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Maranaikana Halli Jayashella Shetty Pradeepkumar Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) 271B Penalty- When the Assessee Has Not Maintained the Books of Account, There Is No Question of Getting the Books of Account Audited U/S 44AB Assessment was completed u/s 143(3) making additions to the returned income u/s 44AD. AO initiated penalty proceedings u/s 271A & 271B. […]
Section 273B of the Act, squarely applies and since assessee has a reasonable cause for not getting books of account audited, he should not be visited by penalty u/s 271B
ITAT Jaipur held that once the penalty is levied for non-maintenance of book of accounts, there cannot be further default for not getting the same audited as required u/s 44AB of the Act and therefore, the penalty levied u/s 271B is not justified.
Allahabad High Court held that when public servant himself makes a demand and demand is accepted by bribe giver and bribe is paid by the bribe giver, it is a case of obtainment under Section 13(1)(d)(i) and 13(1)(d)(ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
ITAT Jaipur held that where no books of account are maintained, penalty should be imposed for non-maintenance of books of account u/s 271A of the Income Tax Act. However, in such circumstances imposing penalty u/s. 271B for not getting books of accounts audited is not justifiable.
Sh. Yasir Bilal Khan Vs DCIT (ITAT Amritsar) ITAT Amritsar held that penalty u/s 271B for non-furnishing of audit report within specified date leviable as assessee failed to prove nexus between non-completion of the audit report u/s. 44AB with the flood of Kashmir. Facts- The penalty was levied by the ld. AO u/s. 271B of […]
The issue in the present appeal relates to the exigibility of penalty u/s 271B for failure of the assessee to get accounts audited in respect of the previous year relevant to the assessment year under consideration as required u/s 44AB and furnished to the Assessing Officer before specified due date i.e. due date for filing the return of income.
Assessee gets his accounts audited & furnished section 44AB audit report before finalization of assessment order, so section 271B Penalty deleted
ITAT Chennai held that as per assigning reasons for delay in filing audit report under section 44AB is venial technical breach and accordingly penalty under section 271B of the Income Tax Act not leviable.
ITAT Mumbai held that assessee furnished the return of income and audit report only after issuance of notice under section 148 of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, penalty under section 271B of the Income Tax Act not leviable as failure was due to ignorance and misguidance.
