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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 414 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 529092 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 1083 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 3000 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 4692 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 1123 Views 0 comment Print


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Penalty Deleted as AO Failed to Specify Exact Section 271(1)(c) Charge: Delhi HC

Income Tax : The case addressed ambiguity in penalty proceedings where the specific charge was not identified. The Court upheld deletion of pen...

April 18, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty Quashed as Notice Failed to Specify Exact Section 271(1)(c) Charge: ITAT Raipur

Income Tax : The case involved an ambiguous penalty notice that did not clarify whether the charge was concealment or inaccurate particulars. T...

April 18, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

No Penalty on Estimated Bogus Purchases: ITAT Deletes U/s 271(1)(c) Levy

Income Tax : The case involved penalty on disallowance of purchases treated as non-genuine and estimated at 12.5%. Tribunal ruled that estimate...

April 18, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

Commission Disallowance Remanded – 133(6) Non-Response Not Sufficient; Ad-hoc Expenses Cut to 10%

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai remanded ₹95.81 lakh commission disallowance, holding that non-response to Section 133(6) notices alone cannot justi...

April 18, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) Cannot Enhance on New Issue; JDA Additions & U/s 2(22)(e) Deletions Upheld

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that CIT(A) cannot enhance income by introducing a new issue not examined by the Assessing Officer. The ruling cl...

April 18, 2026 195 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 11967 Views 0 comment Print


HC upheld penalty deletion as notice not specifies appropriate limb for penalty 

December 23, 2023 411 Views 0 comment Print

In PCIT Vs Bhudeva Estate Pvt. Ltd., Delhi High Court emphasized that notices for penalty under Section 271(1)(c) must explicitly specify grounds for penalty imposition.

AO must explicitly mention grounds for imposing Section 271(1)(c) penalty

December 22, 2023 1122 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the Delhi High Court judgment on Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) of Income Tax Act for AY 2014-15. Detailed analysis and legal insights on inaccurate particulars. Read more.

Initiation of penalty proceedings u/s. 271AAB(1A) without specifying default of assessee unsustainable

December 21, 2023 3378 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that initiation of penalty proceedings u/s. 271AAB(1A) of the Income Tax Act without specifying the ground and default on the part of the assessee and also without specifying the undisclosed income on which penalty was proposed to be levied is unsustainable-in-law.

Opportunity of Hearing must before addition for Unexplained Eviction Expenses

December 19, 2023 726 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the legal battle of Shadawal Enterprises vs CIT in ITAT Mumbai. Analysis of unexplained expenses, eviction, and conclusion. Learn about the crucial remand for a fair decision

Lack of clarity in indicating specific ground for levy of penalty: HC dismisses Appeal

December 10, 2023 690 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court dismisses Departmental appeal on penalty case PCIT vs Gopal Kumar Goyal. Analysis of failure to clarify grounds, AY 2004-05. Full judgment included

Delay in filing appeal before Commissioner condoned on account of reasonable cause shown

December 7, 2023 2490 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that delay of 33 months in filing appeal before Commissioner condoned on account of reasonable cause and outbreak of Covid-19. However, an amount of Rs. 51,000 directed to be deposited in the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).

AO Must Specify Penalty Ground in Notice u/s 274 for Valid Section 271(1)(c) Penalty Proceedings

December 4, 2023 1002 Views 0 comment Print

Discover how the ITAT Delhi ruled on penalty proceedings, emphasizing the importance of a precise notice specifying the offense under Section 271(1)(c).

Addition towards unexplained cash credit deleted as AO failed to conduct independent inquiry

November 28, 2023 1572 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad deleted the addition towards unexplained cash credit as AO failed to conduct independent inquiry and addition was made merely for the reason that there was minor difference in amount of cash deposited vis-à-vis amount of demand draft and amount of invoice.

Non-striking on irrelevant limb u/s 271(1)(c) vitiates entire penalty proceedings

November 28, 2023 885 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that as the assessee should be aware of the exact charge for which the penalty proceeding has been initiated, non-striking on the irrelevant limb under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act vitiates the entire penalty proceedings.

Penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) unsustainable in absence of concealment of income or furnishing inaccurate particulars

November 20, 2023 3084 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court held that initiation of penalty proceedings u/s 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act in the absence of any material to establish the concealing of income or furnishing inaccurate particulars unsustainable-in-law.

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