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2015 (6) TMI 256 - AT - Wealth-taxPenalty u/s 18(1)(c) of W.T.Act, 1957 - Held that:- The penalty is leviable on the date on which the concealment of wealth is committed i.e. the date of offering the return of wealth. Therefore in the present case it will not be justified to refer to the returned wealth u/s 14(1) of the Act for the initiation of penalty u/s 18(1)(c) of the Act. Therefore when there is no concealment there is no question of penalty u/s 18(1)(c) of the Act. - The concealment of income is to be determined with regard to the return of income in response to notice u/s 153A of the Act. Therefore in the present circumstances and facts of the case once the returned wealth is accepted by the AO u/s 153A of the Act then there cannot be a case of concealment of income or furnishing inaccurate particulars of income. In the circumstances and facts of the case the decision in the case of Prem Arora vs DCIT (2012 (6) TMI 480 - ITAT DELHI) is squarely applicable in the present case, since in the present case the assessee has disclosed gold and diamond in the statement recorded u/s 132(4) of the Act during the search operation itself, in the wealth tax return the Tribunal has approved the findings in quantum with regard to the genuineness of the declaration of gold and diamonds. Accordingly the assessee is not liable to have penalty u/s 271(1)(c) of the Act. - Decided against Revenue.
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