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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 405 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 7881 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


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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 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 69 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 63 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 195 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 360 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


Technical PAN Issues & COVID-19 Are Reasonable Cause; ITAT Pune Cancels Penalty

September 19, 2025 588 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune cancels a ₹40,000 penalty on a co-operative society, citing a reasonable cause for non-compliance, including PAN issues and the COVID-19 pandemic.

ITAT Kolkata Quashes Section 271(1)(c) Penalty on One-Time Settlement

September 15, 2025 705 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Kolkata quashed a penalty on a taxpayer, ruling that a one-time settlement from an employer was a capital receipt. The court held that no concealment of income occurred as the amount was disclosed in the tax return.

Mere disclosure of additional income under 153C not concealment of Income

September 15, 2025 267 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in Cochin has ruled that voluntarily disclosing additional income after a search notice does not automatically justify a penalty under Section 271(1)(c) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

ITAT Delhi Quashes Section 270A Penalty on Estimated Income Addition

September 15, 2025 738 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi has set aside a penalty imposed on a taxpayer, ruling that penalties cannot be levied on additions to income that are based on estimation. This decision follows a precedent in the same case.

ITAT Deletes Penalty u/s 271D on Cash Sale of Agricultural Land due to Reasonable Cause

September 13, 2025 2874 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad deletes penalty u/s 271D on cash receipts for agricultural land sale, citing reasonable cause and prior rulings. Appeals allowed

Under-reporting vs Misreporting Confusion Fatal to Section 270A Penalty: ITAT Delhi

September 11, 2025 1335 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi deleted a penalty levied under Section 270A against Kanodia Technoplast, ruling that the penalty order was invalid for failing to specify the nature of the offense.

PCIT Cannot Invoke Section 263 to Impose Section 270A Penalty: ITAT Ahmedabad

September 10, 2025 816 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad dismisses a PCIT’s order under Section 263, stating that revisionary powers cannot be used merely to direct the initiation of penalty proceedings.

Mere Technical Breach Not Enough for Penalty Under Section 272A(1)(d)

September 8, 2025 843 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Agra has canceled a penalty against Bundelkhand University, ruling that a technical breach of not filing documents is not punishable if all details are later provided.

Tax Consultant Error: ITAT Rajkot Reduces Section 271(1)(b) Penalty on Assessee

September 5, 2025 561 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT in Rajkot reduced a penalty against a taxpayer from ₹30,000 to ₹10,000, ruling that a single penalty should be levied for multiple non-compliances that occurred during the same proceedings.

ITAT Directs AO to Reconsider Section 271(1)(c) Penalty in Light of Quantum Appeal

September 3, 2025 615 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Ahmedabad has remanded a penalty case for Co.op Credit Society, directing the AO to pass a new order only after the related quantum appeal is finalized.

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