The tribunal ruled that statements of third parties cannot be relied upon unless the assessee is provided copies and allowed cross-examination. Denial of this right renders the additions legally untenable.
ITAT Delhi held that day of arrival should be excluded while computing number of stayed in India. Accordingly, the status of assessee is non-resident. Thus, the appeals of the assessee is allowed.
The Tribunal confirmed deletion of additions where the AO made no effort to verify consignees, transporters, or stock movement. Proper documentation and bank-received sale proceeds proved transaction genuineness.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition made on the basis of third-party WhatsApp chat without any incriminating material is unsustainable in law. Accordingly, order of CIT(A) upheld and appeal of revenue is dismissed.
The Tribunal examined whether lease rent and allied charges from an IT Park were business income or property income. It held that systematic commercial operation with integrated services warrants business income treatment.
The issue was whether section 68 could be invoked for alleged on-money payments absent direct evidence. The Tribunal ruled that in the absence of corroborative material, the addition must be deleted.
The issue was whether the full value of alleged bogus purchases could be added to income. The Tribunal upheld that only the profit element embedded in such purchases is taxable, not the entire purchase value.
The issue was whether a reassessment could be framed in the name of a company that had ceased to exist due to amalgamation. ITAT held such an assessment void ab initio, quashing the entire proceedings.
ITAT Mumbai deleted ₹20,000 yearly penalties where assessments under section 153C accepted returned income with no additions, holding notice non-compliance as merely technical.
ITAT Delhi affirmed direction of CIT(A) to take average of prices reported in Kingsman Publication report and New York Board of Trade [NYBOT] price after converting FOB as per Comparable Uncontrolled Price [CUP] for purpose of computing ALP on issue of import sugar.
