ITAT allowed assessee's appeal and deleted additions made under...

ITAT allowed assessee's appeal and deleted additions made under sections 68 and 69C read with section 115BBE based on loose documents seized from assessee's residence. The seized documents contained credit limits and financial details of various group concerns under 'Homeland Group' rather than assessee's personal transactions. During remand proceedings, it was established that entries in loose sheets matched books of accounts of respective group concerns. ITAT accepted assessee's contention that documents related to contemplated borrowings to address group's financial crisis, some of which materialized and were properly recorded. Since assessee had no business income, maintained no personal books, and no unexplained assets were found during survey, ITAT concluded transactions belonged to group concerns, not assessee personally.

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