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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 532071 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 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 78 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 243 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

Liquor Trader Gets Relief as ITAT Reduces GP Rate to 3.13% & Deletes Separate Expense Disallowance

Income Tax : The Tribunal found no distinguishing factors between the assessee and another liquor trader whose GP rate of 3.13% had been accept...

June 1, 2026 300 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 444 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


Revised return filed before assessment cannot mean concealment- ITAT Jaipur deletes penalty u/s 271(1)(c) -Vague notice & voluntary disclosure save assessee from penalty

October 10, 2025 864 Views 0 comment Print

Visakhapatnam ITAT dismisses Revenue appeals, quashing protective additions on cotton mills. Protective assessment for A.Y. 2016-17 invalid as substantive addition was in A.Y. 2017-18.

No Retrospective Remand: ITAT Scraps CIT(A)’s Order in Bogus LTCG Case for Wrongly Invoking New Law

October 10, 2025 666 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT ruled that the CIT(A) cannot set aside a reassessment order framed under Section 147 read with Section 144B, as the limited power to remand only applies to best-judgment assessments under Section 144. The Tribunal sent the penny stock LTCG case back, directing the CIT(A) to decide the appeal strictly on its merits.

You’re Still Taxed After You’re Gone- But Your Heir Only Pays What’s in the Cupboard

October 8, 2025 738 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur holds u/s 159 that penalty survives assessee’s death and is enforceable against the legal heir. Recovery is strictly limited to the value of the inherited assets or estate.

Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) for Disallowed Bad Debts – Tribunal Upholds Deletion by CIT(A)

October 7, 2025 501 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai deleted a ₹2.30 crore penalty u/s 271(1)(c) imposed on World Series Hockey Pvt Ltd, ruling that a disallowance of a bad debts claim made in good faith does not attract penalty.

Penalty on Notional House Property Income Quashed by ITAT – Section 271AAB overrides 271(1)(c)

October 7, 2025 684 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai, in Mohan Thakurdas Gurnani Vs ITO, deleted penalties levied under Section 271(1)(c) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for notional income from house property, holding that penalty requires actual concealment, not notional additions.

General Format SCN Without Specific Charge Cannot Sustain 271(1)(c) Penalty

October 4, 2025 786 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Pune ruled that a penalty notice under Section 271(1)(c) must clearly specify the exact charge—concealment or inaccurate particulars.

ITAT Delhi Partly Allows Jeweller’s Appeal: ₹50 Lakh Bogus Sale Addition Upheld

October 4, 2025 399 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT upholds the ₹50 Lakh bogus sale addition against a jeweller, finding no proof of bullion transport and confirming the buyer was an entry operator.

Bogus Purchase Addition of ₹3.82 Cr Unsustainable Without Rejecting Books

October 4, 2025 723 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT confirms that an AO cannot disallow purchases of Rs.3.82 Cr as bogus (Adventure Resorts And Cruises Pvt. Ltd.) without rejecting the books of accounts under Section 145.

LTCG Indexation Starts from Builder Buyer Agreement, Not Provisional Allotment: Delhi HC

October 4, 2025 6285 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC held that indexation benefit on Long Term Capital Gain for flat sale begins only from the date Builder Buyer Agreement is signed & not from Provisional Allotment Date

Free Flat Receipt Not Taxable in AY 2007-08: Section 56(2)(v) Covered Only Money

September 28, 2025 417 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai ruled that the allotment of a flat to the assessee during AY 2007-08 does not attract tax under Section 56(2)(v), as the provision at that time applied only to money received, not immovable property.

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