Computation of closing stock - Merely because the assessee...

Computation of closing stock - Merely because the assessee agreed even after the retrieval stock included in the closing stock and considered for computation income in this Assessment year, then the department has no jurisdiction to tax that income in this assessment year, since legally such income do not gone out of income declared by the assessee. Therefore, the same income cannot be taxed twice by the Department. There cannot be any estoppel against statute. Article 265 of the Constitution of India in unmistakable terms provides that no tax shall be levied or collected except by the authority of law. Acquiescence cannot take away from a party relief the that he is entitled to where the tax, levied or collected without authority of law. - AT