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FAQs on Penalty provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Detailed overview of penalties under various sections of the Income Tax Act, covering defaults in tax payment, reporting, document...

October 30, 2025 5439 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 529881 Views 4 comments Print

Prosecutions and Punishment under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Apart from penalty for various defaults, the Income-tax Act also contains provisions for launching prosecution proceedings against...

June 11, 2022 51072 Views 7 comments Print

Income Tax Offences liable to prosecution

Income Tax : Apart from levy of penalty for various defaults by the taxpayer, the Income-tax Law also contains provisions for launching prosecu...

June 8, 2022 58430 Views 4 comments Print

Power of Commissioner to Reduce or Waive Income Tax Penalty

Income Tax : In the tutorial on Penalties Under the Income-tax Act, we discussed various penalties imposable under the Income-tax Act in respec...

June 8, 2022 64621 Views 3 comments Print


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ITAT Bangalore Deletes Section 271D Penalty on Cash Sale Receipt

Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore held that cash received as part of sale consideration for immovable property does not automatically attract pen...

February 20, 2026 3168 Views 0 comment Print

Genuine Member Cash Transactions Protected by Reasonable Cause Rule

Income Tax : The issue was whether penalties under sections 271D and 271E apply to cash dealings of a credit society with its members. ITAT hel...

December 29, 2025 453 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Quashed for Lack of Opportunity to Reply to Section 148 Notice

Income Tax : The issue involved reassessment completed without a reply to the reopening notice. The Court set aside the orders and remanded the...

December 20, 2025 276 Views 0 comment Print

DRP Route Cannot Extend Statutory Time Limit Under Section 153

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that a final assessment passed after the expiry of Section 153 is invalid, even if it follows DRP directions. Th...

December 16, 2025 642 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi: Sales Commission Not Taxable—No PE, No Business Connection

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi deletes ₹16.97 Cr addition; Denmark-based LM Wind Power AS has no PE or business connection in India. Royalty taxable...

November 24, 2025 414 Views 0 comment Print


Penalty justified for failure to maintain Transfer Pricing Documents

October 18, 2020 2679 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Convergys Customer Management Group Inc. (ITAT Delhi) It is mandatory for all taxpayers, without exception, to obtain an independent accountant’s report in respect of all international transactions between associated enterprises or specified domestic transactions. The report has to be furnished by the due date of the tax return filing. Even if it is […]

Section 271AA Penalty for failure to maintain Transfer Pricing documents

January 28, 2020 23544 Views 1 comment Print

Understand the penalties for failure to maintain transfer pricing documents under section 271AA of the Income Tax Act.

For imposition of penalty law in force at the time when the return was filed would be applicable

May 13, 2018 1566 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble ITAT upheld the position of law as iterated by CIT (A) that it is an established law applicable for imposition of penalty that law, as in force, at the time of filing of Return would be applicable.

Section 271AAA(2) nowhere mandates offering of undisclosed income in return of income

November 1, 2017 2076 Views 0 comment Print

Income declared cannot be called retraced if same was included in 2nd revised return but not in Original and First Revise Return further Sec. 271AAA(2) not mandates offering of undisclosed income in return of income.

Penalty U/s. 271AAA lieviable if Conditions precedent not satisfied

September 27, 2017 2526 Views 0 comment Print

Where the assessee failed to specify manner in which undisclosed income was derived and also failed to deposit due taxes then the assessee failed to satisfy the conditions specified under section 271AAA(2) and hence, immunity from penalty was not available to assessee.

Penalty notice without proper application of mind is invalid

May 11, 2017 2628 Views 0 comment Print

Where Assessing Officer issued two notices for imposition of penalty namely, one u/s 274 r.w.s. 271(1)(c) and second u/s 274 r.w.s 271AAA in cases where search u/s 132 of the Act has been initiated, then such notices issued by AO are untenable in law.

Section 271AA – Levy of Penalty on part disclosed income

July 2, 2015 1959 Views 0 comment Print

Reliance in this connection can be placed on a recent judicial pronouncement of Hon’ble Calcutta Tribunal in case of SPS Steel & Power Limited vs. ACIT [I.T.A Nos. 1391 & 1414/Kol/2011] pronounced on 30-06-2015 wherein a search & seizure operation was conducted on the premises of the appellant under Section 132 and income to the […]

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