Penalty for estimation of income and disallowances for tax non-deduction clarified: estimation-based penalties not sustainable; additions without conc...
Managerial remuneration disallowance under s.40A(2)(b) challenged over alleged tax-avoidance; appellate decision restored deletion of addition for dir...
Classification of imported goods as electronic cigarette versus tobacco product reversed for lack of proof; order set aside for jurisdictional overrea...
Issue: Whether penalty under section 271B survives after deletion of the assessment addition. Reasoning: Applying the legal maxim "Sublato fundamento cadit opus," the Tribunal held that removal of the foundational assessment addition destroys the legal basis for consequential punitive measures; illegality striking at the root invalidates subsequent penalty proceedings. Outcome: Penalty under section 271B was annulled and the appeal allowed. - ITAT
Issue: Whether penalty under section 271B survives after deletion of the assessment addition. Reasoning: Applying the legal maxim "Sublato fundamento cadit opus," the Tribunal held that removal of the foundational assessment addition destroys the legal basis for consequential punitive measures; illegality striking at the root invalidates subsequent penalty proceedings. Outcome: Penalty under section 271B was annulled and the appeal allowed. - ITAT
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