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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 531561 Views 4 comments Print

Rationalization of Time limits to Impose Income Tax Penalties

Income Tax : Simplified penalty timelines under Section 275 effective April 2025, including changes in penalty powers, omissions, and clarifica...

March 5, 2025 2292 Views 0 comment Print

Proposed Amendments to Penalty Provisions in Income Tax Act

Income Tax : Income Tax Act amendments propose penalties by Assessing Officers instead of Joint Commissioners. Omission of section 271BB and ch...

February 3, 2025 2940 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Upholds Penalty for Loan Repayment in Cash Despite Poor Cheque Clearance History

Income Tax : ITAT upholds penalty against taxpayer for cash repayment of loans, contravening Section 269T of Income-tax Act. Explore implicatio...

March 14, 2024 1428 Views 0 comment Print

Legitimacy of repayments through Journal Entries – Whether liable to penalty?

Income Tax : Explore the impact of Income Tax Sections 269SS, 269ST, 269SU, and 269T on transactions via Journal/Book Entries. Learn about legi...

February 27, 2024 10191 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Quashes ₹287 Crore Addition- Third Party Excel Sheets Alone Not Enough

Income Tax : The Hyderabad ITAT held that only the actual period lost during the limitation period can be excluded under Explanation-1 to Secti...

May 18, 2026 483 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 271D Penalty Without Recorded Satisfaction: Telangana HC

Income Tax : The Telangana High Court set aside a penalty under Section 271D after finding that the assessment order contained no recorded sati...

May 11, 2026 228 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 271D Penalty Due to Absence of Assessment Proceedings

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that levy of penalty under Section 271D requires pending or completed assessment proceedings containing findings o...

May 9, 2026 426 Views 0 comment Print

Dumb Excel Sheets” cannot justify massive additions: Mumbai ITAT

Income Tax : The ITAT held that unverified third-party excel sheets without corroborative evidence cannot justify additions under Sections 69 o...

May 7, 2026 5787 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 271D Penalty as Cash Sale Consideration Is Not Covered by Section 269SS

Income Tax : The ITAT ruled that penalty proceedings under Section 271D are invalid if the Assessing Officer fails to record satisfaction in as...

May 6, 2026 966 Views 0 comment Print


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Limitation for penalty proceedings U/s. 271D & 271E

Income Tax : It is a settled position that period of limitation of penalty proceedings under section 271D and 271E of the Act is governed by th...

April 26, 2016 7795 Views 0 comment Print

Limitation commencement for penalty proceedings U/s. 271D &271E

Income Tax : It has been brought to notice of CBDT that there are conflicting interpretations of various High Courts on the issue whether the l...

April 26, 2016 3040 Views 0 comment Print


Cash Loan- Penalty justified on failure to establish Business exigency or urgency 

March 23, 2019 1437 Views 0 comment Print

M. Sougoumarin Vs ACIT (Madras High Court) High Court held that there was no such reason for regular loan transactions of borrowing and repayment in cash of amounts exceeding Rs.20,000/- so as to escape penal liability under Sections 271E and 271D of the IT Act. FULL TEXT OF THE HIGH COURT ORDER / JUDGMENT These […]

Penalty not leviable for cash loan taken/paid to comply re-settlement scheme of BIFR

March 2, 2019 1938 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee was not liable for penalty under section 271D and 271E for availing cash loans/deposits in violation of section 269SS and 269T as it had availed the facility in order to re-establish itself, and for fulfilment of promises given for the purpose of BIFR which was a reasonable cause foe not levying penalty.

HC upheld penalty for Cash Loan exceeding Rs. 20000 Taken & repaid

September 17, 2018 2298 Views 0 comment Print

These appeals are against an order dated 31-3-2016 passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal B Bench, Chennai, allowing the appeals, being I.T.A.Nos.262 and 263/Mds/2015, in relation to the assessment years 2008-2009 and 2012-2013 filed by the respondent Revenue and restoring the penalty imposed by the Assessing Officer under Sections 271E and 271D of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the IT Act).

Penalty u/s. 271E cannot be levied in case of bonafide belief

August 23, 2018 3150 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty u/s.271E was not leviable as the belief of assessee that return of advance from customers was not prohibited by section 269T was a bonafide belief.

No Penalty U/s. 271E on cash refund of advance from customers under Bonafide Belief

August 23, 2018 6609 Views 0 comment Print

 M/s. Orison Transport Vs DCIT (ITAT Cuttack) Belief of the assessee that return of advance from customers is not prohibited by section 269T was a bonafide belief. Therefore, the levy of penalty u/s.271E of the Act of Rs.21,49,943/- cannot be sustained. FULL TEXT OF THE ITAT JUDGMENT This is an appeal filed by the assessee against […]

S. 271D / 271E Penalty not leviable on genuine Cash transaction of convenience

July 27, 2018 2619 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Tej Narayan Agarwal Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Hyderabad) Amount received and repaid by the assessee subsequently is not a loan. This is a transaction done on behalf of his children to accommodate tham in obtaining DD’s without charges and cannot be considered as taking of loan or repayment of loan in cash. Facts of […]

No Penalty for cash above Rs. 20000 from relatives due to Business Exigencies

June 1, 2018 3861 Views 0 comment Print

The ld. counsel vehemently stated that the legislative intent in prohibiting the acceptance and repayment of money in cash over and above Rs. 20,000/- is to check the unaccounted money and not to hit the genuine business need.

S. 269SS: Cash Transactions with Sister-in-Law & Nephew not amounts to Loan

January 10, 2018 8592 Views 0 comment Print

Sri Jagmohan Sharma Vs. JCIT (ITAT Kolkata) The transactions between these family members are neither loans nor deposit and purely a family system and purely a family requirement to help each other in the needy hours, for example medical help, education help and expenses to run the family. That is, one member of the family […]

Penalty order u/s 271D & 271E would reckon from date when SCN was issued by AO

November 15, 2017 3102 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty order u/s 271D and 271E would reckon from the date when the show cause notice was issued by the AO and not from the date when the show cause notice was issued by the Joint Commissioner who is competent to pass the penalty orders.

Penalty order barred by limitation u/s 275(1)(c) is not valid

November 15, 2017 5994 Views 0 comment Print

Order of penalty passed under sections 271D and 271E was to set aside as the same was passed after expiry of six months from the action initiated for imposition of penalty and barred by limitation as per section 275(1)(c).

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