Customer trade advances and jewellery job-work refunds vs s.68, plus demonetisation cash deposits u/s69A-additions deleted
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....Credits treated as unexplained cash credits under s.68 were examined to determine whether they were trade advances. Where advances were received from customers (mostly through banking channels) and subsequently adjusted against sales invoices within a reasonable time, the credits were held to be genuine trade advances and not "loan creditors"; hence no enquiry into customer creditworthiness was required and the additions were deleted. Refund of excess labour advance from a goldsmith, recorded against job-work bills and received in cash consistent with trade practice, was held explained and the s.68 addition was deleted. Cash receipts from credit sales were not taxable under s.68 merely for alleged non-collection of TCS since s.206C(1D) was .........
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