Penalty 271E-Cash repayment of FDR by Bank for violation u/s 269T deleted The penal provisions are to curb black money and benami transactions and not genuine ones – ITAT
ABCAUS Case Law Citation:
957 2016 (06) ITAT
Assessment Year: 2009-10
Date/Month of Judgment: June, 2016
Brief Facts of the Case:
The assessee was a Bank. During the course of assessment proceedings, the Assessing Officer observed that repayments of fixed deposits in excess of Rs.20,000/- had been made by the assessee in violation of the provisions of Section 269T and therefore, imposed the penalty u/s 271E of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Aggrieved with the penalty order the assessee filed appeal before CIT(A) and argued that the depositors had no account with any bank and as such there was a reasonable cause for said failure. However CIT(A) did not consider the arguments and upheld the penalty.
Contentions of the Assessee:
That the Branch Manager of the bank had made the repayments in cash on the request of the depositors as there was no Bank Accounts of depositors and due to genuine hardships the repayments were made and the intention was not to violate any provisions of the Act. Also that genuineness of transaction were not in dispute and entries represent genuine repayments of depositors.
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