Typo Can’t Create a Bogus Creditor: ITAT Deletes Rs. 2.02 Cr Addition

Atul Jindal Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) Assessee, proprietor of Usha Impex, declared income of Rs.42,83,680/-. Original assessment u/s 143(3) completed on 15.11.2016. PCIT revised the order u/s 263 on 25.03.2019 on the ground that a sundry creditor of Rs.2,02,00,000/- standing in the name of M/s Emkay Industries Ltd. was not properly verified. AO thereafter passed reassessment order u/s 143(3) r.w.s. 263 on 22.12.2019 treating the credit as unexplained u/s 68. CIT(A)/NFAC upheld the addition, primarily influenced by a clerical spelling variation in the ledger where the name was written as “Emm ...