The ITAT upheld the addition of Rs. 1.60 crores as business...

The ITAT upheld the addition of Rs. 1.60 crores as business income surrendered during the survey, confirming suppression of scrap sale proceeds linked to the assessee's manufacturing activity. The Tribunal affirmed the CIT(A)'s deletion of additions totaling Rs. 34,51,288 arising from seized documents and unsecured loans, as the assessee satisfactorily demonstrated the genuineness and source of these transactions with supporting evidence. However, the extrapolation of unexplained wages and salary payments beyond the survey date was disallowed; the Tribunal restricted additions to the period up to 08.10.2018, consistent with documentary proof and judicial precedents. Consequently, the addition of Rs. 1,02,10,256/- on this account was deleted. The appeal was partly allowed, sustaining the survey-related income addition but deleting other contested additions.

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