2019 (10) TMI 260

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.... Rahul Hakani for the respondent ORDER P.C. 1. By this appeal the appellant Revenue challenges the order passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal dated 29th April, 2016. The Tribunal by the impugned order allowed the appeal filed by the respondent and set aside the order passed by the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) and directed the Assessing Officer to delete the penalty of Rs. 1....

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....Method. The Assessing Officer, by assessment finalized on 24th December, 2009, disallowed the expenditure of Rs. 3,54,47,542/- claimed towards advertisement and sales promotion on the ground that the expenses would be claimed only in the year the project is completed and income offered to tax. Thus, commenced penalty proceedings. In penalty proceedings, the Assessing Officer held that the responde....

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.... Year 2007-08, the respondent assessee had made a claim for deduction of expenses on account of advertisement and sales promotion in the year it was incurred even when the income was offered to tax later under the project completion method of accounting. The Assessing Officer in the Assessment Year 2006-07 for the first time disputed the above method of claiming expenses. The Assessing Officer ado....