Penalty for Initial Non-Compliance u/s 271(1)(b) Overlooked if Compliance Achieved in Assessment Proceedings.
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....Penalty u/s 271(1)(b) - default of non-compliance of the statutory notice issued under section 142(1) r.w.s. 129 - where the assessment order was finally passed u/s 143(3) and not u/s 144 of the Act due to subsequent compliance during the assessment proceedings, that would be considered as good compliance and the defaults committed earlier should be ignored and by taking a lenient view the penalty u/s 271(1)(b) of the I.T. Act 1961 should not be levied - AT....


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