Careless Attitude Of AO: Kolkata ITAT Deletes Addition Made Without Examining Nature Of Expenditure
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Careless Attitude Of AO: Kolkata ITAT Deletes Addition Made Without Examining Nature Of Expenditure

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On finding that expenses were incurred for the business purposes during the course of business, for which assessee has submitted all basic details which was not cross verified by the AO, the Kolkata ITAT deleted the addition made by AO. The Member of the ITAT comprising Rajpal Yadav and Girish Agrawal observed that “the inquiry at the end of the Assessing Officer is a flawed one. Finding that it is not ascertainable whether the summons have ever served upon or not on the creditors, the Coram pointed that the inquiry at the end of the AO is a flawed one. The Coram noted that had the assessment machinery remained in motion after selection of the case for scrutiny assessment, probably Assessing Officer could take help of the Officers where these assessees are situated.

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Assessing Officer Not Required To Examine Commercial Expediency Of Transaction When Evaluating Assessee's Explanation U/S 68 Of IT Act: Delhi HC
1 month ago

Assessing Officer Not Required To Examine Commercial Expediency Of Transaction When Evaluating Assessee's Explanation U/S 68 Of IT Act: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has made it clear that once an assessee offers explanation about nature and source of a credit transaction standing in its books, the burden of proof to show that such explanation is unsatisfactory shifts on the Assessing Officer.A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Swarana Kanta Sharma further held that in evaluating the transaction so …

Factual Examination Of Dispute Regarding 'Addition' Of Unexplained Cash Credit U/S 68 Of IT Act Is Beyond Scope Of Appeal U/S 260A: Calcutta HC
1 month, 1 week ago

Factual Examination Of Dispute Regarding 'Addition' Of Unexplained Cash Credit U/S 68 Of IT Act Is Beyond Scope Of Appeal U/S 260A: Calcutta HC

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The Calcutta High Court has held that it cannot indulge in factual examination of the material produced or not produced by an assessee-company to explain the share capital and premium received by it, in an appeal filed under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya thus refused to interfere with an ITAT order which deleted …

Additions U/s 69C On Account Of Excess Stock Can't Be Based On Third Party Statements Alone Without Any Corroboration: Delhi ITAT
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Additions U/s 69C On Account Of Excess Stock Can't Be Based On Third Party Statements Alone Without Any Corroboration: Delhi ITAT

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The New Delhi ITAT deleted the additions made u/s 69C on account of excess stock found during survey, after finding that those additions were solely based on the statements recorded of third parties, without any corroborative evidence of unaccounted sales. On appeal, the CIT affirmed the action of AO on the grounds that the statement of the Director of the …

Unexplained Expenditure Addition Merely Based On CBIC Instruction Not Sustainable: Delhi High Court
7 months, 1 week ago

Unexplained Expenditure Addition Merely Based On CBIC Instruction Not Sustainable: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has deleted the addition for unexplained expenditure, which was based on the instruction issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.“Merely proceeding on the basis that CBIC is an apex body and therefore, information provided by it cannot be doubted, without even identifying or meaningfully analyzing such information, is wholly insufficient to. The Delhi …

Investment Made From Share Premium Without Any Noticeable Business Activity, Legitimacy Of Income Not Established: Calcutta High Court
7 months, 1 week ago

Investment Made From Share Premium Without Any Noticeable Business Activity, Legitimacy Of Income Not Established: Calcutta High Court

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The Calcutta High Court has held that the source of investments by those two companies is also the share capital and share premium raised by them while issuing their own shares to other closely held companies, and those companies had no noticeable business activities.The bench of Chief Justice T.S. The Calcutta High Court has held that the source of investments …

Unexplained Expenditure Addition Merely Based On CBIC Instruction Not Sustainable: Delhi High Court
7 months, 1 week ago

Unexplained Expenditure Addition Merely Based On CBIC Instruction Not Sustainable: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has deleted the addition for unexplained expenditure, which was based on the instruction issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.“Merely proceeding on the basis that CBIC is an apex body and therefore, information provided by it cannot be doubted, without even identifying or meaningfully analyzing such information, is wholly insufficient to. The Delhi …

Assessee Has Not Benefited From Round-Tripping Of Share Transactions; Mumbai ITAT Deletes Addition U/s 68
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Assessee Has Not Benefited From Round-Tripping Of Share Transactions; Mumbai ITAT Deletes Addition U/s 68

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On finding that the assessee has issued share application money and subsequently allotted shares which shows that the transactions are genuine and there is no material brought on record by tax authorities that the assessee has benefited from round-tripping, the Mumbai ITAT deleted the addition made u/s 68 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The Bench of the ITAT comprising …

Assessee's Failure To Establish Genuineness Of Transaction With Cogent And Credible Evidence, Calcutta High Court Upholds Addition
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Assessee's Failure To Establish Genuineness Of Transaction With Cogent And Credible Evidence, Calcutta High Court Upholds Addition

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The Calcutta High Court has held that merely proving the identity of the investors does not discharge the onus on the assessee if the capacity or credit worthiness has not been established.The bench of Chief Justice T.S. The Calcutta High Court has held that merely proving the identity of the investors does not discharge the onus on the assessee if …

