1982 (6) TMI 97

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....levied under s. 271(1)(a) of the IT Act, 1961 by the ITO for the asst. yr. 1975-76. 2. After hearing both the sides, we are of the opinion that penalty has been levied and erroneously sustained partly by the CIT(A). The reason for this are as under. 3. The assessee is a registered firm. It has been assessed to tax by way of regular assessment. For the year under appeal, the ITO issued a noti....

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....by the ITO in para 2 of his impugned penalty order. From these reasons putforth by the assessee, it becomes clear that the return of the assessee for the immediately preceding assessment year was delayed. The return for that assessment year, namely, 1974-75, was filed only in March, 1975. Since the assessee had to bring forward various accounts and incorporate the same in the accounts for the year....

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....ment year under appeal shows that the assessee has a large number of transactions with that concern and it is also not denied that the sister concern at Mullanpur filed the return for asst. yr. 1975-76 only in Feb., 1976 as recorded in para 2 of the ld. Commr.'s order. In our considered opinion, the factum of delay in furnishing the return by the assessee for the immediately preceding assessment y....