2011 (12) TMI 39

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....the assessee was entitled to claim deduction u/s.80IB in respect of the unit at Pondicherrys even though the assessee had not complied with the mandatory provision for filing the Audit Report in Form 10CCB in support of the claim as stipulated in Section 80IB(13) r/w.Sec.80IA(7) of the Act, by observing that it was enough if the Audit Report was filed before the assessment was completed?   2. Whether on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal was right in deleting the addition of Rs.1,20,00,000/- made u/s.68 by the Assessing Officer being unexplained share application money credited in the assessee's books of account even though the assessing officer had established by thorough investigation t....

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....f audit report in Form 10CCB is mandatory, it is well settled by a number of judicial precedents that before the assessment is completed, the declaration could be filed. In fact, the said issue came to be decided by the Karnataka High Court in the case in THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX AND ANOTHER vs. ACE MULTITAXES SYSTEMS (P) LTD. (2009) 317 ITR 207(Karnataka), wherein it was held that when a relief is sought for under Section 80IB of the Act, there is no obligation on the part of the assessee to file return accompanied by the audit report, thereby, holding that the same is not mandatory. Therefore, it is clear that before the assessment is completed if such report is filed, no fault could be found against the assessee. That was also the ....