Recent Landmark Decisions where the ITAT Dropped Penalties under Section 270A of the Income-Tax Act
Section 270A of the Income-tax Act, 1961, introduced with effect from Assessment Year 2017-18, aims to penalize cases of under-reporting and misreporting of income. It replaced the older Section 271(1)(c), streamlining the penalty mechanism with fixed rates and detailed categorization. However, despite its clarity …