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Issues: (i) Whether the addition sustained on account of agricultural receipts of Rs. 9,29,559, said to be unsupported by vouchers or sale records, was justified. (ii) Whether the ad hoc disallowance of 25% of agricultural expenditure was sustainable.
Issue (i): Whether the addition sustained on account of agricultural receipts of Rs. 9,29,559, said to be unsupported by vouchers or sale records, was justified.
Analysis: The receipts were from sale of minor crops in the ordinary course of agricultural operations. The Authority noted that an agriculturist selling produce locally cannot always be expected to maintain formal bills or vouchers for day-to-day sales. It also relied on the statutory position that an agriculturist is not required to maintain books of account under Section 44AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Since documentary evidence had been produced for substantial sales and the Revenue did not bring material to show any non-agricultural source for the amount in question, the addition was found unsustainable.
Conclusion: The addition of Rs. 9,29,559 was deleted and the issue was decided in favour of the assessee.
Issue (ii): Whether the ad hoc disallowance of 25% of agricultural expenditure was sustainable.
Analysis: The disallowance was made purely on estimation without any evidentiary basis showing that the expenditure was inflated or met from unknown sources. Once the agricultural receipts were accepted, the corresponding expenditure could not be disallowed on a presumptive percentage basis in the absence of contrary material. The estimate of 25% was held to be based on surmise and conjecture.
Conclusion: The ad hoc disallowance was deleted and the issue was decided in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The assessment additions made towards unverified agricultural receipts and estimated agricultural expenditure did not survive, and the appeal was allowed in full.
Ratio Decidendi: An agriculturist's local sale of produce cannot be rejected merely for want of formal vouchers when the Revenue fails to prove an alternative source of income, and ad hoc estimation of agricultural expenditure is impermissible without supporting material.
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