Claim for depreciation - Where required particulars have not been furnished

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....tax Officer because books of account produced were not properly maintained and it was necessary to estimate profits by invoking the proviso to section 13 of the 1922 Act. The course generally followed in such cases was to estimate the net income. The decision of the appellate authorities in such cases that the mere fact that net profits had been estimated could not be a ground for saying that depr....

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....d subject to the allowance for depreciation and the depreciation allowance should be deducted therefrom. 3. Even where best judgment is made, the above procedure should be adopted provided the required particulars have been furnished by the assessee. In cases where required particulars have not been furnished by the assessee and no claim for depreciation has been made in the return, the Income-ta....