ACIT vs. Shri Damodar Dass Batra (ITAT Delhi) – The Ld. CIT (A) has erred in deleting the addition of Rs. 11,23,263/- made by the A.O. without considering the fact that these commission expenses are bogus and fictitious and could not be fully substantiated by the assessee.
ITAT Delhi has held in the case of Smiti Golyan Vs. ITO that As per provisions of sec. 48 of the I.T. Act in case of acquisition of the property by way of gift or inheritance the cost of acquisition of the property will be the same as in the hands of the original owner/ transferor/donor.
The issue is as to whether the payment in question can be termed as commission paid for rendering services by the bank to the assessee for the recovery of the bill amount and so, whether TDS was deductible thereon u/s 194H and whether non-compliance thereof has rightly resulted
It is well settled that in 153A/C assessments additions cannot be made unless they are based on any incriminating material or inquiries based on such material. It clearly emerges from record that there is neither reference nor reliance on any incriminating material.
There cannot be any dispute with the legal contention of the learned counsel that the reimbursement of the expenses can never be income. Hon’ble Jurisdictional High Court has also held that the reimbursement of expenses can under no circumstances
Ld. Counsel of the assessee submitted that the assessee has not been given proper opportunity of being heard. He submitted that the assessment order was passed on 28.12.2007. He submitted that the query in this regard came from the Assessing Officer on 20.12.2007.
For any RNBC registered with RBI engaged in the business of mobilizing deposits, it is well nigh impossible to insist on the depositor to submit documents to establish creditworthiness of the prospective depositors before accepting the deposit.
The fact that there is a short deduction of tax in the present case where it was linked with the performance incentive paid to the employee on the basis of achievement of fixed percentage, the estimated TDS deducted in a bona fide manner as per the settled legal position cannot be faulted with.
When in the electronic filing of the return there is no provision for filing of the balance sheet, then non-furnishing of the balance sheet cannot lead to the presumption that there was no cash in hand with the assessee.
Investigation Wing informed the Assessing Officer of the assessee that they have carried out large scale investigation to unearth a huge racket including accommodation entry providers. Such entry providers found to be involved in giving accommodation entries in the form of bogus gifts/loans/share capital money etc.
