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Income Tax - New penalty law was inserted vide section 270A under the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('the Act') which is based on under-reporting and misreporting of income, replacing the erstwhile basis of concealment or furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income....
Read MoreIncome Tax - On filling income tax return, one of the crucial part is to fill the TDS claim during the relevant financial year which should be match with TDS Credit reflects in Form 26AS. On non-matching of TDS claimed with TDS credit reflected in Form 26AS, demand will be raised by IT department on processing of return under section 143(1) of Income ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Section 270A is a new penalty provision which was introduced by endorsing the philosophy that in order to bring objectivity, certainty and clarity into the penalty provisions, it is repealed by an altogether a new penal provision. The issue as to existence of (i) concealment of income or (ii) furnishing inaccurate particulars of income ha...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Default in complying with provisions of or with conditions prescribed under the Income-tax Act would attract certain penalty and in critical cases prosecutions as well. There are three modes built in the fiscal legislation for encouraging tax compliance: (a) Charge of Interest; (b) Imposition of penalty; (c) launching of prosecution agai...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Section 270A(8) states that where an under-reported income is in consequence of any misreporting by any person, such person shall be liable to pay 200% penalty on an amount of tax payable on such under-reported income.As per the said sub-section, penalty in case of misreporting is equal to 200% of under-reported income....
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