“Section 221(1)”
The decision most relied on for Section 221(1) is CIT v. Subhash Trading Co. Ltd. (221 ITR 110), cited in 146 judgments on BharatTax.
Leading authorities on Section 221(1)
Penalty under Section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act cannot be levied when an addition to income is based purely on an estimate, without concrete evidence proving concealment of income or furnishing of inaccurate particulars.
Assessing Officers and appellate authorities must consider and grant correct deductions for fresh legal claims or revised computations made during assessment or appellate proceedings, subject to due verification.
An assessee-employer is not bound to collect and verify proof of journey and actual expenditure before granting exemption under Section 10(5).
Loose sheets recovered from an assessee's premises constitute a 'document' as defined in Section 132(4) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Expenditure incurred for the expansion of an existing business is revenue in nature and allowable as a deduction if it does not create a new asset. Accounting entries in books of accounts do not solely determine the allowability of an expenditure for income tax purposes.
External Development Charges (EDC) paid by a developer to a government body like Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) for a development project are contractual payments, making them liable for tax deduction at source under Section 194C of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
The tax department cannot speculate to deny the benefit of tax deducted at source by the employer to the petitioner.
TDS under Section 194H is applicable to standard and supplemental commission paid to travel agents operating under an admitted principal-agent relationship where specific contractual clauses indicate agents hold collected monies in trust for the airline.