Tag: income tax penalty

Assesssing Officer can’t refer decision to initiate levy of Penalty u/s 271D to Superior Officer unless he himself arrives at a finding of a violation In a recent judgment Hon’ble Supreme Court has dismissed SLP of the Revenue against the High Court judgment holding that Assesssing Officer can’t …

In case of estimation of income, penalty under Section 270A of the Income Tax Act cannot be imposed – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Ranchi has held that in case of estimation of income, penalty under Section 270A of the Income Tax Act cannot be imposed ABCAUS …

Section 271AAB does not grant any immunity from penalty even if the assessee was able to show some reasonable cause in terms of section 273B of the Act In a recent judgment Agra ITAT has held that provisions of section 271AAB of income tax Act does not grant …

Penalty levied for late supply of goods is an allowable deduction u/s 37 as late supply neither a crime nor a prohibited activity – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Delhi has deleted addition made u/s 37 of Income Tax Act on account of penalty due to late …

There is no bar in penalty u/s 271B for non-audit u/s 44AB if penalty u/s 271A is also levied for non-maintenance of books of accounts u/s 44AA – ITAT In a recent and interesting judgment, Guwahati ITAT has held that section 271B of the Income Tax Act does …

Wrong penalty section mentioned in Assessment order can be rectified being mistake apparent on record when there is no debate in imposing penalty under rectified section. In a recent judgment, ITAT Ahmedabad has held that when section 271AAB was wrongly mentioned in Assessment order instead of Section 271AAC, …

Penalty u/s 270A quashed as there was no satisfaction in the penalty order on what exactly was under reporting of income and what was misreporting of income by the assessee In a recent judgment, ITAT Raipur deleted penalty under section 270A observing that there was no satisfaction brought …

Penalty u/s 271D deleted as the amount of cash deposited in assess’s bank belonged to his father who was an agriculturist, not having any operating bank account. In a recent judgment, ITAT Chandigarh has deleted penalty under section 271D as the amount of cash deposited in assessee’s bank …

Penalty u/s 270A @ 200% upheld for claiming fake deductions under Chapter VIA In a recent judgment, ITAT Pune has upheld penalty u/s 270A @ 200% for levied for claiming fake deductions under Chapter VIA which were later withdrawn on notice. ABCAUS Case Law Citation:4813 (2025) (10) abcaus.in …

In the absence of satisfaction recorded in the assessment order regarding penalty proceedings under Section 271D, no penalty could be levied In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Supreme Court declined to interfere with Gujarat High Court judgment holding that in the absence of any satisfaction recorded regarding penalty proceedings …