TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2017 (11) TMI 112
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....law and without obtaining requisite approval as per law and without complying with the other mandatory condition envisaged under the Act, more so when no incriminating material have been found as a result of search. 2. That having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, Ld. CIT(A) has erred in law and on facts in confirming the action of Ld. AO in making disallowance of Rs. 23,62,700/- u/s 40A(3) and that too without considering the submissions/evidences of the assessee, more so when such disallowance could not have been made in the proceedings u/s 153A of the Act. 3. That in any case and in any view of the matter, impugned disallowance and impugned assessment order are bad in law, illegal, unjustified, barred by limitation, contrary to facts & law and based upon recording of incorrect facts and finding, without giving adequate opportunity of hearing, in violation of principles of natural justice and the same deserves to be quashed. 4. That in any case and in any view of the matte action of Ld. CIT(A) in confirming the action of Ld. AO in framing the impugned assessment order is contrary to law and facts, void ab initio, beyond jurisdiction and the same is not s....
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.... assessee. It was submitted by him that addition can be made even in absence of incriminating material and he drew our attention to the paper book filed by the department on 22.11.216 wherein it was shown that various documents such as purchase deeds were seized during the time of search and he relied upon the following judgments of Hon'ble Delhi High Court for the proposition that addition can be made in absence of incriminating material :- -CIT vs. Smt. Dayawanti in 75 taxmann.com 308 (Delhi) -CIT vs. Sh. Anil Bhatia in 352 ITR 493 (Delhi) -CIT vs. Chetan Das Lachman Das in 25 taxmann.com 227 (Delhi). 7. Further, with regard to the other arguments of the learned Counsel for the assessee, it was submitted by the learned CIT-DR that disallowance under section 40A(3) can be made even when genuineness of payment is not doubted. Finally, he relied upon detailed findings of learned CIT (Appeals) and requested for upholding the same. 8. We have gone through the orders of the authorities below as well as the submissions made by both the sides before us. 9. The brief facts as culled out from the order of the authorities below are that search and seizure operation u/s 132 of th....
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.... Manchanda that there was incriminating material other than what has been discussed in the orders of the Assessing Officer, CIT (Appeals) and the ITAT for the assessment years in question. " 10. In the above said judgment, Hon'ble Delhi High Court has given these observations after considering law in detail in this regard and judgments relied upon by the learned CIT-DR have also been considered. 11. No contrary judgment has been placed before us by the revenue. Thus, we are bound by the decision of the Hon'ble jurisdictional High Court. Thus, the law that emerges before us is that no disallowance could have been made u/s 40A(3) in absence of any incriminating material discovered during the course of search. In the facts of the case before us, as is also clear from the perusal of the order passed by Assessing Officer as well as the learned CIT (Appeals), the impugned disallowance has been made only on the basis of inquires made during the course of assessment proceedings. It has also been contended by the Revenue that some purchase deeds were also seized during the course of search indicating purchase of land by the assessee. We have considered this argument also. The perusal of ....
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....inserted by Finance Act 1968 with the object of curbing expenditure in cash and to counter tax evasion. The CBDT Circular No. 6P dated 6.7.1968 reiterates this view that "this provision is designed to counter evasion of a tax through claims for expenditure shown to have been incurred in cash with a view to frustrating proper investigation by the department as to the identity of the payee and reasonableness of the payment." 4.4. In this regard, it is pertinent to get into the following decisions on the impugned subject :- Attar Singh Gurmukh Singh vs ITO reported in (1991) 191 ITR 667 (SC) "Section 40A(3) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, which provides that expenditure in excess of Rs. 2,500 (Rs.10,000 after the 1987 amendment) would be allowed to be deducted only if made by a crossed cheque or crossed bank draft (except in specified cases) is not arbitrary and does not amount to a restriction on the fundamental right to carry on business. If read together with Rule 6DD of the Income-tax Rules, 1962, it will be clear that the provisions are not intended to restrict business activities. There is no restriction on the assessee in his trading activities. Section 40A(3) only empowers t....
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....ssed cheque or bank draft but by hearer cheques and has computed the payments falling under provisions to Section 40A(3) for Rs. 78,45,580/- and disallowed @20% thereon Rs. 15,69,116/-. It is also made clear that without the payment being made by bearer cheque these goods could not have been procured and it would have hampered the supply of goods within the stipulated time. Therefore, the genuineness of the purchase has been accepted by the ld. CIT (Appeal) which has also not been disputed by the department as it appears from the order so passed by the learned Tribunal. It further appears from the assessment order that neither the Assessing Officer nor the CIT(Appeal) has disbelieved the genuineness of the transaction. There was no dispute that the purchases were genuine. " Anupam Tele Services vs ITO in (2014) 43 taxmann.com 199 (Guj) "Section 40A(3) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, read with rule 6DD of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 - Business disallowance - Cash payment exceeding prescribed limits (Rule 6DD(j)-Assessment year 2006-07 Assessee was working as an agent of Tata Tele Services Limited for distributing mobile cards and recharge vouchers - Principal company Tata insisted th....
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....ase of CTO vs Swastik Roadways reported in (2004) 3 SCC 640 had held that the consequences of non-compliance of Madhyapradesh Sales Tax Act, which were intended to check the evasion and avoidance of sales tax were significantly harsh. The court whileupholding the constitutional validity negated the existence of a mensrea as a condition necessary for levy of penalty for non-compliance with such technical provisions required held that "in the consequence to follow there must be nexus between the consequence that befall for non-compliance with such provisions intended for preventing the tax evasion with the object of provision before the consequence can be inflicted upon the defaulter." The Supreme Court has opined that the existence of nexus between the tax evasion by the owner of the goods and the failure of C & F agent to furnish information required by the Commissioner is implicit in section 57(2) and the assessing authority concerned has to necessarily record a finding to this effect before levying penalty u/s. 57(2). Though in the instant case, the issue involved is not with regard to the levy of penalty, but the requirement of law to be followed by the assessee was of as tec....