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Bogus Purchase vs Non-Genuine Purchase in Income Tax: Key Differences, Case Laws & Tax Impact

Income Tax : The issue concerns how purchase classification affects tax treatment. The key takeaway is that bogus purchases lead to full disall...

May 5, 2026 1263 Views 0 comment Print

Section 69C: Tribunal Rulings on Unexplained expenditure (Bogus Purchases)

Income Tax : Courts have clarified that purchases cannot be disallowed without proper evidence. Genuine transactions supported by documents can...

March 30, 2026 2727 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Fails Due to Wrong Use of Section 69 for Recorded Purchases with out book rejection

Income Tax : ITAT held that section 69 cannot be invoked where purchases are duly recorded in books and paid through banking channels, making t...

December 21, 2025 1611 Views 0 comment Print

Purchases cannot be fully disallowed merely on suspicion & supplier deficiencies: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that purchases cannot be fully disallowed merely on suspicion and supplier deficiencies. The issue was remanded ...

December 18, 2025 1251 Views 0 comment Print

Decoding ‘Bogus Purchases’ with Comprehensive Analysis from Income Tax Perspective

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 ...

July 17, 2023 42819 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


DGGI Gurugram Busts Major Fake Entities Racket, Preventing Rs. 1,124.66 Crore Tax Fraud

Goods and Services Tax : DGGI in Gurugram has successfully dismantled a massive network of fake entities involved in fraudulent tax practices. The operatio...

June 23, 2023 2043 Views 0 comment Print

DGGI Gurugram Exposes ITC Fraud Scheme Involving Shell Entities Worth Rs 863 Crore

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....

June 16, 2023 1593 Views 0 comment Print

CGST Navi Mumbai arrests one for availing & passing on fake ITC

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...

August 22, 2022 1191 Views 0 comment Print

CGST Bhiwandi arrests 2 persons for bogus invoices of Rs. 55 crore

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 ...

August 22, 2022 1263 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department detects bogus purchases of around Rs. 250 crore

Income Tax : Income Tax Department conducts search operations in West Bengal The Income Tax Department initiated search operation in the case o...

December 11, 2021 3099 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Bombay HC Deletes Penalty as Bogus Purchase Addition Was Based on Estimation

Income Tax : Bombay High Court held penalty under Section 271(1)(c) cannot survive where bogus purchase addition is sustained only on an estima...

July 4, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Restricts Bogus Purchase Addition as Only Profit Element Can Be Taxed

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...

July 3, 2026 162 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus Purchase Questions Left Open After Revenue Appeal Rejected for Low Tax Effect

Income Tax : The High Court declined to examine bogus purchase issues after holding the Revenue's appeal not maintainable due to low tax effect...

July 2, 2026 138 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Upholds 6% Addition as Bogus Purchase Estimation Was Based on Concurrent Findings

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court upheld the Tribunal's estimation of 6% on disputed purchases, holding that concurrent findings of fact warr...

June 30, 2026 225 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Upholds 5% Bogus Purchase Addition for Lack of Independent Enquiry

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court held that the Assessing Officer relied only on information from the Maharashtra Sales Tax Department withou...

June 30, 2026 150 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Guidelines to strengthen GST registration application verification process

Goods and Services Tax : The Ministry of Finance, Government of India, recently released Instruction No. 03/2023-GST, dated 14th June, 2023, outlining stri...

June 14, 2023 7578 Views 0 comment Print

Fake GST registrations & bogus invoices – Govt Meeting for policy measures

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...

June 13, 2023 1053 Views 0 comment Print

Instructions to Prevent Fake Taxpayers and Bogus Invoicing under GST

Goods and Services Tax : Instructions to ensure careful handling of registration, cancellation, and revocation of registration processes for fake taxpayers...

May 10, 2023 7116 Views 0 comment Print

TNGST Act, 2017- Identification and prevention of bill traders

Goods and Services Tax : Our experience shows that the bill traders after getting registrations, issue invoices without supply of goods or services for hug...

