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Delayed furnishing of a statement of financial transactions may attract penalty, but belated filing alone does not exclude the statutory defence of reasonable cause. Penalty should not be sustained without examining the taxpayer's explanation and supporting evidence for the delay. Where the first appellate authority has dismissed the matter without deciding the grounds on merits or considering reasonable cause, it should provide due opportunity, examine that defence, and determine the penalty afresh in accordance with law.
Delayed furnishing of a statement of financial transactions may attract penalty, but belated filing alone does not exclude the statutory defence of reasonable cause. Penalty should not be sustained without examining the taxpayer's explanation and supporting evidence for the delay. Where the first appellate authority has dismissed the matter without deciding the grounds on merits or considering reasonable cause, it should provide due opportunity, examine that defence, and determine the penalty afresh in accordance with law.
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