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Penalties and Prosecutions Under Income tax Act, 1961

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Prosecutions and Punishment under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The article explains how offences such as wilful tax evasion, failure to file returns, non-payment of TDS/TCS, falsification of re...

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Income Tax Offences liable to prosecution

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Penalties under Income-Tax Act, 1961

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SBI Wins LTC TDS Dispute: No Assessee-in-Default When Bank Followed High Court Orders

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that non-deduction of tax pursuant to subsisting High Court directions cannot attract liability under Sections ...

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ITAT Delhi Rejects Appeal as AO’s Situs Determines Territorial Jurisdiction

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that territorial jurisdiction depends on the location of the Assessing Officer handling the assessment. Since the ...

May 12, 2026 294 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271C Penalty Deleted as Proceedings Were Barred by Section 275(1)(c) Limitation

Income Tax : ITAT Raipur held that penalty proceedings initiated after unreasonable delay violated the statutory limitation prescribed under Se...

May 8, 2026 549 Views 0 comment Print

Non-service of statutory notice prior to initiation of proceedings u/s. 148 not tenable: Matter remitted

Income Tax : Orissa High Court held that assessment order set aside as proceedings under section 148 of the Income Tax Act initiated without se...

April 10, 2026 408 Views 0 comment Print

No TDS on Foreign Travel LTC Leads to Section 271C Penalty: ITAT Chandigarh

Income Tax : ITAT Chandigarh upheld penalty under Section 271C as exemption under Section 10(5) applies only to travel within India, requiring ...

March 16, 2026 1080 Views 0 comment Print


TDS on EDC Payments to HUDA not deductible, Section 271C penalty not sustainable

February 8, 2023 6378 Views 0 comment Print

No TDS is required to be deducted on EDC payments made to HUDA, as these payments were made on the directions of DTCP which are deposited with the Consolidated Fund of State,

Prosecution for non deduction of TDS under section 194S & 194R

February 5, 2023 8436 Views 0 comment Print

It is proposed to amend section 271C inserting two new sub-clauses under clause (b) in sub-section (1) providing reference to the first proviso to section 194R and the first proviso to section 194S. Similar amendments are also proposed in section 276B.

TDS not deductible on EDC Payment to HUDA; Section 271C penalty not imposable

November 3, 2022 1614 Views 0 comment Print

Sirur Developers Pvt. Ltd. Vs JCIT (TDS) (ITAT Delhi) ITAT find that the issue as to whether penalty under section 271C of the Act is leviable for non-deduction of tax on payments made for External Development Charges (EDC) to HUDA came up for hearing before the Tribunal in the case of TDI Infrastructure Ltd. Vs. […]

ITAT deletes section 271C penalty in respect of EDC Amount paid to HUDA

August 26, 2022 900 Views 0 comment Print

In this case, AO pass order levying penalty amounting to Rs.6,62,100/- u/s 271C of Income Tax Act (being 2% of the EDC amount paid to HUDA).

Consequences of Non Payment of TDS/TCS & Non filing of TDS/TCS Returns

August 26, 2022 6864 Views 1 comment Print

Understand the consequences of non-payment of TDS/TCS & non-filing of TDS/TCS returns. Learn about the penalties and legal implications.

No default on non-deduction of TDS on payments made to HUDA for EDC charges

July 6, 2022 3150 Views 0 comment Print

Tulip Infratech Private Limited Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) Ld. AO was of the view the assessee has paid EDC for the works carried out by HUDA and hence the same was liable for TDS u/s 194C Ld. AO also noticed that certain tax deductor sought clarification regarding applicability of TDS provisions on EDC charges […]

Section 271C penalty not imposable if TDS was not deductible

June 27, 2022 1311 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee has challenged the imposition of penalty under Section 271C of the Income Tax Act for non deduction of tax at source as per provisions of Chapter XVII-B towards amount paid as External Development Charges (EDC) to Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Haryana (Haryana Government) (DGTCP) through banking channel favouring Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA).

Section 194C TDS not applicable on payments of EDC to HUDA

June 21, 2022 5307 Views 0 comment Print

Provisions of Section 194C are not applicable on payments to agencies like HUDA on behalf of the State Government. The imposition of penalty under Section 271C was consequently found to be unsustainable in the absence of default of Section 194C of the Act.

Section 271C penalty not leviable for non-deduction of TDS on Provisions

March 29, 2022 5376 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Parsons Brinckershoff India Pvt. Ltd (ITAT Delhi) We find the JCIT in the instant case levied penalty of Rs.98,92,242/- u/s 271C on the ground that the assessee has not deducted TDS on certain expenses for which provision of Rs.9,92,66459/- was created in its books of account. We find the Ld. CIT(A) deleted the […]

No Penalty for Non-Deduction of TDS as amount was not unquantifiable

June 14, 2021 3270 Views 0 comment Print

Biocon Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) In the present facts of the case, the provision created at the end of the accounting year has not been credited to the relevant parties to whom the payments has to be made for the reason that it was unquantifiable. Further, assessee has suo moto disallowed the said sum […]

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