Actual Receipt of Money mandatory to invoke section 68

ITO Vs Zexus Air Services Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) It is an undisputed fact that there is no actual receipt of any cash by the assessee company in the instant case towards issue of share capital and such shares were issued in lieu of goodwill. In the instant case, the assessee has debited goodwill account of Rs.20 crores and, credited the same to share capital of Rs.20 crores wherein the shares were allotted to Shri Surinder Kumar Kaushik towards goodwill. It has been held in various decisions that the provisions of section 68 can be applied if there is an actual receipt of money by the assessee...