Courier operator transshipping imported goods via designated air carrier, under transshipment bonds and strict Customs supervision, approved until 17....
Whether unexplained cash deposits could be bifurcated and subjected to best judgment addition under section 144: Tribunal found bifurcation unjustified because the assessee's sole source of deposits was business receipts from trading in cement and iron-highly competitive commodities-so there was no rational basis for segregating half the deposits as unexplained; consequence: separate addition of unexplained cash deposits set aside. Appropriate profit rate to estimate business income: applying commercial realities and comparable profit standards, Tribunal directed AO to adopt a 6% profit rate on entire receipts and recompute income; appeal partly allowed. - ITAT
Whether unexplained cash deposits could be bifurcated and subjected to best judgment addition under section 144: Tribunal found bifurcation unjustified because the assessee's sole source of deposits was business receipts from trading in cement and iron-highly competitive commodities-so there was no rational basis for segregating half the deposits as unexplained; consequence: separate addition of unexplained cash deposits set aside. Appropriate profit rate to estimate business income: applying commercial realities and comparable profit standards, Tribunal directed AO to adopt a 6% profit rate on entire receipts and recompute income; appeal partly allowed. - ITAT
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