Trademark depreciation and section 14A adjustments: ITAT applies consistency, independent book-profit computation, and no disallowance without exempt ...
Rebuttable search presumptions and corroboration standards shaped deletion of unsubstantiated additions, while rental income and limited profit estima...
Recorded purchases supported by bills and vouchers, transport and FASTag data, banking-channel payments, and GST/TDS particulars were treated as genuine where the books were not rejected and no defect appeared in trading results or stock records. Reliance on a supplier's statement without effective cross-examination was insufficient. The source of expenditure principle was applied to state that unexplained expenditure provisions cannot be invoked merely because the supplier's authenticity is doubted when the payment source is explained from disclosed accounts. On these facts, the addition for alleged bogus purchases was deleted and the Revenue challenge failed.
Recorded purchases supported by bills and vouchers, transport and FASTag data, banking-channel payments, and GST/TDS particulars were treated as genuine where the books were not rejected and no defect appeared in trading results or stock records. Reliance on a supplier's statement without effective cross-examination was insufficient. The source of expenditure principle was applied to state that unexplained expenditure provisions cannot be invoked merely because the supplier's authenticity is doubted when the payment source is explained from disclosed accounts. On these facts, the addition for alleged bogus purchases was deleted and the Revenue challenge failed.
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