TAX CAN BE LEVIED EVEN IF THE RETURNED INCOME IS A LOSS
Last updated: 06 September 2008
Court :
Supreme Court
Brief :
Citation :
The Supreme Court has overruled its own decision of last year in Virtual Soft Systems Ltd vs.
Commissioner of Income Tax and ruled that penalty can be levied under Section 271 (1)(c) of
the I-T Act even if the returned income is a loss.
In the latest judgment, involving Gold Coin Health Food Ltd, a larger bench stated that the
amendment made by the Finance Act 2002 to the provision was clarificatory and not substantive
and it was applicable retrospectively.
The Supreme Court said that the purpose of the provision was to penalize the assessee for
concealing income or furnishing inaccurate particulars. Therefore, whether the income returned
was profit or loss did not matter.
Vidya
Published in Income Tax
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