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 : Understand the penalties, interest, and disallowance of expenditure under Section 201 for failure to comply with TDS provisions in...
Income Tax : Simplified penalty timelines under Section 275 effective April 2025, including changes in penalty powers, omissions, and clarifica...
Income Tax : Income Tax Act amendments propose penalties by Assessing Officers instead of Joint Commissioners. Omission of section 271BB and ch...
Income Tax : Post-Finance Bill 2025, penalties under specified sections of the Income-tax Act will be levied by the Assessing Officer, with Joi...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that territorial jurisdiction depends on the location of the Assessing Officer handling the assessment. Since the ...
Income Tax : ITAT Raipur held that penalty proceedings initiated after unreasonable delay violated the statutory limitation prescribed under Se...
Income Tax : Orissa High Court held that assessment order set aside as proceedings under section 148 of the Income Tax Act initiated without se...
Income Tax : ITAT Chandigarh upheld penalty under Section 271C as exemption under Section 10(5) applies only to travel within India, requiring ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that revision under Section 263 is invalid where the Assessing Officer examined records and adopted a plausible ...
Ghaziabad Development Authority Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) We find that on the issue of reasonable cause u/s.273B, assessee does has a prima facie case, because as per the CBDT Circular No. 275 dated 21.09.1994, it has been clarified that responsibility for making deduction tax at source u/s. 194A should be that of Collector (Land Acquisition) […]
M/s Perfect Constech Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Penalty not leviable for non deduction of TDS under section 271C for EDC charges paid to HUDA as it is non statutory contractual liability It is seen that in Para 4.3.2, subparagraph (iv) of the order passed u/s 271C of the Act, the AO has himself […]
Jitendra Sharma Vs JCIT (Intl Taxation) (ITAT Indore) ITAT Indore held that no penalty under Section 271C to be levied for deduction of tax under Section 194IA @1% instead of Section 195 @ 20.6% on purchase of property from Non Resident. FULL TEXT OF THE ITAT JUDGEMENT The above captioned appeals filed at the instances […]
Arjuna, while playing on the Football Ground if, a player pushes other players or creates any obstruction then the referee whistles and show a Yellow Card. Yellow Card represents a mild penalty. If you look at Income Tax, the taxpayers are intimated by a prior notice and thereafter a penalty is levied
The issue under consideration is whether the penalty u/s 271C levied due to failure to deduct tax at source (TDS) on LTA paid to employee is justified in law?
The issue under consideration is whether assessee is considered as assessee in default u/s 201(1) and 201(1A) for non-deduction of TDS?
The issue under consideration is whether the Ao is correct in levying penalty u/s 271C for failure to deduct tax at source u/s 194C on payment of external development work charges (EDC)?
It is essential to note that in case of purchase of property, the buyer is responsible for deducting the applicable tax at source (i.e. TDS) and deposit the same with the Government. Since the buyer is required to deduct the TDS, he would obviously be required to fulfil all the relevant compliance like TDS payment; […]
The issue under consideration is whether the AO is correct in levying penalty u/s 271C of the Act for non-deduction of tax at source on Leave Travel Allowance?
1. Prosecution etc. : U/s. 276B If a person deducts tax at source etc. but fails to pay the same to the credit of Central Government as prescribed, he can be sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than 3 months and extendable upon 7 years with fine as well. Moreover, u/s 276BB, similar punishment is provided for a person who fails to pay to the credit of Central Government taxes collected at source u/s. 206C being a seller of alcoholic liquor for human consumption, Tendu leaves, timber merchant, dealer in forest produce and dealer in scrap etc.
