Whether distinct NP rates applied to separate businesses: AO...

Whether distinct NP rates applied to separate businesses: AO applied a uniform 8% NP rate to both iron-scrap and livestock sales without any intelligible differentia; books of account contained no pointed defects. Tribunal accepted CIT(A)'s reliance on comparable assessments showing NP rates of 0.15-0.23% for livestock turnover and held that differential cost structures warrant a lower NP rate for animal sales; consequently the 0.22% NP rate was applied to livestock/animal sales and the AO's uniform 8% determination was set aside - ITAT