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Adverse Income Tax Orders: Implications and Penalties

Income Tax : Understand the consequences of an adverse income tax order, including high tax rates, penalties, interest, and steps to appeal or ...

May 4, 2025 3444 Views 0 comment Print

Section 272A penalty increased to Rs. 500 per day from existing Rs. 100

Income Tax : Amendment in the provisions of section 272A of the Act Section 272A of the Act provides for penalty for failure to answer question...

February 2, 2022 9903 Views 0 comment Print

TDS Certificates – Detailed Discussion

Income Tax : As we all are aware that the TDS return process will consider as incomplete until the Valid TDS certificate has been issued by the...

July 31, 2020 234945 Views 31 comments Print

Section 272A Penalty for failure to answer questions or furnish information / returns/ statements or allow inspections etc

Income Tax : The penalty provisions of section 272A of the Income Tax Act covers various penalty like failure to answer the questions or failur...

February 21, 2020 108762 Views 0 comment Print

Delay in Download of TDS Certificate attracts Penalty

Income Tax : Due Date for downloading and Penalty for non-compliance: Please be advised that under the provisions of section 203 of the Income...

July 24, 2018 191436 Views 41 comments Print


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ITAT Deletes Section 272A(1)(d) Penalty as Assessment Was Completed After Accepting Replies

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that penalty under Section 272A(1)(d) could not survive once the Assessing Officer completed assessment under Se...

May 21, 2026 438 Views 0 comment Print

Section 272A(1)(d) Penalty Unsustainable When Scrutiny Assessment Accepted Returned Income

Income Tax : The Jodhpur ITAT held that penalty under Section 272A(1)(d) could not survive where the Assessing Officer completed scrutiny asses...

May 14, 2026 423 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Demonetisation Cash Deposit Addition as Withdrawals Exceeded Deposits

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT held that cash deposits during demonetisation cannot be treated as unexplained when supported by prior bank withdrawals...

May 9, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Proceedings Quashed as Notices Sent to Incorrect Email Address

Income Tax : The High Court quashed assessment and penalty orders after finding notices were sent to an incorrect email address. It held that i...

April 26, 2026 474 Views 0 comment Print

Section 272A(1)(d) Penalty Deleted as Assessment Completed U/s. 143(3) Despite Non-Compliance

Income Tax : The case involved Penalty Under Section 272A(1)(d for failure to comply with notices during assessment. The Tribunal ruled that co...

March 21, 2026 1362 Views 0 comment Print


No Section 272A(1)(c) penalty if Reasonable cause shown for delay in providing details

July 22, 2023 2487 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that penalty under section 272A(1)(c) not warranted as reasonable cause shown for delay in providing the details by the assessee and later in the end, the assessee had shared all the relevant details.

ITAT Deletes Penalty under Section 272A(1)(d) for Technological Illiteracy and Third-Party Negligence

July 17, 2023 18066 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the landmark case of Maqsood Ali Vs ITO, where the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in Delhi ruled against imposing a penalty under section 272A(1)(d) for non-compliance of statutory notices given reasonable cause.

ITAT deletes penalty under Section 272A(1)(d) for lack of proper opportunity

July 14, 2023 7764 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore deleted the penalty imposed under Section 272A(1)(d) of the Income Tax Act in the case of Dhanasingh Nagamuthu vs. ITO. The tribunal found that the assessing officer had not given the assessee a proper opportunity to respond and establish reasons for non-compliance, as required under Section 274(1) of the Act.

No section 272A(1)(d) penalty if Assessee Complies with Section 142(1) Notice

June 8, 2023 2877 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi ruled in favor of appellant, holding that they had indeed complied with statutory notice and therefore levy of penalty under section 272A(1)(d) of the Act was not justifiable

Late fee u/s 234E leviable prospectively from 01.06.2015

May 31, 2023 1530 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that late fees u/s 234E of the Income Tax Act can be levied only prospectively with effect from 01.06.2015.

Section 272A(2) penalty not leviable on or after 1st Day of July, 2012

April 20, 2023 1875 Views 0 comment Print

ITO (TDS) Vs Hadpawat Enterprises (P) Ltd. (ITAT Jodhpur) From a plain reading of second proviso to Section 272A(2) which is inserted by the Finance Act, 2012 w.e.f. 01-07-2012, it is clear that penalty under clause (k) of Section 272(A)(2) cannot be levied on or after the 1st Day of July, 2012. In the instant […]

Payment of late filing fees u/s 234E for tax deduction prior to 01/06/2015 unjustified

April 9, 2023 3081 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that notices issued under section 200A of the Act for computation and intimation for payment of late filing fees under section 234E of the Act relating to the period of tax deduction prior to 01/06/2015 are not maintainable.

Delay in TDS return filing due to switchover to CBS system – ITAT deletes penalty

January 20, 2023 804 Views 0 comment Print

Where delay in filing TDS statements occurred as employees of assessee-bank were not well acquainted with procedure of e-filing of TDS return and also the bank in near past switched over itself from old system to CBS system and the employees were getting acquainted with the new banking software; it constituted a reasonable explanation under section 273B and hence, penalty levied under section 272A(2)(k) was liable to be deleted.

No penalty for non-compliance when Assessment was made after considering reply of assessee

December 1, 2022 5811 Views 0 comment Print

Hanuman Prasad & Sons Vs DCIT/ACIT/ITO (ITAT Allahabad) In this case assessee has not only replied the notice but also replied to the letter issued by AO. After considering the reply of the assessee, the Assessing Officer framed the assessment under section 143(3) on 28th December, 2019. Once the assessee has made the compliance though […]

Section 272A(1)(C) penalty sustainable for Violation of Section 131

June 20, 2022 1428 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee did not appear on the date of hearing and did not furnish any application stating any reasonable cause for not appearing on the given date nor requested any adjournment. Thus, there is a clear violation of provision of Section 131 of the Act and penalty u/s 272A(1)(C) of the Act is attracted.

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