2025 (8) TMI 1681

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....r by ignoring the statement recorded on oath in which it was admitted that commission was @2%. 3. The facts in brief are that the assessee filed its return of income on 29.09.2015 declaring total income at Rs. 2,26,210/-, which was processed u/s. 143(1) of the Act on 28.01.2016. The case of the assessee was reopened u/s. 147 of the Act by issuing notice u/s. 148 of the Act on 24.03.2021 after the approval of the competent authority. A survey action u/s. 133A of the Act was conducted on 03.12.2019 by the Investigation Wing, Mumbai on the assessee. During the course of investigation, it was found that the syndicate of share brokers and entries operators were providing accommodation entries of bogus profit/loss to various entities, in lieu of....

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....e appellant company acted as a registered share broker. The appellant company has income from trading in securities. In the present case, information was received by the AO from the Investigation wing. Mumbai that the assessee was involved in providing accommodation entry to the beneficiaries in the form of awarding bogus LTCG or Bogus trading loss in synchronized trading through equity options segment in BSE in lieu of commission. On account of the said fact, the investigation wing. Mumbai conducted a survey under Section 133A of the Act on the office premises of the assessee on 03.12.2019. On the same date similar surveys were also conducted upon several other stock brokers. 6.2.2. It is observed that at the time of the said survey, the....

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....stating that the appellant had failed to respond to the show-cause notices and notices issued under Section 142(1) of the Income Tax Act. The AO further justified the addition based on the recorded statements. Subsequently, on 10.01.2025, the appellant filed a rejoinder to the remand report, alleging that the AO did not address the explanations provided in the appellant's submissions. Instead, the AO reached a conclusion in a generalized manner, asserting that the addition was made based on the facts of the case, without addressing the specific details presented. 6.2.4. The appellant in the rejoinder to the remand report also stated that if the AO wants to make addition based on the statement recorded during the survey, then the same ....

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....r has assessed the commission income at different rates. He has further observed that the estimation made by the Assessing Officer was not based on any relevant material. He has further observed that the assessee had given details of entire modus operandi followed by him and pointed out names of key persons who obtained clients from him with regard to bogus trades. That the Assessing Officer has accepted every part of the statement of Shri Arun Shah recorded in survey action but ignored the statement, wherein, he had stated that the assessee had received commission income @ 0.1% only. 4. After hearing the rival submissions, we find that the order of the CIT(A) is well-reasoned and we do not find any reason to interfere with the same, in v....