Corroborative evidence for penny-stock additions: alleged undisclosed income and estimated profits failed without substantive proof.

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....Undisclosed-income additions for penny-stock transactions cannot rest solely on Investigation Wing information where recorded share purchases and sales show a loss and no substantive or corroborative evidence establishes unaccounted income. The ITAT therefore deleted that addition. It also deleted an estimated-profit addition for alleged share dealings: the taxpayer denied the transactions, and estimating profit from alleged turnover without substantive supporting material amounted to assumption, presumption and speculation. Both additions failed for lack of substantive and corroborative evidence.....