Partnership Deed on Inadequate Stamp Paper Leads to AOP Classification; Firm's Genuine Existence Recognized by Revenue Department.

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....Status of the partnership firm treated as AOP - partnership deed is executed on an inadequate stamp paper - Department is accepting all the genuineness of existence of the partnership firm and only for this technical aspect of deed executed in the lessor denomination stamp paper has framed the assessment treating the assessee as AOP. Revenue Authorities may call upon the assessee in due course for rectification of this technical defect. In the totality of facts and circumstances and on examination of this issue as afore-stated, we are of the considered view that the assessee is duly constituted partnership firm. - AT....