Assessment By AO Can't Be Termed As Prejudicial To Interest Of Revenue If It Doesn't Result In Any Loss To Revenue: Indore ITAT
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Assessment By AO Can't Be Termed As Prejudicial To Interest Of Revenue If It Doesn't Result In Any Loss To Revenue: Indore ITAT

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On finding that the facts of the case do not warrant application of section 263 of the Income Tax Act, the Indore ITAT set aside the revision order passed by PCIT and restored the original assessment-order passed by the AO. In the light of those rulings, the AO has rightly assessed the income at normal rates of tax, hence there …

Taxpayer Can't Be Penalised For Failure To Get Its Books Of Accounts Audited If There Exists Reasonable Cause For Such Failure: Jaipur ITAT
9 months, 1 week ago

Taxpayer Can't Be Penalised For Failure To Get Its Books Of Accounts Audited If There Exists Reasonable Cause For Such Failure: Jaipur ITAT

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While allowing the appeal against the order passed u/s 271B of the Income tax Act, the Jaipur ITAT held that provision of section 273B gives power to the taxing authority not to impose the penalty if the assessee proves that there was a reasonable cause for failure to get the books of accounts audited and directed the AO to delete …

Once ITO Accepted Income Earned Which Is Totally Based Upon Depreciation Plus 15% Markup, There Is No Reason To Deny Cost: Delhi ITAT
9 months, 1 week ago

Once ITO Accepted Income Earned Which Is Totally Based Upon Depreciation Plus 15% Markup, There Is No Reason To Deny Cost: Delhi ITAT

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Finding that the assessee had arrangement with its AE for billing cost plus 15%, which has been duly billed during the year and entire depreciation cost plus 15% has been billed to the AE, the New Delhi ITAT allowed the depreciation claimed by assessee. The Bench of Shamim Yahya and Challa Nagendra Prasad observed that “When the Revenue is accepting …

Ahmedabad ITAT Quashes Reopening In Absence Of Tangible Material With AO To Form Reason To Believe Escaped Assessment
9 months, 1 week ago

Ahmedabad ITAT Quashes Reopening In Absence Of Tangible Material With AO To Form Reason To Believe Escaped Assessment

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The Ahmedabad ITAT quashed reopening proceedings finding that there was no tangible material available with the AO to form a reason to believe that the income of assessee has escaped assessment. The Bench of Waseem Ahmed and Siddhartha Nautiyal observed that “simply that Shri Prakash bhai Ishwar bhai Changela and the assessee are maintaining the bank account in the Social …

AO Must Make Independent Enquiry To Verify Veracity Of Identity, Genuineness & Credit-Worthiness Of Lenders Before Making Addition U/s 68: Kolkata ITAT
9 months, 1 week ago

AO Must Make Independent Enquiry To Verify Veracity Of Identity, Genuineness & Credit-Worthiness Of Lenders Before Making Addition U/s 68: Kolkata ITAT

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Finding that the AO without examining any of the documents, simply made the addition u/s 68 on account of failure of assessee to produce share subscribers, the Kolkata ITAT held that AO cannot take adverse inference without pointing out discrepancies or insufficiency in the evidences and without examining statement of the directors of the subscriber companies. As per the brief …

Kolkata ITAT Deletes Addition Made Based On Third-Party Statement Who Was Not Allowed To Be Cross- Examined By Assessee
11 months ago

Kolkata ITAT Deletes Addition Made Based On Third-Party Statement Who Was Not Allowed To Be Cross- Examined By Assessee

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Finding that assessee has discharged the burden of proving identity, creditworthiness, and genuineness of the creditors to the loan transaction, the Kolkata ITAT deleted the addition made for alleged unexplained loan under Section 68 of Income Tax Act, 1961 based on the statement of third-party in a post-search assessment whose cross-examination was never allowed to assessee. The Member of the …

Without Pointing Out Any Specific Defect In Audited Books Of Accounts AO Can't And Should Not Make Any Estimated Addition: ITAT
1 year ago

Without Pointing Out Any Specific Defect In Audited Books Of Accounts AO Can't And Should Not Make Any Estimated Addition: ITAT

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The Delhi Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that without pointing out any specific defect in the audited books of accounts, the AO cannot and should not make any estimated addition.The bench of Kul Bharat and N. K. Billaiya has observed that the expenses claimed by the assessee were also test-checked, and while making the addition, the. The …

ITAT Deletes Income Tax Addition Of Rs.2.30 Crores As AO Failed To Mention Investment Outside The Books Of Accounts
1 year, 1 month ago

ITAT Deletes Income Tax Addition Of Rs.2.30 Crores As AO Failed To Mention Investment Outside The Books Of Accounts

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The Delhi Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has deleted the income tax addition of Rs. 2.30 crores as the Assessing Officer did not mention any investment outside the books of accounts.The bench of Astha Chandra and N. K. Billaiya has observed that the assessee has explained the investment duly reflected in its bank statement, and. The bench of Astha …

Additions Can’t Be Made In Absence Of Incriminating Material: ITAT Deletes Income Tax Addition
1 year, 6 months ago

