Authentication of paper assessment orders upheld, while qualifying repairs, consumables and vendor advance write-offs remain deductible business claim...
Transaction value cannot be rejected solely on non-statutory valuation guidelines without corroborative evidence supporting reassessment of final cust...
Cross-examination rights and corroborated evidence limit customs penalties for misdeclaration in genuine import transactions involving documented clea...
Tariff classification of vehicle gear components follows the specific gearing entry, displacing motor-vehicle parts classification and related liabili...
Reopening under reassessment must stand or fall on the recorded reasons; where the basis was an alleged reduction in closing work in progress, the Court held that this did not disclose escapement of income because a lower closing work in progress would reduce profit rather than create taxable income. After the assessee pointed out this defect, the Assessing Officer could not sustain the notice by shifting to a new allegation of suppression of sales or other income. The consistent method of valuing closing work in progress had also not been unsettled earlier. The notice and the order rejecting objections were quashed.
Reopening under reassessment must stand or fall on the recorded reasons; where the basis was an alleged reduction in closing work in progress, the Court held that this did not disclose escapement of income because a lower closing work in progress would reduce profit rather than create taxable income. After the assessee pointed out this defect, the Assessing Officer could not sustain the notice by shifting to a new allegation of suppression of sales or other income. The consistent method of valuing closing work in progress had also not been unsettled earlier. The notice and the order rejecting objections were quashed.
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