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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 708 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 532056 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 5220 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 216 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 156 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 297 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


ITAT Pune Remands Assessment & Penalty for Joint Bank Cash Deposit

September 9, 2025 366 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Pune has remitted the case of Mahesh Padmnabhrao Kashikar back to the CIT(A), allowing the individual a fresh chance to explain cash deposits in a joint bank account after previously failing to cooperate.

ITAT Deletes Addition on Sale of Shops & Interest on Conversion Charges

September 5, 2025 417 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh’s ruling in the CSJ Infrastructure tax case addresses the application of Section 43CA and the tax treatment of interest on land conversion fees.

No reassessment if limitation period barred u/s 153(2) unless TPO reference u/s 92CA was involved in case of non-residents

September 4, 2025 786 Views 0 comment Print

Revenue argued that since assessee was an “eligible assessee” under section 144C(15), AO rightly passed the order and the final order was valid within the time limit of section 153(4). On appeal.

ITAT Delhi Allows Appeal as NFAC Ignored Assessee’s Submissions

September 3, 2025 354 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi has restored an appeal by Mehinder Sharma, previously dismissed by the NFAC for non-compliance, granting a final opportunity to present his case.

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

September 3, 2025 678 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.

ITAT Deletes Penalty on Adhoc Expense Disallowance Where No Incriminating Material Found

September 3, 2025 561 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai dismissed Revenue’s appeal, upholding deletion of a Rs. 16 lakh penalty against Micro Plantea Limited due to a lack of incriminating material in a search assessment.

Addition of provision of doubtful debts to book profit u/s. 115JB not sustained

September 3, 2025 552 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that trade receivable shown as net of provision for doubtful debts would not be hit by section 115JB(i) of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, addition of provision of bad and doubtful debts to book profits computed u/s. 115JB not sustained.

ITAT Delhi Rules on Depreciation, software expenditure, R&D, 80JJAA

September 3, 2025 714 Views 0 comment Print

A summary of the ITAT Delhi ruling on cross-appeals involving International Tractor Ltd. covering key tax issues on depreciation, R&D, and other business deductions.

No Income tax penalty proceedings if insufficient time was granted to furnish reply

September 3, 2025 381 Views 0 comment Print

Income tax penalty proceedings initiated against the company under Section271(1)(c) was quashed as no sufficient time was given for reply and a personal hearing rendered the proceedings procedurally unfair and legally unsustainable.

Delhi HC Quashes Penalty on Lack of Specificity in Income Tax Notice

September 2, 2025 519 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi High Court upheld the quashing of a penalty imposed under Section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act. The court ruled that the penalty notice was invalid because it failed to specify whether the penalty was for ‘concealment of income’ or ‘furnishing inaccurate particulars’.

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