Penalty u/s 271B Deleted After Assessee's Justifications Accepted for Audit Report Failures u/s 44AB.

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....Levy of penalty u/s. 271B - failure to get his books audited and furnish Audit Report u/s. 44AB - Section 271B as extracted above further throws light on the legislative intent as it specifically provides that no penalty "shall’ be imposed if the assessee proves "that there was reasonable cause for the said failure". - the explanations offered by the assessee have been ignored by the AO and CIT(A) - Penalty deleted - AT....