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Issues: (i) Whether the addition made under section 56(2)(vii)(b) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 on account of difference between sale consideration and stamp duty value was sustainable where the difference was within 10%; (ii) Whether deduction under section 80C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 could be allowed when it was not claimed in the return of income in view of section 80A(5) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Issue (i): Whether the addition made under section 56(2)(vii)(b) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 on account of difference between sale consideration and stamp duty value was sustainable where the difference was within 10%.
Analysis: The property was purchased for Rs. 1,26,00,000/- and the stamp duty value was Rs. 1,31,55,556/-, resulting in a difference of less than 5%. The Tribunal followed its earlier view that where the difference between consideration and stamp duty valuation is within the permissible tolerance range, no addition is warranted under section 56(2)(vii)(b).
Conclusion: The addition of Rs. 5,55,556/- was not sustainable and was directed to be deleted in favour of the assessee.
Issue (ii): Whether deduction under section 80C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 could be allowed when it was not claimed in the return of income in view of section 80A(5) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Analysis: The assessee had not claimed the deduction in the return filed for the relevant assessment year. Section 80A(5) operates as a statutory bar against allowing a deduction not claimed in the return of income, and the Tribunal relied on the binding legal position that such a claim cannot be granted contrary to the express mandate of the provision.
Conclusion: The claim for deduction under section 80C was rejected and the disallowance was upheld against the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The appeal succeeded only on the addition relating to stamp duty valuation and failed on the deduction claim, resulting in partial relief to the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: Where the difference between consideration and stamp duty valuation falls within the permissible tolerance range, no addition is justified under section 56(2)(vii)(b); and a deduction not claimed in the return of income cannot be granted where section 80A(5) bars such allowance.
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