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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.
ITAT Kolkata held that dismissal of assessment order passed under section 143(3) on erroneous reasoning that dispute was resolved via Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme. Fresh adjudication directed to decide all the appeals on merits.
ITAT delete penalty levied for failure to get accounts audited and for filing tax audit report belatedly, on the grounds that the assessee was prevented by reasonable cause due to its pathetic condition and heavy losses incurred in its business.
When assessee entertained bona-fide belief that its account were not subject to audit u/s 44AB, it would certainly constitute reasonable cause for not obtaining the audit report and, therefore, question of imposing of penalty u/s 271B does not arise.
Bablu Kumar Harinarayan Gupta Vs ITO (ITAT Pune) ITAT held that it is not fit case for levy of penalty u/s 271B merely because the appellant was unable to substantiate the submission that the appellant is only commission agent because there is no obligation on the part of the assessee to get the accounts audited […]
Validity of the ICAI guidance for calculating the turnover in case of derivatives has been reiterated by various judicial precedence. ICAI as an expert body of accountants and guidance note on tax audit issued by them can be relied upon in absence of any statutory provision for computation of turnover in such cases.
The assessee pleaded a reasonable cause before the AO that the audit could not be carried out because of ill-health of his wife, which further worsened the family problems. Section 271B is subject to provisions of section 273B which provides that in case of a reasonable cause, penalty under the concerned section need not be imposed.
