Opportunity to furnish unsecured-loan confirmations is required before reassessment initiation; proceedings require fresh consideration after taxpayer...
Under-reporting on a first reassessment return attracts penalty, while enhanced misreporting penalty requires proof of a statutory misreporting catego...
Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) - defective notice u/s 274 - The Tribunal emphasized the necessity for such notices to clearly delineate the charge against the assessee, allowing them to prepare an adequate defense. It found that the AO's notices were deficient in this respect, not specifying whether the penalties were for "concealment of income" or "furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income." This ambiguity, the Tribunal held, constituted a failure to meet legal standards, rendering the penalties unsustainable.
Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) - defective notice u/s 274 - The Tribunal emphasized the necessity for such notices to clearly delineate the charge against the assessee, allowing them to prepare an adequate defense. It found that the AO's notices were deficient in this respect, not specifying whether the penalties were for "concealment of income" or "furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income." This ambiguity, the Tribunal held, constituted a failure to meet legal standards, rendering the penalties unsustainable.
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