2022 (6) TMI 1316

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.... PER M. BALAGANESH (A.M): This appeal in ITA No.1971/Mum/2021 for A.Y.2014-15 arises out of the order by the ld. Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC) Delhi in Order No. ITBA/NFAC/S/250/2021-22/1035850578(1) dated 24/09/2021 (ld. CIT(A) in short) in the matter of imposition of penalty u/s.271(1)(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as Ac....

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....statement u/s.131 of the Act before the ld. AO by filing the requisite details. The assessee also explained before the ld. AO that she got married during the course of re-assessment proceedings and that she was under the confusion as to who was handling her income tax matters i.e. whether it is being handled by her father or by her in-laws. In view of this confusion, there was some absence in the ....

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.... ACIT reported in 88 Taxman.com 803 (Visakhapatnam Trib.) 3.1. In the aforesaid case laws, it has been held that no penalty u/s.271(1)(b) of the Act could be levied when an assessment has been completed u/s.143(3) of the Act, wherein the ld. AO is deemed to have condoned the absence of the assessee or his authorised representative on earlier occasions when subsequently, the details were furnish....