Penalty u/s 271(1) (c) - The Tribunal came to a finding of fact ...
Case Laws Income Tax
April 15, 2022
Penalty u/s 271(1) (c) - The Tribunal came to a finding of fact that Revenue had no information of any undisclosed income in the hands of the assessee except the declarations made by the assessee. What also impressed the Tribunal was at no stage it was the case of the Revenue that the funds that were lying in the bank accounts held by the two entities JWL and SF with HSBC Bank, Zurich could have been brought to tax in India. These monies have been offered to tax in India because the assessee made voluntary declarations and considering that aspect the Tribunal felt that levy of penalty u/s 271 (1)(c ) of the Act, was not justified. - Order of ITAT sustained - HC
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