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2021 (3) TMI 874
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....fficer considering the submissions of the assessee treated purchases of Rs. 3,47,717/- for the A.Y. 2010-11 and Rs. 5,79,545/- for the A.Y. 2011-12 made from Pravin Trading Company as non-genuine on the basis of the information received from Sales Tax Department, Mumbai that assessee has received accommodation entries from the parties as mentioned in the Assessment Order without making any purchases but made purchases only in gray market. The Assessing Officer treated such purchases from as non-genuine as the assessee could not produce the party and also could not establish the movement of goods. However, the Assessing Officer estimated the profit element from non-genuine purchases at 12.5% and brought to tax an amount of Rs. 85,734/- and Rs. 72,443/- out of purchases of Rs. 3,47,717/- and Rs. 5,79,545/- for the A.Y. 2010-11 and 2011-12 respectively. The assessee accepted the estimation of profit element from non-genuine purchases made by the Assessing Officer and no further appeal has been preferred. Subsequently, Assessing Officer initiated penalty proceedings and levied penalty of Rs. 1,33,940/- and Rs. 67,152/- u/s. 271(1)(c) of the Act for the A.Y. 2010-11 and 2011-12 respecti....
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....urnishing of inaccurate particulars of income. Thus we direct the Assessing Officer to delete the penalty levied u/s. 271(1)(c) of the Act." 7. Similarly, in the case of DCIT v. Manohar Manak, Alloys Pvt. Ltd. in ITA No. 5586/MUM/2015 dated 16.01.2017 the Coordinate Bench held as under:- "9. We have heard the rival parties and carefully considered material placed before us including the order of the authorities below. We find from the assessment order that the AO has made an addition of Rs. 45,76,587/- being 5% on total purchases on estimated basis in order to bring the bogus purchases to tax on the basis of information received from the third party i.e. State Sales Tax Department and DDIT(Inv) V(I), Mumbai which was not challenged by the assessee before the FAA and attained finality. Thereafter the AO levied penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) of the Act on the ground that the assessee did not challenge the assessment order and accepted additions so made thereby accepting the concealment of income. We find from the record that the additions as made by the AO was a pure estimate and nothing concrete as to bogus purchases were brought on records by the AO by making any further enquiries or in....
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....has taken note of the fact that no sales could be effected without purchases. He has further placed reliance on the decision rendered by Hon'ble Gujarat High Court in the case of CIT Vs. M.K. Brothers (163 ITR 249). He has further relied upon the decision rendered by the Tribunal in the case of ITO Vs. Premanand (2008)(25 SOT 11)(Jodh), wherein it has been held that where the AO has made addition merely on the basis of observations made by the Sales tax dept and has not conducted any independent enquiries for making the addition especially in a case where the assessee has discharged its primary onus of showing books of account, payment by way of account payee cheque and producing vouchers for sale of goods, such an addition could not be sustained. The Ld. CIT(A) has also appreciated the contentions of the assessee that he was not provided with an opportunity to cross examine the sellers, which is required to be given as per the decision of Hon'ble Kerala High Court in the case of Ponkunnam Traders (: 83 ITR 508 & 102 ITR 366). Accordingly, the Ld. CIT(A) has deleted the impugned addition. On a careful perusal of the decision rendered by Ld. CIT(A) would show that the first ....
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....he Act could be imposed because the assessee's income on estimate basis keeping in view his household expenses as well as the statement of accretion to his assets during the year under consideration, was bona fide. The Assessing Officer did not accept the reply and found that since the assessee had not filed any fresh evidence in penalty proceedings to prove that there was no attempt on his part to conceal his income, he, by his order dated March 10, 1992, imposed a penalty of Rs. 50,000. Feeling aggrieved by this order, the assessee filed an appeal before the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals), Patiala, who allowed the same holding that there was indeed no positive evidence whatever to show that the appellant's income during the year in question was, in fact, more than the income returned by him and that estimated additions in the returned income do not attract penalty under Section 271(1)(c) of the Act. The Revenue went up in appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal which was allowed by order dated May 30, 2001. It is against this order that the present appeal has been filed which raises the aforesaid question of law. 4. In order to attract Clause (c) of Sectio....