Income Tax : Detailed overview of penalties under various sections of the Income Tax Act, covering defaults in tax payment, reporting, document...
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...
Income Tax : Income Tax Bill 2025 proposes changes to Section 271B penalty, aiming for proportionality and reduced litigation in tax audit defa...
Income Tax : Explore how seizure of documents can impact audit deadlines under Section 44AB and defenses against Section 271B penalties for aud...
Income Tax : Dive into Section 271B's mandates, penalties, and exemptions under the Income Tax Act. Explore real cases, challenges, and strateg...
Income Tax : All Odisha Tax Advocates Association has filed an PIl before Orissa High Court with following Prayers- (i) Admit the Writ Petition...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that audit under section 44AB depends on turnover, not taxability of income. Exempt entities must still comply i...
Income Tax : The issue was whether delay in filing appeal without strong documentary proof should be condoned. The ITAT held that when sufficie...
Income Tax : The issue involved arbitrary estimation of income at 20% and 5% of turnover. The Tribunal reduced it to 4% due to lack of supporti...
Income Tax : Orissa High Court held that post search operation all pending assessments/reassessments doesn’t not automatically get abated as ...
Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore held that cash received as part of sale consideration for immovable property does not automatically attract pen...
ITAT Delhi held that assessee being a local authority is not engaged in business or earning profit, accordingly, penalty u/s 271B for not getting accounts audited unsustainable.
ITAT Delhi held that imposition of penalty under section 271B of the Income Tax Act unsustainable as reasonable cause shown for non-submission of audit report.
ITAT Delhi held that penalty under section 271B of the Income Tax Act not leviable as assessee is a local authority and it cannot be considered to be one engaged in ‘business’ or to be earning profit.
ITAT Pune upholds penalty under Section 271B against Santosh Swarupchand for not filing an audit report, citing contradictions in an accountant’s affidavit.
ITAT Kolkata deletes the penalty imposed on Devnadi Advisory Pvt. Ltd. due to alleged non-compliance of notice under section 271B of the Income Tax Act
ITAT Jaipur held that penalty u/s 271B not leviable for mere delay of one day as such delay didn’t have any deliberate intention. The delay if any is on account the reasons on the technical letches on the portal and the same is venial in nature.
ITAT Cochin held that delayed audit report, due to illness of a partner and hardware damage, constituted a technical venial breach that did not result in any loss to exchequer.
Admittedly, the assessee had got the books of account audited for the first time for the relevant assessment year. Prior to the relevant assessment year, the assessee was under the bonafide belief that only the gross commission receipts are to be taken as turnover for the purpose of audit.
Explore the ITAT Ranchi ruling on penalty imposition for non-audit of books, analyzing the distinction between maintenance and audit requirements under Sections 44AA and 44AB of the Income Tax Act.
Shri Palabathuni Chandra Ravi Vs ITO (ITAT Hyderabad) Facts of the case, in brief, are that the assessee is an individual and filed his return of income electronically on 21.1.2018 declaring total income at Rs.6,21,210/-. During the course of assessment proceedings, it was noticed by the Assessing Officer that the assessee deposited a total of […]
