalty for failure in furnishing the information / document in Form 49D as required under section 285A

February 14, 2020 11502 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about the penalty for failure to furnish required information in Form 49D under section 285A of the Income Tax Act.

Section 271G Penalty for failure to furnish information / document as per provisions of section 92D

February 13, 2020 21312 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding section 271G penalty for failure to furnish information/documents under section 92D of the Income Tax Act.

Section 271FB Penalty for default in furnishing return of fringe benefits

February 12, 2020 4719 Views 2 comments Print

The penalty provisions of section 271FB of the Income Tax Act applies to all the employer (who paid fringe benefits to its employees) who fails to furnish the ‘return of fringe benefits’ as required under section 115WD (1) of the Income Tax Act. The said penalty provisions of section 271FB are taken up and explained […]

Section 271FAB Penalty for failure to furnish statement / information / document by an eligible investment fund

February 12, 2020 5304 Views 0 comment Print

Get a briefing on the penalty provisions of section 271FAB of the Income Tax Act. Understand the consequences of failure to furnish statement/information/documents by an eligible investment fund.

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