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FAQs on Penalty provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Learn about penalty provisions under the IT Act, including penalties for defaults in tax payment, income reporting, and more. Key ...

August 24, 2024 2364 Views 0 comment Print

Section 270A: Penalty for under-reporting and misreporting of income

Finance : Learn about Section 270A introduced in Finance Act 2016, effective from April 1, 2017, outlining penalties for under-reporting and...

August 12, 2024 3414 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty for Concealment of Income, Section 270A of Income Tax Act

Income Tax : Discover the implications of Income Tax Act Section 270A and penalties for under-reporting or misreporting income. Learn calculati...

June 19, 2024 5340 Views 0 comment Print

From Side Hustle to Tax Puzzle: A Freelancer’s Guide to Taxes

CA, CS, CMA : Discover the complexities of tax compliance for freelancers and gig workers, from understanding income sources to navigating legal...

June 8, 2024 1863 Views 3 comments Print

How Penalty Under Section 270A Can Be Avoided

Income Tax : Learn how to avoid penalties under Section 270A of the Income Tax Act through understanding its provisions and utilizing Section 2...

April 9, 2024 8910 Views 0 comment Print


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Budget 2024: Time-limit for filing appeals to Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

Income Tax : Explore amendments to section 253 of Income-tax Act, adjusting time limits for filing appeals to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal...

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Debatable Tax Claims in Good Faith Don’t Attract Section 270A Penalties

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai rules that debatable tax claims made in good faith do not warrant penalties under Section 270A of the Income Tax Act....

March 8, 2025 147 Views 0 comment Print

Section 270A Penalty Doesn’t Require Mens Rea Presence: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that that mens rea is not an essential condition for imposing penalties under civil acts. Penalty u/s. 270A of...

March 4, 2025 435 Views 0 comment Print

Resorting to estimation of profit without rejection of books not justified: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that resorting to estimation of profit in case of best judgement assessment without rejection of books of acco...

February 27, 2025 210 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC quashes penalty citing technical glitches in ITBA records

Income Tax : Bombay High Court quashes penalty on VRML Constructions Pvt Ltd, citing technical glitches in ITBA records. Fresh proceedings may ...

February 23, 2025 330 Views 0 comment Print

Failure to record opinion on penalty not makes assessment erroneous: ITAT Jaipur

Income Tax : ITAT Jaipur rules assessment valid despite no penalty initiation in Mikuni India case. Tribunal cites precedents, highlights separ...

February 21, 2025 270 Views 0 comment Print


Hire Charges of vessel did not constitute ‘Royalty’ under India-Singapore DTAA as it was business income

January 4, 2025 417 Views 0 comment Print

Hire charges of a vessel did not constitute ‘Royalty’ as it was in the nature of business income and as there was no Permanent Establishment therefore, no taxability arose on account of business income.

Deduction u/s. 37(1) allowable towards ESOP expense since it is not contingent or notional

December 27, 2024 192 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that the Employee Stock Option Plans [ESOP] expenses should not be regarded contingent or notional and it should be allowed as deduction u/s 37(1) of the Income Tax Act.

Section 270A Penalty Notice Without specifying Specific Charge Invalid: ITAT Chennai

December 21, 2024 2697 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that notice u/s 274 r.w.s.270A of the Act was not a valid notice for the reason that the AO did not specify the satisfaction as to whether assessee had either ‘under reported the income or ‘misreported the income’.

Imposition of penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) for highly debatable issue not justified: ITAT Bangalore

December 10, 2024 396 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee is a credit cooperative society engaged in the business of providing credit facilities to its members for A.Y. 2014 – 15, filed its return of income after claiming deduction u/s. 80 P (2) (a) of the income tax act.

Cost imposed as order issued u/s. 143(3) wrongly challenged assuming it as draft assessment order u/s. 144C

December 9, 2024 420 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that order issued u/s. 143(3) of the Income Tax Act wrongly challenged on the assumption that it is draft assessment order u/s. 144C is untenable in law. Accordingly, cost of ₹1,00,000/- imposed on petitioner.

Section 270A Penalty Quashed Due to Unspecific Notice on Underreporting or Misreporting

December 4, 2024 2256 Views 0 comment Print

Manish Manohardas Asrani Vs ITO Int Tax Ward (ITAT Mumbai) The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai, ruled in favor of the assessee, Manish Manohardas Asrani, quashing a penalty of ₹44,90,048 levied under Section 270A(8) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The tribunal held that the penalty notice lacked specificity regarding the charge—whether it pertained […]

Revision u/s. 263 quashed as AO duly assessed NIL income due to proper application of funds

November 13, 2024 327 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Visakhapatnam held that revision u/s. 263 quashed as AO already disallowed the claim of depreciation while framing assessment and assessed income at NIL due to proper application of funds.

Revisionary jurisdiction not sustained as AO took plausible and legally valid view: ITAT Ahmedabad

October 28, 2024 171 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that revisionary jurisdiction under section 263 of the Income Tax Act cannot be invoked as AO exercised a plausible and legally valid view and revisionary jurisdiction cannot be invoked merely because PCIT holds a different view.

Proving debt become irrecoverable not required after 01.04.1989: ITAT Delhi

October 24, 2024 357 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the assessee is not required to prove that a particular debt had become bad debt in order to claim deduction on account of bad debt written off pursuant to the amendment made u/s 36(1)(vii) of the Income Tax Act after 01.04.1989.

Addition u/s. 69A unjustified as source of cash deposits duly explained: ITAT Visakhapatnam

October 24, 2024 462 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the cash deposits are made out of the sale proceeds of the assessee and in my opinion the assessee has properly explained the source of the cash deposits along with documentary evidence.

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