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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 219 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


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

December 7, 2023 2580 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 1071 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 1611 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 939 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 3156 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.

Initiation of prosecution proceedings u/s 276CC in absence of any demand is unsustainable-in-law

November 20, 2023 2982 Views 0 comment Print

Jharkhand High Court held that initiation of prosecution proceedings under section 276CC of the Income Tax Act in absence of any demand, as demand adjusted against refund, is bad-in-law and liable to be set aside.

ITAT deletes Penalty on Estimated addition from Sales Tax Department Info

November 13, 2023 732 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT deletes penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act on estimated quantum addition based on information from Sales Tax Department. Full text order.

Penalty Cannot Be levied for Inaccuracy if notice was for Concealment of Income

November 12, 2023 1350 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune case Shivaji Dattatray Sonawane vs ITO. Explore why the penalty for inaccuracy can’t be levied if the notice was for concealment.

No Penalty if no inaccurate Reporting and no Concealment by Assessee

November 12, 2023 1179 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the condonation of delay imposed by the Delhi High Court in the case of CIT Vs. Standard Chartered Grindlays Pty Ltd. Learn about the penalty imposed and the background of the appeal under Section 271(1)(c) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

ITAT Quashes Section 271(1)(c) Penalty Due to Unspecified Offense Notice

November 12, 2023 756 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi cancels a penalty imposed on Mideast Integrated Steels Ltd. due to an unqualified offense notice. Learn about the case and its implications.

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