Charitable trust registration requires a specified-violation notice; settled cash deposits and related-party payments did not justify cancellation or ...
External development charges trigger TDS under section 194C, while disputed administrative payments require factual verification and fresh adjudicatio...
Section 270AA penalty immunity requires identified statutory defaults and a hearing before rejection; reassessment disclosure may constitute under-rep...
Section 80JJAA employee-cost deduction allowed for deployed staff but barred against transfer-pricing income enhancement, with pricing issues remanded...
Transfer-pricing methodology protects commercially genuine associated-enterprise payments, while pre-2016 secondary adjustments and related notional i...
Negative liens over operating assets can constitute international transactions requiring arm's-length pricing reflecting restricted borrowing and expa...
Cross-examination rights in Customs Broker revocation inquiries require witness examination; procedural denial may be cured through fresh adjudication...
The ITAT held that the assessee was prevented by reasonable and genuine cause for not getting the books audited in time u/s 44AB for the relevant previous years due to peculiar circumstances. Relying on the precedent of APL (India) Pvt. Ltd., the ITAT directed the AO to delete the penalty levied u/s 271B, allowing the assessee's appeal on the ground of reasonable cause for delay in audit compliance.
The ITAT held that the assessee was prevented by reasonable and genuine cause for not getting the books audited in time u/s 44AB for the relevant previous years due to peculiar circumstances. Relying on the precedent of APL (India) Pvt. Ltd., the ITAT directed the AO to delete the penalty levied u/s 271B, allowing the assessee's appeal on the ground of reasonable cause for delay in audit compliance.
Note: It is a system-generated summary and is for quick reference only.