ITAT Delhi held that penalty under section 271B of the Income Tax Act not leviable as assessee is a local authority and it cannot be considered to be one engaged in ‘business’ or to be earning profit.
ITAT Kolkata held that grants from the West Bengal State Government to cooperative societies are not income from other sources and eligible for deduction under section 80P of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Delhi High Court held that order passed under section 148A(d) of the Income Tax Act without dealing with the request for accommodation and according without hearing the petitioner is in violation of principles of nature justice and hence liable to be set aside.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that income is not taxable in India merely because the overseas employer paid salary into NRE account of the assessee in India.
ITAT Mumbai held that recording of satisfaction for initiating penalty u/s 271(1)(c) of the Act is not in accordance with the provisions of the Act, accordingly, penalty u/s 271(1)(c) not sustained.
CESTAT Kolkata rules in favor of Aurora Fine Arts in a bonafide mistake case, exempting from penalty for a misdeclared EPCG license value, acknowledging voluntary duty and interest payment.
NCLAT approves Kuldeep Singh & Anr’s private sale against Sainsons Pulp and Papers Ltd. liquidator, highlighting full payment with interest after initial delay.
ITAT Ahmedabad has allowed the appeal of Kanta Govind Singh against the levy of a late filing fee under section 234E for a TDS return. The appellant, a senior citizen, had promptly deposited the TDS amount but had inadvertently filed the return late due to old age and human error. The ITAT deemed the procedural error as not warranting the imposition of a heavy late filing fee under Section 234E of the Income Tax Act.
ITAT Delhi dismisses Drishti Apparels’ appeal against disallowance of PF and ESI deduction due to delayed deposit, aligning with Supreme Court decision.
ITAT held that the genuineness of the expenditure was not in doubt, and the first appellate authority erred in ignoring Form 3CL issued by the competent authority. The disallowance of Rs.29,05,724/- was deemed unsustainable and deleted.
