| COURT: | ITAT Mumbai |
| CORAM: | Amit Shukla (JM), B. R. Baskaran (AM) |
| SECTION(S): | 68 |
| GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
| CATCH WORDS: | unexplained cash credit |
| COUNSEL: | A. K. Lal |
| DATE: | March 25, 2015 (Date of pronouncement) |
| DATE: | April 15, 2015 (Date of publication) |
| AY: | 2005-06 |
| FILE: | Click here to download the file in pdf format |
| CITATION: | |
| S. 68: Only credits received during the year can be assessed as unexplained cash credits. Credits of earlier years, even if unexplained, cannot be assessed | |
Section 68 stipulates that any unexplained sum found credited in the books of the assessee for any previous year, then the same may be taxed as income of the assessee for that previous year. Thus, section 68 can only be invoked if the loan has been taken or the sums have been credited in the books in the relevant previous year for which assessment is being made and not the loans taken in the earlier years. From the income tax records, it is evident that this loan is coming forward from last several years and is reflected in the balance sheet of the assessee filed for the earlier years along with the return of income. All these records are available with the assessing officer. The mistake apparent from record does not mean the assessment order itself but the records which are available with the assessing officer. Though the assessee could not furnish the confirmation of the loan and other evidences but such a loan could not have been added in the A.Y. 2005-06 as the same was taken in the earlier years and is being carried forward. In this year it is appearing balance of the current year. Thus, legally such an addition could not sustained in this year and therefore addition made by AO u/s 68 is a legal mistake, which can be rectified within the ambit and provisions of section 154.
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