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No Penalty for Voluntary Correction of Bona fide computational mistakes During Assessment 

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that penalty under section 271(1)(c) cannot be imposed when errors are voluntarily corrected during assessment. ...

March 20, 2026 711 Views 0 comment Print

Penalties and Prosecutions Under Income tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : A summary of key penalties under the Income Tax Act for AY 2026-27, covering defaults from late filing and non-payment to misrepor...

October 28, 2025 532074 Views 4 comments Print

Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) Not Sustainable for Bona Fide 54F Claim Delayed by Builder Default: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held penalty u/s 271(1)(c) unsustainable as 54F exemption failed due to builder delay, not taxpayer’s fault. Full dis...

July 16, 2025 1182 Views 0 comment Print

Invalid Income-tax Section 271(1)(c) Penalty: Non-Specific Charge Legal Analysis

Income Tax : Understand why an income-tax penalty under Section 271(1)(c) is invalid if the charge isn't specified as concealment or inaccurate...

June 7, 2025 3381 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty Proceedings Deferred must be During Quantum Appeal: Legal Framework & Judicial Insights

Income Tax : Learn how taxpayers can defer income tax penalty proceedings when quantum additions are under appeal. Understand legal grounds and...

June 6, 2025 5223 Views 0 comment Print


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Easwar Committee Recommends Non-Levy Of Penalty in certain circumstances

Income Tax : The Committee recommends that the scope of Section 273B should be suitably enlarged to provide that penalty for concealment of inc...

January 21, 2016 1162 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Rajkot Quashes Reassessment as Escaped Income Was Below ₹50 Lakh Threshold

Income Tax : Tribunal held that reassessment beyond three years was not permissible where alleged escaped income was only ₹38 lakh. Since sta...

June 7, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 271(1)(c) Penalty if Full Disclosure Made in Return & Audit Report: ITAT Rajkot

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that penalty was not justified where all relevant facts were disclosed in the return of income, audit report, an...

June 7, 2026 57 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 81 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Addition Quashed as Loans Were Repaid Through Banking Channels: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that unsecured loan additions could not be sustained where the assessee furnished confirmations, bank statemen...

June 5, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print

No 14A Disallowance Without Satisfaction, No Penalty on Debatable Issues

Income Tax : The Bangalore ITAT held that a disallowance under Section 14A read with Rule 8D cannot survive without the Assessing Officer recor...

June 4, 2026 162 Views 0 comment Print


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Immunity under Section 270AA of Income-tax Act, 1961- CBDT Clarifies

Income Tax : Section 270AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) inter alia provides that w.e.f. 1 st April, 2017, the Assessing Officer, on an...

August 16, 2018 12054 Views 0 comment Print


Voluntary disclosure in all cases cannot absolve assessee from liability to pay penalty

December 18, 2017 1938 Views 0 comment Print

The Bombay High Court while allowing a reference application in favour of the Revenue, held that voluntary disclosure in all cases cannot absolve the assessee from penal liabilities under Section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act.

Penalty not justified on disallowance on certain issue being subject matter of judicial interpretation in number of case

December 5, 2017 1284 Views 0 comment Print

In our view, the issue relating to the assessees claim of deduction under section 54F, is debatable in nature. Merely because the assessee in the course of assessment proceedings, agreed for disallowance of its claim for deduction under section 54F, will not lead to a conclusion that the assessee has either furnished inaccurate particulars of income or concealed particulars of his income. That being the case, in our view, it is not a fit cause for imposition of penalty under section 271(1)(c).

No Penalty on Income disclosed during survey and also in return filed U/s. 153A

December 5, 2017 4101 Views 0 comment Print

In the present case, the fact that the entire ‘undisclosed income’ was declared by the appellant in the statement recorded during search and the same was also disclosed in the return filed pursuant to notice issued under section 153A, clearly goes to show the bona fides of the appellant, not warranting imposition of penalty under section 271 (1)(c) of the Act.

Penalty not leviable for mere disallowance of claim made by Assessee

December 5, 2017 4014 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Cooperative Cane Development Union Ltd. Vs. DCIT (ITAT Delhi) The bona fide error or bonafide claim constitutes valid defence against the charge of concealment of particulars of income or furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income. The mere making of a claim which is not sustainable in law cannot amount to furnishing of inaccurate particulars […]

Penalty U/s. 271(1)(c) not justified based on mere high stamp duty valuation of property

December 4, 2017 5190 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee had offered actual amount received on sale of property for taxation, revenue authorities were not justified in passing penalty order under section 271(1)(c) by adopting higher sale consideration under section 50C on basis of stamp duty valuation of said property

Penalty for transfer pricing adjustment not justified if ALP was determined in good faith and with due diligence

December 3, 2017 3666 Views 0 comment Print

A division bench of the Delhi ITAT, last week held that penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be levied if the Arm’s Length Price (ALP) was determined as per the scheme of section 92C in good faith and with due diligence.

Penalty U/s. 271(1)(c) cannot be imposed for receipt of payment against transaction made by husband, of which she had no knowledge

December 2, 2017 1974 Views 0 comment Print

Once the assessee is a beneficiary of the amount received as a consequence of the transfer executed by her husband, of which she had no knowledge, she offered that during the course of the assessment proceedings, that does not mean that her act can be brought within the penalty provision.

Penalty justified for failure to Prove Genuineness of Cash Deposits

November 30, 2017 2412 Views 0 comment Print

Mrs. Ramesh K. Patel C/o. Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) It is come on record that the assessee has not filed even a single satisfactory documentary or oral evidence or confirmation to the satisfaction of the lower authorities so as to prove genuineness of the above two cash deposits. We therefore quoting Hon’ble Apex Court’s judgment […]

ITAT refuses plea of ‘Wrong Legal Opinion’ of Assessee being director of a Company

November 29, 2017 1119 Views 0 comment Print

It was the explanation of assessee that the legal opinion given by the Counsel that there is no capital gain on the STT paid transactions, was not accepted by AO stating that she is a promoter of a company and has a battery of legal advisors and her husband also has legal knowledge.

Penalty justified on additional income declared after discovery of same by AO

November 28, 2017 1104 Views 0 comment Print

Jyothirmoy Yamsani Vs. DCIT (ITAT Hyderabad) In the instant case, the assessment order categorically indicates that penalty is leviable on both counts and even penalty order details the nature of default on the part of the assessee, followed by a specific conclusion that the assessee has concealed income and furnished inaccurate particulars of income. Under […]

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