Filing Of Audit Report In Form 10CCB Before Due Date As Per Sec 139(1) Is Only Directory And Not Mandatory: New Delhi ITAT
Live LawWhile holding that filing of audit report in Form 10CCB before the due date for filing of return of income u/s 139 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is only directory and not mandatory for the year under consideration, the New Delhi ITAT directed the AO to allow deduction claimed u/s 80IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The ADIT issued letter proposing various adjustments including disallowance of deduction c laimed u/s 80IA on account of failure to file Form 10CCB before the due date specified u/s 139. The CIT also rejected the claim of the assessee filled with the contention that filing of Form 10CCB along with the return of income before the due date for filing return u/s 139 is only directory and not mandatory and sustained the disallowance of deduction u/s 80IA. Arunachalam 208 ITR 481 / 75 Taxman 529 and in CIT v.Jayant Patel 248 ITR 199/ 117 Taxman 707 that, “the filing of audit report along with the return was not mandatory but directory and that if the audit report was filed at any time before the framing of the assessment, the requirement of the provisions of the Act should be held to have been met.” Therefore, while relying on various decisions squarely applying to the facts of the case, ITAT allowed the assessee's appeal.