Purposive interpretation of residential house exemption: unregistered purchase agreement alone does not defeat relief, but investment must be verified...
Penalty for under-reporting or misreporting of income under section 270A requires clear identification and communication of the applicable circumstance of under-reporting and, where relevant, the act constituting misreporting. Failure to specify these statutory grounds in the assessment order, notice or penalty order denies the taxpayer an effective opportunity to respond and breaches natural justice. Where the charge finally used to impose penalty differs from the charge initially invoked, the penalty proceedings are invalid. The section 270A penalty was therefore quashed as bad in law.
Penalty for under-reporting or misreporting of income under section 270A requires clear identification and communication of the applicable circumstance of under-reporting and, where relevant, the act constituting misreporting. Failure to specify these statutory grounds in the assessment order, notice or penalty order denies the taxpayer an effective opportunity to respond and breaches natural justice. Where the charge finally used to impose penalty differs from the charge initially invoked, the penalty proceedings are invalid. The section 270A penalty was therefore quashed as bad in law.
Note: It is a system-generated summary and is for quick reference only.