Additions Can’t Be Made In Absence Of Incriminating Material: ITAT Deletes Income Tax Addition

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The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that the additions could not have been made in the absence of any incriminating material.The bench of Kavitha Rajagopal and B.R. Baskaran observed that the additions made by the Assessing Officer under Section 68 of the Act towards the sale of shares and also estimated. The Mumbai Bench of …

AO Can’t Make Addition On The Basis Of Statement Without Corroborating It With Any Other Material: ITAT
1 year, 7 months ago

AO Can’t Make Addition On The Basis Of Statement Without Corroborating It With Any Other Material: ITAT

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The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that an AO cannot make additions merely on the basis of a statement without corroborating it with any other material.The bench of Pavan Kumar Gadale and B.R. Baskaran has observed that the AO has assessed entire cash receipts as income of the assessee without examining the nature of. The …

Claim That Investment In Shares Was A Capital Account Transaction, Non-Application Of Mind By AO: Delhi High Court Quashes Reassessment Notice
1 year, 10 months ago

Claim That Investment In Shares Was A Capital Account Transaction, Non-Application Of Mind By AO: Delhi High Court Quashes Reassessment Notice

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The Delhi High Court has quashed the reassessment notice as the AO failed to apply his mind as to whether an investment in shares was a capital account transaction.The division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju has observed that the principal allegation against the assessee is that it purchased shares of an Indian company and that …

Expenses Towards Advertisement, Brokerage And Commission, Incurred By A Real Estate Developer; Deductible As Revenue Expenditure: Delhi High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Expenses Towards Advertisement, Brokerage And Commission, Incurred By A Real Estate Developer; Deductible As Revenue Expenditure: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has ruled that The bench of Justices Manmohan and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora observed that the dispute involving the year of deduction, which was sought to be postponed by the revenue department, was revenue neutral, having no tax affect and that it did not put the revenue department at any disadvantageous position. The Court noted that …

AO Not Justified In Disallowing The Claim Of Interest Expense : ITAT
2 years, 3 months ago

AO Not Justified In Disallowing The Claim Of Interest Expense : ITAT

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The Kolkata Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that the AO is not justified in disallowing the claim of interest expense and treating it for capitalization in the project cost.The two-member bench of Rajpal Yadav and Girish Aggarwal has directed the AO to allow the claim of interest expenses of Rs.41,06,890.The appellant/assessee is. The Kolkata Bench of …

Other Income Tax Additions In Reassessment Proceedings Cannot Be Sustained If Addition on Primary Grounds Is Not Made: ITAT
2 years, 6 months ago

Other Income Tax Additions In Reassessment Proceedings Cannot Be Sustained If Addition on Primary Grounds Is Not Made: ITAT

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The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of C.N. The assessee/appellant has challenged the validity of the assessment made by the Assessing Officer as the assessment was reopened for escapement of income on account of cash deposits made into the bank account by the assessee. The reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer have reason to believe that …

ITAT Deletes Additions As Assessee Proved Genuineness Of Purchases By Documentary Evidence
2 years, 6 months ago

ITAT Deletes Additions As Assessee Proved Genuineness Of Purchases By Documentary Evidence

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The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has deleted the additions on the grounds that the assessee proved the genuineness of the purchases through documentary evidence. On the basis of a statement by Ram Prakash Bhatia, the genuineness of purchases made by assessees from M/s. The assessee filed an appeal with the Tribunal after being dissatisfied with the …

AO Failed To Consider Genuine Purchases And Sales Entered In The Books Of Account: Himachal Pradesh High Court Deletes Addition
2 years, 6 months ago

AO Failed To Consider Genuine Purchases And Sales Entered In The Books Of Account: Himachal Pradesh High Court Deletes Addition

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The Himachal Pradesh High Court bench of Justice Sabina and Justice Satyen Vaidya has deleted the addition on the grounds that the Assessing Officer has failed to consider genuine purchases and sales entered in the books of account. The Assessing Officer had prepared the trading account, the gross profit of the assessee came out against the sales, and, as a …

Onus To Prove Identity, Creditworthiness And Genuineness Of Transaction Lies On Assessee: Pune ITAT
2 years, 6 months ago

Onus To Prove Identity, Creditworthiness And Genuineness Of Transaction Lies On Assessee: Pune ITAT

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The Pune Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, consisting of Partha Artha Sarathi Chaudhury and Inturi Rama Rao, has ruled that the onus to prove identity, creditworthiness, and genuineness of a transaction lies with the assessee. In the course of assessment proceedings, the assessee furnished affidavits of the shareholders supporting the share capital and copies of bank accounts of …

Non Production Of Persons Despite Summons Leads To Inference Of Routing Own Money : ITAT Delhi
2 years, 9 months ago

Non Production Of Persons Despite Summons Leads To Inference Of Routing Own Money : ITAT Delhi

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The Delhi Bench of ITAT, consisting of members G.S. Pannu and K. Narsimha Chary, has ruled that an Assessing Officer has the power to verify transactions beyond the paperwork submitted by the Assessee under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The Assessing Officer had disallowed expenses and made additions to Assessee's income under Section 68 of Income Tax …

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