Category: Income Tax

Penalty / Late Fee u/s 234E confirmed for delay in filing Form 26QB for TDS voluntarily deducted u/s 194IA on purchase of property though it was an agricultural land In a recent judgment, ITAT Ahmedabad confirmed penalty / Late fee u/s 234E for delay in filing TDS return …

High Court penalised Assessing Officer to pay cost of Rs. 50000/- to assessee for unnecessary harassment during the course of re-assesment proceedings u/s 148A(d) In a recent judgment, a division bench of the Hon’ble Jharkhand High Court directed AO to pay cost of Rs. 50000/- for unnecessary harassment …

No penalty u/s 270A when disallowances were mentioned in Tax Audit Report but assessee by mistake not added it back to the total income. In a recent judgment, the ITAT Pune held that no penalty u/s 270A can be levied when disallowances u/s 43B were mentioned in Tax …

Re-opening u/s 148 on incorrect facts assuming that assessee does not have PAN and he did not file any of his return quashed as invalid In a recent judgment, ITAT Delhi has held that AO had invoked jurisdiction for reopening assessment u/s 147/148 on basis of incorrect facts …

Reasons assigned for explaining the condonation of delay are to be construed with a justice oriented approach – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Chandigarh condoned the delay in filing appeal before CIT(A) due to mistake of counsel observing that Courts are unanimous in their approach to propound …

Shares sold after seven years cannot be considered as an accommodation entry in penny stock Shares sold after seven years cannot be considered as an accommodation entry in penny stock – Supreme Court dismisses SLP In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Supreme Court has dismissed a SLP of the …

Notice u/s 148 invalid as reasons recorded incorrect information that return was processed u/s 143(1) and no scrutiny assessment was done under Section 143(3) of the Act. In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Supreme Court has dismissed a SLP of the Revenue against the judgment of the Gujarat High …

ITAT quashed penalty u/s 271AAB for non-mentioning of specific limb in the show cause notice In a recent judgment, Delhi ITAT quashed penalty u/s 271AAB for non-mentioning of specific limb in the show cause notice and following decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court that the construction which is favourable …

Assessee not expected to prove the negative that he has not availed fictitious loan – ITAT In a recent judgment, Chennai ITAT quashed revisionary proceedings u/s 263 holding that assessee cannot be expected to prove the negative that he has not availed fictitious loan in the absence of …

CBDT exempts International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) from TCS under sub-section (1H) of u/s 206C Sub section (1H) of Section 206C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) provides that every seller, who receives any amount as consideration for sale of any goods of the value or …