Penalty levied by i.t. deptt. under sec.271a

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Querist : Anonymous

Querist : Anonymous (Querist)

15 December 2018 The Assessee is Professor in IIT & can't take any work without the permission of IIT but due to expertize sometimes IIT allots the o/s consultancy work as well as pvt. sector also approaches the client for tecchnical problem or other consultancy. IIT is not On account of this, the assessee recd. income of Rs. 3591016/- & claim exp. of Rs. 641685/-as expenses on account of consultancy. The A.o. is saying that the professional receipts of assessee exceeds Rs. 10Lacs & since his gross receipts exceeds Rs. 1Cr. Thus he isliable for maintenance of books under sec. 44AA & to getthem audited under Sec. 44 AB. The year of Assessment is 2014-15.
Please Advise for the same.

Nikhil Kaushik

Nikhil Kaushik (Expert)
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16 December 2018 where is the confusion here? both 44AA and 44AB apply. Unless you have a really bonafide reason to explain why books of accounts were not maintained and audit was not done, penalties will apply.