2014 (3) TMI 252

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....he assessment years, both the appeals are heard together and disposed off by this common order. 2. Briefly stated, during the years under consideration, penalties were levied by the AO u/s 271(1) (c) of the Income Tax Act on account of disallowance of deduction of interest and dividend income claimed under section 36(1)(vii) and disallowance of depreciation claimed on leased assets made by the AO during the course of scrutiny assessments passed under section 143(3) of the Act. On appeal, the Ld.CIT(A) confirmed the penalty levied by the AO on account of disallowance of deduction claimed under section 36(1)(vii). However, the Ld.CIT(A), allowed the relief on entire normal lease transaction and confirmed the penalty only on sale and lease ....

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....isions of the Tribunal wherein it has been has held that dividend and interest income earned from the long term finances would also be eligible for deduction under section 36(1)(viii) of the Act. In this regards, the Counsel has placed reliance on following decisions in the cases of Canfin Homes Ltd. 7 SOT 916 (Bang) which has been approved by Karnataka High Court in 347 ITR 383, AIG Home Finance India Ltd. 47 SOT 275 (Chn) and National Co-operative Development Corporation, 36 SOT 445 (Del). Further, without prejudice to the above, it has been submitted that, even if interest and dividend income has to be excluded, while computing deducting under section 36(1)(viii) of the Act, only net interest and dividend income should be excluded (i.e. ....

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....not become automatically leviable. Moreover, the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Reliance Petroproducts P. Ltd. (supra) has held that when the assessee furnishes all the details of its expenditure as well as its income in the return of income, which details, in themselves, are not found to be inaccurate or nor can be viewed as the concealment of income on its part. It is up to the authorities to accept its claim in the return or not. Mere rejection of claim will not amount to furnishing of inaccurate particulars or concealment of income and hence, no penalty can be levied under section 271(1)(c) of the Act. Considering the totality of facts and the legal position on this issue, we are of the considered opinion that the case of the ass....