Assessee having received sale consideration of farm tractors in excess of Rs. 2 lakhs in cash and furnished all the details in respect of the sales made by it to various farmers who purchased tractors from the assessee thereby proving the identity of the customers, penalty under s. 271DA for contravention of s. 269ST is not leviable. Penalty is not sustainable also for the reason that the assessee was under a bona fide belief that such payments could be accepted in view of the language of S. 269ST, which uses the expression “single transaction”. AO is directed to delete the penalty. (AY.2018-19 & 2019-20)
Delta Farm Services v. ITO (2025) 234 TTJ 746 / 175 taxmann.com 61 (Delhi)(Trib)
S. 271DA: Penalty for failure to comply with provisions of section 269ST-Sale consideration over 2 lakhs-Genuineness of transaction was not doubted-Sales to farmers-technical and venial breach-AO is directed to delete the penalty. [S. 269ST, 274]
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