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TMI Blog1980 (4) TMI 198X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 1. 2. For the asst. yr. 1972-73 the assessee was required to pay advance tax of Rs. 27,682 under s. 210 of the Act. The assessee filed an estimate on 10th Sept., 1971 estimating the tax payable under s. 212 of the Act at only Rs. 1,926 on the estimated income Rs. 56,820. The assessee later filed the IT return on 1st Aug., 1972 showing the total income at Rs. 70,890 and the tax payable under s. 14 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ssee submitted that at the time of filing the estimate, the assessee believed on the materials before him that this income would not exceed Rs. 56,820 and hence the assessee had reasonable cause. The AAC observed that the salary income was understated by Rs. 4,500 and the property income by Rs. 8,646 and consequently the advance-tax payable was underestimated. The AAC for the above and the other r ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... erty income returned by him for the earlier year and this difference in the income was one of the reasons for the advance-tax estimate being lower than the income returned by him. Regarding the salary income, the assessee's counsel submitted that the assessee received Rs. 57,000 from Alliance Insurance Co. Ltd. And Rs. 12,000 from Midland Theatre, totalling Rs. 69,000, but the salary taken for adv ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 's assessment for the preceding year 1971-72, which the assessee decided to follow at the time of filing the return and hence it cannot be said that as on the date of filing the advance-tax estimate, he had deliberately understated his income. Regarding the salary income also, the assessee's explanation for the disparity appears to us acceptable. We are, hence of the view that the assessee had ade ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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