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2017 (9) TMI 1029 - AT - Income TaxPenalty u/s 271(1)(c) - additional income included in the return filed under section 153A - disclosure made in the statement of Sh. Dharmendra Bhandari, Director of the assessee company recorded under section 132(4) - effect of amendment in Explanation 5A to Sec 271(1)(c) - Held that:- There cannot be any dispute to the fact that once a return is filed pursuant to notice under section 153A, the same is treated as return filed under section 139 of the Act [refer clause (a) of section 153A(1)]. Further, concealment/ furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income/undisclosed income, has to be necessarily seen vis-a-vis return filed by the appellant Once, income it is declared which is accepted as such under section 139 r.w.s. 153A of Act, then, the question of there being concealment/ furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income/undisclosed income, does not arise at all. In the present case the entire 'undisclosed income' was declared by the appellant in the statement recorded during search and the same was also disclosed in the return filed pursuant to notice issued under section 153A, clearly goes to show the bona fides of the appellant, not warranting imposition of penalty under section 271 (l)(c) of the Act. See Alok Bhandari case [2017 (9) TMI 954 - ITAT DELHI] Also the amendment in Explanation 5A to Sec 271(1)(c) made effective by Finance Act, 2009 with retrospective effect from 01.06.2007 cannot be made applicable to assessee’s case because both original return and the revised return u/s 153A of the Act have been filed before the amended provisions were brought into the statute (which received assent of President on 13.8.2009). - Decided in favour of assessee.
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