Reasonable cause for inadvertent Form 3CD omissions can prevent penalty where software error and no mala fide intent are shown.

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....An inadvertent failure to complete column 40 of Form 3CD, caused by a software error and unaccompanied by mala fide intent, may constitute reasonable cause under section 273B. The material explains that reasonable cause is assessed on the totality of circumstances; where established, an incomplete tax audit report does not sustain penalty. It highlights that the omission must be satisfactorily explained as unintentional rather than a deliberate failure to furnish required audit particulars.....