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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 5379 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 528936 Views 4 comments Print

Section 271B Income Tax Penalty Rationalisation & proposed Clause 446 of Income Tax Bill, 2025

Income Tax : Income Tax Bill 2025 proposes changes to Section 271B penalty, aiming for proportionality and reduced litigation in tax audit defa...

July 23, 2025 2511 Views 1 comment Print

Seizure-Induced Audit Delays: A Defense Against Section 271B Penalties

Income Tax : Explore how seizure of documents can impact audit deadlines under Section 44AB and defenses against Section 271B penalties for aud...

August 13, 2024 783 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271B: How to Safeguard Against Audit Penalty

Income Tax : Dive into Section 271B's mandates, penalties, and exemptions under the Income Tax Act. Explore real cases, challenges, and strateg...

April 17, 2024 13587 Views 0 comment Print


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AOTAA files PIL before Orissa HC on the issue of late fee, interest & penalty under Income Tax

Income Tax : All Odisha Tax Advocates Association has filed an PIl before Orissa High Court with following Prayers- (i) Admit the Writ Petition...

January 13, 2022 4902 Views 1 comment Print


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Tax Audit Mandatory Even for Exempt Income if Turnover Threshold Crossed: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that audit under section 44AB depends on turnover, not taxability of income. Exempt entities must still comply i...

March 25, 2026 12168 Views 0 comment Print

Delay in Filing Appeal Should Be Liberally Condoned When Sufficient Cause Exists – ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : The issue was whether delay in filing appeal without strong documentary proof should be condoned. The ITAT held that when sufficie...

March 24, 2026 231 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata Reduces Profit Estimation to 4% Due to Lack of Comparable Basis

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...

March 23, 2026 744 Views 0 comment Print

Post search abatement of pending assessments under 158BA(2) is not automatic

Income Tax : Orissa High Court held that post search operation all pending assessments/reassessments doesn’t not automatically get abated as ...

February 24, 2026 351 Views 0 comment Print

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 3117 Views 0 comment Print


Section 44AB: Turnover not include sales affected on behalf of principals

December 31, 2022 1611 Views 0 comment Print

Devki Nandan Bindal Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) The Board has clarified that the turnover does not include the sales affected on behalf of the principals and only the gross commission has to be considered for the purposes of section 44AB where the agents act only as an agent of his constituent and never acts as […]

Section 271B penalty not justified for delay due to late appointment of Auditor by CAG

November 23, 2022 1398 Views 0 comment Print

Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (Indore) Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Indore) The assessee has challenged the penalty to the tune of Rs.1,50,000/-levied under Section 271B of the Act. The assessee, a Government company, wherein appointment of Auditor in the case of the appellant was governed by the provision of section 619(2) of the Companies […]

ITAT deletes penalty for delay in submission of Tax Audit as Assessee was unwell & his Accountant left without prior notice

November 6, 2022 888 Views 0 comment Print

Saravana Foundation Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) Against levy of penalty under section 271B of the Act, the assessee has submitted the reasons for the delay in filing the audit report before the ld. CIT(A) that the accounts audited under section 44AB of the Act belatedly as the assessee was not keeping good health and the […]

Failure to upload Tax Audit Report due to demise of Auditor is a reasonable cause

November 6, 2022 1335 Views 0 comment Print

Abha Rajesh Kapoor Vs PCIT (ITAT Mumbai) We find that the issue-in-dispute is whether there was any reasonable cause for failure on the part of the assessee in uploading the Tax Audit Report on the Income-tax portal. In terms of section 44AB, the assessee was required to audit and upload audit report along with return […]

No penalty for non-getting account audited under bona fide belief based on ICAI Guidance Note on tax audit

November 4, 2022 7377 Views 0 comment Print

If assessee was under bona fide belief that as per Guidance Note issued by ICAI on ‘tax audit under section 44AB’ net result in derivative transaction was to be considered as turnover and accordingly, he would not be liable to get his books audited as turnover did not exceed more than Rs. 1 crore, penalty levied under section 271B was to be deleted

Section 271B penalty notice after 30 months of completion of assessment is not sustainable

August 12, 2022 2730 Views 0 comment Print

Levy of penalty by the assessing officer after passage 30 months after the completion of the assessment, we are of the opinion that the penalty proceedings are barred by limitation and consequently penalties levied under section 271B cannot be sustained

Section 271B penalty not imposable for non-business income transactions

August 10, 2022 1866 Views 0 comment Print

AR contends that there were no sales or purchase made by the assessee during the year under consideration and the additions made on account of unexplained cash deposits, unexplained investments, unexplained other investments and unexplained profit on sale of land to an extent of Rs.15,40,26,567/- is not turnover as the investments and sale of land was in the nature of capital gain but not in the category of business income.

No penalty for Bonafide Non-compliance with section 44AB Tax Audit Requirement

July 31, 2022 1383 Views 0 comment Print

Senapati Satija Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) In Section 271B of the Act, the discretion has been given to the Assessing Officer to direct the assessee to pay by way of penalty a sum equal to one-half percent of the total sales etc. etc. The provisions empower the Assessing Officer to levy the penalty as per […]

No penalty for Delay in Tax Audit report filing due to delay in Audit by Dept. of Co-op Audit

July 26, 2022 5781 Views 0 comment Print

T P D 101 Uthangarai Milk- Producers Co-operative Society Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) The assessee supposed to have been filed audit report as required u/s.44AB of the Act, on or before 31.10.2015. However, such audit report has been filed on 05.03.2016, which is before the date of completion of assessment proceedings u/s.143(3) of the […]

No section 271B penalty if Assessee could not maintain books of accounts

July 1, 2022 1878 Views 0 comment Print

Gurukrupa Developers Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) The learned AR before us inter-alia submitted that the books and other supporting documents of the assessee were impounded by the search team. Therefore, the assessee could not maintain proper books of accounts due to the reason beyond its control. When proper books of account were not available, the […]

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