Monday, April 13, 2015

Section 69A, read with sections 132 and 158BB, of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Unexplained moneys (Seized documents

IT : Where Assessing Officer made addition to assessee's income on basis of a document seized in course of search, in view of fact that document seized was both undated and unsigned and even taken at face value did not lead to further enquiry on behalf of Assessing Officer, impugned order of Tribunal deleting addition was to be confirmed
IT : Where Assessing Officer in course of block assessment proceedings made addition in respect of unexplained investment relating to purchase of property, in absence of any incriminating evidence with respect to payment over and above reported amount, addition so made deserved to be deleted
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[2015] 56 taxmann.com 7 (Delhi)
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Commissioner of Income-tax-XIV
v.
Vivek Aggarwal*
S. RAVINDRA BHAT AND R. K. GAUBA, JJ.
IT APPEAL NOS. 66 TO 69 & 75 TO 77 OF 2014†
FEBRUARY  9, 2015
I Section 69A, read with sections 132 and 158BB, of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Unexplained moneys (Seized documents) - Block assessment years 2001-02 to 2007-08 - A search was carried out at assessee's premises in course of which Assessing Officer seized certain letters/e-mail - On basis of said documents, Assessing Officer made addition to assessee's income on account of undisclosed salary - Commissioner (Appeals) as well as Tribunal deleted addition holding that in absence of any corroborative material to link such e-mail letter or its contents with assessee, inference that some additional income was earned by him by way of salary, was incorrectly drawn - Whether since document seized was both undated and unsigned and even taken at face value did not lead to further enquiry on behalf of Assessing Officer, impugned order of Tribunal deleting addition was to be confirmed - Held, yes [Para 13] [In favour of assessee]
II - Section 69, read with section 158BB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Unexplained investments (Purchase of property) - Block assessment years 2001-02 to 2007-08 - Assessee purchased a property for a consideration of Rs. 3.70 lakh - During course of block assessment proceedings, Assessing Officer rejected transaction value and referred matter to AVO who in his report valued property at Rs. 10.65 lakh - Accordingly, addition of Rs. 6.95 lakh was made to assessee's income - Tribunal, however, set aside said addition - Whether in absence of any incriminating evidence with respect to payment over and above reported amount, it could not be concluded that transaction relating to property in question was undervalued, and, therefore, impugned order deleting addition was to be confirmed - Held, yes [Para 17] [In favour of assessee]

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