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Issues: Whether, for computing the penalty leviable under section 271(2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, a firm treated as an unregistered firm is entitled to deduct the annuity deposit that would be payable by an unregistered firm, even if no such deposit was actually made.
Analysis: Section 271(2) requires the penalty to be computed on the basis that the registered firm is an unregistered firm, and that statutory fiction must be carried to its logical end for the purpose of determining the tax base on which penalty is calculated. The provisions governing unregistered firms, including the chapter relating to annuity deposits, therefore apply to the computation. Under section 280-O as it then stood, the annuity deposit "required to be made" under the chapter was deductible in computing total income, and the language did not make actual payment a condition for the deduction. The later amendment did not alter the position for a registered firm deemed to be unregistered for penalty purposes.
Conclusion: The annuity deposit had to be taken into account while computing the penalty, and the question was answered in the affirmative, in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a registered firm is statutorily treated as an unregistered firm for penalty computation, the entire legal consequences applicable to an unregistered firm must be applied in determining the tax base for penalty, including deduction of annuity deposit required by law, irrespective of actual payment.
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