Income Tax : The issue concerns how purchase classification affects tax treatment. The key takeaway is that bogus purchases lead to full disall...
Income Tax : Courts have clarified that purchases cannot be disallowed without proper evidence. Genuine transactions supported by documents can...
Income Tax : ITAT held that section 69 cannot be invoked where purchases are duly recorded in books and paid through banking channels, making t...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that purchases cannot be fully disallowed merely on suspicion and supplier deficiencies. The issue was remanded ...
Income Tax : bogus purchases is a arisen, there has not been a consistent approach of different courts, as facts are not found similar in such ...
Goods and Services Tax : DGGI in Gurugram has successfully dismantled a massive network of fake entities involved in fraudulent tax practices. The operatio...
Goods and Services Tax : DGGI Gurugram unmasked an Input Tax Credit fraud operation with 461 shell entities, causing a loss of Rs. 863 crore to exchequer....
Goods and Services Tax : CGST Navi Mumbai arrests one person for availing and passing on fake ITC on bogus invoices On 18th August 2022, the Proprietor/ma...
Goods and Services Tax : CGST Bhiwandi Commissionerate arrests two persons for availing and passing on fake ITC on bogus invoices of Rs. 55 crore Officers ...
Income Tax : Income Tax Department conducts search operations in West Bengal The Income Tax Department initiated search operation in the case o...
Income Tax : Bombay High Court held penalty under Section 271(1)(c) cannot survive where bogus purchase addition is sustained only on an estima...
Income Tax : ITAT held that where sales are accepted, the entire purchase amount cannot be added. The addition was restricted to 8% as the embe...
Income Tax : The High Court declined to examine bogus purchase issues after holding the Revenue's appeal not maintainable due to low tax effect...
Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court upheld the Tribunal's estimation of 6% on disputed purchases, holding that concurrent findings of fact warr...
Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court held that the Assessing Officer relied only on information from the Maharashtra Sales Tax Department withou...
Goods and Services Tax : The Ministry of Finance, Government of India, recently released Instruction No. 03/2023-GST, dated 14th June, 2023, outlining stri...
Goods and Services Tax : Government of India has noticed instances of fake GST registrations and issuance of bogus invoices leading to revenue loss. A meet...
Goods and Services Tax : Instructions to ensure careful handling of registration, cancellation, and revocation of registration processes for fake taxpayers...
Goods and Services Tax : Our experience shows that the bill traders after getting registrations, issue invoices without supply of goods or services for hug...
Goods and Services Tax : Assessment of return non-filers u/s 62 is done as a measure to ensure filing of return. However, the taxpayers are' detected as no...
Ashoka Buildcon Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Pune) It is observed that the assessee allegedly purchased raw materials through the Hawala purchase bills and thereafter consumed the same in the power project In such a situation, it cannot be said that the entire amount of hawala purchase bills requires addition. The Hon‟ble jurisdictional High Court in […]
Raman Sood Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) On being seen ledger account of the seller of the goods in the relevant Financial year it is noted that there are no credits appearing in the said ledger as being no purchases from the said seller. No purchases made from the seller during the AYr. Under consideration. Evidentiary value […]
Supertech Forgings (India) Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Amritsar)Vs DCIT (ITAT Amritsar) Conclusion: Additions made for alleged bogus purchase bills by AO was not justified as AO had not applied his mind to the information received from the Investigating Wing and he had not provided the opportunity to cross examine a person whose statement was […]
The Income Tax Department carried out a search and seizure operation on 25.08.2021 on a group based in Maharashtra and Goa. The group is a prominent steel manufacturer and trader of Pune, Nashik, Ahmednagar and Goa. More than 44 premises were covered in the search operation.
Supertech Forgings (India) Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Amritsar) No addition in respect of bogus Purchases can be made during the year under consideration No addition in respect of bogus Purchases can be made during the year under consideration where the purchases made from the same parties have been accepted in subsequent year by Department. […]
Shri Kamal H. Shah Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Undisputedly, the assessee has failed to prove genuineness of purchases and the authenticity of the dealers in both the impugned assessment years. The notices sent to the dealers under section 133(6) of the Act on the addresses furnished by the assessee by the Assessing Officer were received […]
M/s. Vaghasiya Exports Vs Pr. CIT (ITAT Mumbai) Ld. AO was clinched with the issue of suspicious purchases made by the assessee from various entities of tainted group. In fact, it is the only addition made in the assessment order. Specific queries were raised requiring the assessee to substantiate the purchases under suspicion. The assessee […]
On the GST front, by innovating and using the recently introduced `RFID-Vehicle related Report’, an analysis of risky vehicles was undertaken by the officers of DGGI (SZU). The verification revealed that iron scrap was being supplied by existent but un-registered firms under the invoices for GST ITC of non-existent and bogus firms. Envelopes recovered from the drivers of the detained trucks contained the invoices of fake firms whose invoices are used for passing of ITC as well as the firms actually supplying the goods. The total ITC passed on by the above-mentioned non-existent firms is Rs. 14.48 Crore.
ACIT Vs Rishab Steel House (ITAT Mumbai) Since, Ld.CIT(A) followed the order of the Tribunal in assessee’s own case for the earlier as well as subsequent assessment years on identical issue and decided partly in favour of the assessee by directing the Assessing Officer to estimate the profit element in alleged non-genuine purchases at 5%, […]
Measures recommended by GST Council to curb fake dealers/invoice rackets notified – In-Person Verification Must For GST Registration. Identification of bogus dealers through data analytics and suspension. Mandatory 1% GST payment for those risky dealers and fly-by-night operators who show unusual large turnovers and have no financial credibility
