Possibility of initiating proceedings against an assessee cannot be kept pending over his head like a Damocle’s sword – Penalty u/s 271B quashed by High Court In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble Kerala High Court has quashed penalty u/s 271B observing that the possibility of initiating proceedings against …

There is no provision in Income Tax Act for discounting the time spent during the pendency of proceedings against the deceased assessee while computing the limitation period for initiating the proceedings against his Legal Representatives. In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble Karnataka High Court has held that there …

Procedure to be followed in department appeal filed against interest and/or penalty only, related to Section 128A of the CGST Act, 2017 CBIC has issued Instruction No. 02/2025-GST dated 07.02.2025 specifying procedure  to  be  followed  in  department  appeal  filed  against  interest and/or penalty only, related to Section 128A …

CCIT order rejecting application for compounding of offence u/s 276CCC quashed by Supreme Court being covered by the expression “first offence”. In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble Supreme Court quashed the order of the CCIT in rejecting the application for compounding of offence u/s 276CCC for belated filing …

Case remitted for verification of wrong figure on account of adjustment for ICDS as reported by Tax Auditor. In a recent judgment, the ITAT Chennai remitted the matter for verification where CPC made adjustment u/s 143(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) due to wrong figure …

HC condoned delay in uploading audit report Form 10B by 1 hour, 19 minutes and 16 seconds due to technical glitch In a recent judgment, the Orrisa High Court condoned the delay in uploading audit report in Form 10B by 1 hour, 19 minutes and 16 seconds due …