Mis-declaration in import descriptions must be deliberate to justify confiscation; withheld contemporaneous import documents invalidate value redeterm...
Liability for EPCG export shortfall: duty and interest sustained, but confiscation and penalties quashed where no fraud and causes beyond importer con...
Where addition was made solely on an estimated net profit basis, such estimate falls outside "under-reporting of income" under section 270A(6)(b) provided the accounts are correct and complete to the satisfaction of the assessing officer; accordingly the estimation does not sustain penalty as under-reporting. Separately, penalty proceedings were vitiated by failure to specify the statutory limb of section 270A (whether clauses (2)(a)-(g) or (9)(a)-(f)), rendering initiation of penalty legally untenable; consequence: penalty deleted and appeal allowed. - ITAT
Where addition was made solely on an estimated net profit basis, such estimate falls outside "under-reporting of income" under section 270A(6)(b) provided the accounts are correct and complete to the satisfaction of the assessing officer; accordingly the estimation does not sustain penalty as under-reporting. Separately, penalty proceedings were vitiated by failure to specify the statutory limb of section 270A (whether clauses (2)(a)-(g) or (9)(a)-(f)), rendering initiation of penalty legally untenable; consequence: penalty deleted and appeal allowed. - ITAT
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