June 7, 2022 3387 Views 0 comment Print

Non-filer assessment orders under GST in cases of non-existent/genuine taxpayers

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...

February 25, 2022 14979 Views 1 comment Print


Bogus Purchase- Mere Adjustment in Purchase without disturbing Sales not Justified

November 7, 2015 2060 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT vs Advert Communication ( ITAT Delhi) 1.If addition has to be made for bogus purchases then sales should also be disturbed ; 2.Until and unless both parties don’t confirm the cessation of liability then addition cannot be made u/s 41(1); 3.

Availment of Cenvat Credit Based on Bogus Invoices of Car Dealers by Insurance Companies

August 10, 2015 2156 Views 0 comment Print

Chennai Zonal Unit of the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence Conducts Investigation under Summons Against 16 Insurance Companies Engaged in Providing Motor-Vehicle Insurance Policies, for Wrongly Availing Cenvat Credit to the Tune of Rs. 1200-2500 Crore on the Bogus Invoices of the Car Dealers.

Addition for Bogus Purchases based on mere Assumptions not justified

April 2, 2015 3561 Views 0 comment Print

Further, it is not the case of the assessing officer that the assessee has indulged in accounting of bogus purchases. When the assessee submitted that he could not have effected the sales without making corresponding purchases, the AO has taken the view that the assessee could have effected purchases in the grey market, which conclusion is, in fact, not supported by any material.

AO can not treat purchase as Bogus merely because Supplier is declared Hawala dealer by Sales tax Department

April 2, 2015 6694 Views 0 comment Print

In this case AO has made the addition as some of the suppliers of the assessee were declared Hawala dealer by the Sales tax Department. This may be a good reason for making further investigation but the AO did not make any further investigation and merely completed the assessment on suspicion

Purchase cannot be treated Bogus based merely on the basis of statements given before Sales tax department

April 2, 2015 3268 Views 0 comment Print

AO was not justified in making the addition on the basis of statements given by the third parties before the Sales Tax Department, without conducting any other investigation. In the instant case also, the assessing officer has made the impugned addition on the basis of statements given by the parties before the Sales tax department.

Only net profit on unaccounted sales can be taken as income if Purchase in duly accounted

February 15, 2015 9753 Views 0 comment Print

Entire sales which are unaccounted cannot be undisclosed income of the assessee, particularly as the purchase had been accounted for. It was held that only net profit which would arise on such unaccounted sales can rightly be taken as the amount which could be added to the Respondent ­Assessee’s income for the purpose of tax.

Bogus purchases – Transaction with Hawala Party not necessarily mean all transaction of Assessee with him are bogus or sham

January 12, 2015 4081 Views 0 comment Print

DR strongly supported the order of the AO that prima facie, the basis of addition was the statement of the survyed parties wherein it was accepted that they were providing accommodation transaction, and therefore the entries recorded were sham.

Purchases cannot be treated as bogus for none traceability of suppliers

September 10, 2014 9725 Views 0 comment Print

The question pertains to the purchases made by the assessee-respondent. On account of unverifiable purchases, the Assessing Officer made additions to the tune of Rs. 1.27 crores. He was of the opinion that none of the parties could be located and therefore, such purchases were held to be bogus.

Purchases cannot be bogus for mere listing of supplier as hawala dealer

August 25, 2014 30730 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai has in the case of Shri Rajeev G. Kalathil Vs. DCIT held that Purchases can not be termed as bogus by the AO merely because the supplier was listed as a hawala dealer by the Vat authorities.

Why is Maharashtra States Businessmen’s mood OFF? It’s due to issues of MVAT SETOFF.

August 25, 2014 4769 Views 0 comment Print

Businessmen of Maharashtra State are facing a question, whether they should purchase goods from Maharashtra or not? It seems that due to provisions of MVAT Setoff carrying out business in Maharashtra has become difficult.

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