2015 (12) TMI 1414
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....evying penalty of Rs. 5,26,121/- U/s 271(1)(c) of the I.T.Act 1961 by the learned A.O. 2. That the learned CIT(A) has confirmed the appeal merely on the grounds that the learned A.O. has confirmed the additions of Rs. 16,84,013/- being alleged unaccounted and unrecorded income and Rs. 20,000/- also being unaccounted income which is against the material facts lying on the record GBP, of the learned A.O. and considering the same penalty levied on both the amounts deserves to be deleted. 3. That the assessment order passed by the learned A.O. itself is not inconsonance with decision of Hon'ble Gujarat High Court and hence penalty order passed by learned A.O. and confirmed by learned CIT(A) deserves to be cancelled. ....
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....2. The common issue raised in all ground of appeal is against confirming the penalty of Rs. 5,26,121/- by CIT(A) u/s.271(1)(c) of the Act. 3. The brief facts of the case are that the assessee was engaged in the business of construction. A survey action u/s.133A of the Act was conducted at the business premises of assessee on 23.09.2003. During the course of survey proceeding, the statement of Shri Kamleshbhai J. Patel was recorded u/s.131, one of the partner of the assessee firm. After verifying the books of accounts comprising the cash book and ledger, the said partner admitted and declared that cash entries in Diary no. "K-9" were not recorded in the books of account. The total of all such fund entries was Rs. 43,28,407/- spanning over....
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....d and unaccounted income and also sustained Rs. 41,000/- & Rs. 21,000/- on account of unexplained income. Ld. A.O. imposed a penalty of Rs. 6,27,254/- on the ground that the assessee failed to disclose additional income as accepted during the course of survey and therefore, the assessee concealed its income. 4. The ld. CIT(A) also confirmed the penalty of Rs. 6,27,254/- by holding that non disclosure of income as surrendered during the survey amounted to concealment of income and thus dismissed the appeal of assessee. 5. The ld. A.R. submitted that the assessee's case is covered in its favour by its own case for the succeeding assessment year 2004-05 wherein penalty imposed was deleted by the tribunal order dated 21.02.2014 in ITA No ....
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.... "32. We have heard the rival submissions and perused the material on record. It is an undisputed fact that during the course of survey u/s 133A at the premises of Assessee diary was found which contained details of cash entries. The cash entries was accepted as income by one of the partner in the statement that was recorded at the time of survey. The cash entries found in the diary were considered as income by the AO which was also partly confirmed by CIT(A). During the course of assessment proceedings and appellate proceedings the submissions have been given by assessee but the same have not been proved to be false or untrue by the Revenue. A case for levy of penalty for concealment of income has to be evaluated in terms of provision....
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