ITAT Ahmedabad rules that cost of improvement to make a house livable qualifies for capital gains deduction. Penalty on disallowed expenses also canceled.
In the matter abovementioned ITAT remanded the matter to CIT (A) after observing that no proper opportunity was given to assessee and assessee was able to substantiate the additions made by AO if opportunity may be granted.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition under section 68 towards cash credits not justified since evidences clearly demonstrates that cash deposits and credit entries are through agricultural income. Accordingly, addition deleted and appeal allowed.
Held that no opportunity was allowed to the assessee by the Ld. CIT(A) (NFAC) before passing this ex-parte order. Thus, the order passed by the CIT(A) is in gross violation to the principle of natural justice.
IT Department during demonetization (from November 9, 2016, to December 30,2016) identified various individuals who had deposited substantial sums of cash, under the initiative “Operation Clean Money”.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition u/s. 56(2)(vii)(b)(ii) of the Income Tax Act justified due to difference stamp duty value of the property and sale consideration. Accordingly, appeal of the assessee allowed.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that interest income earned from business activity is classifiable as business income and accordingly, relevant expenses allowed as deduction. Hence, appeal of the assessee allowed.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that interest received by co-operative society from SBI, which is a Nationalized Bank, is not allowable as per the section 80(P) of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, AO directed to carry out proper adjudication and verification.
The assessee earned income from selling milk and filed her return for AY 2017-18 declaring income of Rs.1,78,110/-. The case was selected for limited scrutiny with the reason of “large value cash deposits during demonetization period as compared to returned income”.
Before ITAT it was submitted that AO determined the total income/revised income as Rs.12,84,93,150/-. Thus the assessed income is lesser than the returned income of Rs.13.30 crores.
