COURT: | ITAT Mumbai |
CORAM: | B. R. Baskaran (AM), Joginder Singh (JM) |
SECTION(S): | 271(1)(c) |
GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
CATCH WORDS: | concealment of income, furnishing inaccurate particulars of income, penalty |
COUNSEL: | Neelkanth Khandelwal |
DATE: | September 2, 2015 (Date of pronouncement) |
DATE: | October 12, 2015 (Date of publication) |
AY: | 2007-08, 2008-09 |
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CITATION: | |
S. 271(1)(c): If the notice does not clearly specify whether the penalty is initiated for "concealment" or for "filing inaccurate particulars", it is invalid. Mere fact that assessee has surrendered income does not justify penalty if his explanation is not found to be false/ not bona fide |
The notice issued by the AO u/s 274 read with section 271 of the Act at the time of initiation of penalty proceedings states that it is issued for “concealment of particulars of income or furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income”. The assessing officer has not specified that as to which limb the notice was issued, i.e., whether it is issued for concealment of particulars of income or furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income. The assessing officer should be clear about the charge at the time of issuing the notice and the assessee should be made aware of the charge. The penalty order is liable to be quashed as the AO has not correctly specified the charge
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