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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 423 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 529272 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 1092 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 3036 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 4764 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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Income Tax Appeal Reinstated as Delay due to Bona Fide Belief & COVID-19 Disruption

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that lack of awareness of the assessment order and limited knowledge of tax law constituted sufficient cause for...

April 21, 2026 135 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Penalty as Both Limbs of Section 271(1)(c) Invoked Together

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that a penalty notice lacking clarity on whether it relates to concealment or inaccurate particulars is invalid....

April 21, 2026 291 Views 0 comment Print

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 141 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 138 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 99 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 11970 Views 0 comment Print


Refund issued will first be adjusted against interest and then against principal amount

August 5, 2023 3321 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that the amount of refund issued to the assessee will be first adjusted against the interest then, after that against the principal amount.

Rendering cloud computing services not liable to tax in India as royalty or FTS/FIS

August 5, 2023 14496 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that rendering cloud computing services/ Amazon Web Services (AWS Services) cannot be held to be liable to tax in India either as royalty or as Fees for Technical Services (FTS)/ Fees for Included Services (FIS).

Reassessment after 4 years without failure to disclose full & true material facts unsustainable

August 5, 2023 1422 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that initiation of reassessment proceedings u/s 147 after the expiry of 4 years from the end of the relevant assessment years without failure on the part of the assessee to disclose fully and truly all the material facts unsustainable and liable to be quashed.

No Section 271AAB Penalty if Initiation not based on Undisclosed Income Found during search

August 4, 2023 1956 Views 0 comment Print

An examination of section 271AAB penalty when no undisclosed income is found during search actions. Discover how ITAT Nagpur ruled on this critical tax law issue.

No Penalty on Voluntary Section 43B Disallowance Enhancement

August 1, 2023 1065 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court supports Valley Iron & Steel Co.’s voluntary enhancement of disallowance under Section 43B of the Income Tax Act. Detailed analysis and implications here.

ITAT Mumbai: No Penalty on Estimated Addition – L.S. Diamonds Vs CIT

July 31, 2023 1095 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules that penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act is not leviable on estimated additions. The decision is based on the principle established in previous judgments.

ITAT Deletes Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) for Non-Disclosure in ITR Due to Accountant’s Ignorance

July 30, 2023 1605 Views 0 comment Print

In a significant ruling, ITAT Ahmedabad relieves an assessee from penalties due to accountant’s mistake. Full review of Dharmendrakumar B Mehta Vs ITO case here.

Mere denial of claim of deduction doesn’t attract penalty u/s 271(1)(c)

July 29, 2023 2325 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that imposition of penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act unjustified as denial of claim of deduction u/s 80HH/ 80IA doesn’t tantamount to concealment of income and/or furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income.

Assessment Order Null if AO fails to Follow Section 144C Procedure During draft assessment order Stage

July 28, 2023 4935 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Brightstar Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. vs. ACIT, the ITAT Mumbai allowed the appeal, declaring the final assessment order void due to failure to comply with mandatory procedure u/s 144C of the Income Tax Act.

Addition for Share Capital & Premium without Complete investigation & Application of mind: ITAT Directs Re-adjudication

July 25, 2023 396 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Goldline Dealers Pvt Ltd vs. ITO, ITAT Kolkata directs re-adjudication due to incomplete investigation & application of mind on the issue of Addition for Share Capital & Premium. Read the full text of the ITAT order.

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