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Penalties and Prosecutions Under Income tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This guide explains the penalty and prosecution framework under the Income-tax Act for AY 2026-27. It highlights the consequences ...

July 6, 2026 532653 Views 4 comments Print

Penalties under Income-Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This article outlines major penalties under the Income-tax Act for defaults involving tax payments, return filing, TDS compliance,...

June 15, 2026 113605 Views 2 comments Print

Updated Penalty Chart under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : A comprehensive guide to penalty provisions under the Income-tax Act covering defaults in returns, tax payments, TDS, audits, tran...

June 6, 2026 165137 Views 6 comments Print

Budget 2025: Non-Applicability of Section 271AAB from 1st Sept 2024

Income Tax : Section 271AAB penalties will not apply to searches initiated under Section 132 after September 1, 2024, as per the Finance Bill, ...

February 2, 2025 2916 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271AAB Penalty Not Applicable for Searches on or after 01.09.2024

Income Tax : Penalty under Section 271AAB of the Income-tax Act is not applicable for searches after 1st September 2024, replaced by Section 15...

February 2, 2025 1992 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 271AAB – Relax restrictions to claim benefit of concessional rate of penalty @ 10%: ICAI

Income Tax : Section 271AAB provides for imposition of penalty at specified rates where search has been initiated. The rate of penalty varies...

January 27, 2018 2397 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271AAB Prosecution should not be initiated for Income disclosed during survey: ICAI

Income Tax : Section 271AAB provides for imposition of penalty @ 10% on undisclosed income found during the course of search and admitted at t...

January 27, 2018 1419 Views 0 comment Print

Section 153A / 271AAB– Need for effective deterrence and finality in Search Cases

Income Tax : Present scheme of administration of Search and Assessment of search cases needs to be made effective to reduce technical complexit...

January 18, 2018 1308 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Deletes Section 271AAB Penalty as SCN Not Specified Statutory Charge

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that a penalty notice under Section 271AAB must clearly specify the applicable statutory limb and charge. As t...

July 4, 2026 198 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Sections 270A & 271AAB Penalty as Notice Lacked Specific Charge

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that a penalty notice lacking a specific allegation of under-reporting, misreporting, or the applicable clause ...

July 1, 2026 318 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Deletes Section 271AAB Penalty as SCN Did Not Specify Applicable Clause

Income Tax : The ITAT held that a penalty under Section 271AAB cannot survive where the show cause notice fails to specify the exact statutory ...

June 28, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

Rejected Books Cannot Sustain Section 271DA Penalty: Hyderabad ITAT

Income Tax : The ITAT held that penalty under Section 271DA cannot be sustained where the Assessing Officer failed to record a clear and consci...

June 27, 2026 483 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 270A Penalty as AO Failed to Identify Correct Default

Income Tax : The ITAT held that penalty under Section 270A could not be sustained because the Assessing Officer failed to clearly distinguish b...

June 23, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print


Once penalty u/s 271AAB applied in search addition, invoking provision of section 115BBE unjustified

March 10, 2023 2886 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that once penal provisions under section 271AAB of the Income Tax Act are applied in case of search addition, invoking provision of section 115BBE is not in accordance with law and accordingly unsustainable.

When search is initiated, penalty is leviable u/s 271AAB and not under 271(1)(c)

March 3, 2023 2073 Views 0 comment Print

Jharkhand High Court held that when search is initiated, penalty is leviable under section 271AAB of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, initiation of penalty proceedings u/s 271(1)(c) post initiation of search is unsustainable.

Penalty u/s 271AAB not imposable in absence of specific charge

January 9, 2023 1368 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held the levy of penalty under section 271AAB of the Income Tax Act without specifying the charge on which the same is imposable is unsustainable in law.

Show cause notice issued in routine manner cannot be considered a valid notice

December 21, 2022 7800 Views 0 comment Print

Smt. Priyanka Agarwal Vs DCIT (ITAT Jaipur) Taking into facts and circumstances of the case it is an evident from the show cause notice u/s 274 read with section 271AAB of the Act that the Assessing Officer was not clear i.e whether it is for the clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c) of […]

Penalty notice become defective if it does not disclose specific charge

November 21, 2022 1500 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Amit Tiwari (ITAT Indore) The submissions of the assessee are that penalty proceedings u/s 271AAB as initiated is bad in law on account of firstly penalty notice so issued is defective as it does not disclose specific charge and secondly there is no concealed income as search took place prior to due date […]

Penalty u/s. 271AAB cannot be levied based on disclosure of other person

October 18, 2022 2382 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that penalty u/s 271AAB of the Income Tax Act cannot be levied on the assessee based on the disclosure made by other person during the course of search proceedings.

Section 271AAB penalty not imposable if no Search Conducted on Assessee

August 4, 2022 1143 Views 0 comment Print

A perusal of Section 271AAB would reveal that it is applicable where search has been initiated under section 132 of Income Tax Act

Section 271AAB penalty upheld on Income Tax return filed belated

August 1, 2022 1014 Views 0 comment Print

Jagdishbhai R. Patel Vs ACIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) CIT(A) upheld the penalty of Rs.19,50,000/-,levied u/s 271AAB of the Act @ 30% of the undisclosed income of Rs.65 lacs, noting that the assessee had failed to fulfill the following conditions by the specified date as required by the section : a) filing its return declaring the undisclosed […]

Section 271AAB penalty not valid if AO not mention specific default of assessee

June 30, 2022 3468 Views 0 comment Print

Explore Mahaveer Prasad Agarwal vs. DCIT case at ITAT Jaipur, analyzing discretionary penalties under sections 271AAB and 271 of the Income Tax Act.

No Section 271AAB Penalty if Search Proceedings were not initiated on assessee

June 28, 2022 699 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the ITAT Mumbai decision in Ramavatar Mandavewala vs. JT.CIT regarding the applicability of penalty under Section 271AAB for undisclosed cash. Detailed analysis and conclusion.

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