The Kerala High Court held that circumstances under which AO can absolve a taxpayer from payment of penalty u/s 271B are discernible from a reading of Sec 273B, which states that no penalty can be imposed on an assessee u/s 271B for breach of the provisions, if he proves that there was "reasonable cause" for the said failure. The Division …
Referring to the decision of Varadagovind Parthasarthy Iyer vs. ITO, the Mumbai ITAT ruled that penalty u/s. 271B of the Income tax Act cannot be levied in the present facts of the case for non-auditing of the books of accounts where the assessee has failed to maintain the same. The assessee's case was reopened u/s 147 for the reason that …
On finding that no opportunity of hearing was provided to the assessee before rejecting its application for immunity from penalty, the Mumbai ITAT set-aside the whole issue back to the file of the AO to decide the issue of availability of immunity from imposition of penalty u/s 270AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Even in filing form number 68 …
