Tribunal held that there was no banking facility and assessee had also furnished certificates obtained from two Village administrative Officers to substantiate that areas, where quarries of assessee were Located were not serviced by any bank within 15 Km. radius. Accordingly he disallowance is held to be not justified. Tribunal also held that as the expenditure incurred on cash is not verifiable, 5 % of cash expenses exceeding Rs. 20,000 was confirmed. (AY. 2012-13)
Kempsz Trading (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2020) 182 ITD 236 (Bang.) (Trib.)
S. 40A(3) : Expenses or payments not deductible-Cash payments exceeding prescribed limits-No banking facility was available at quarry site-Disallowance is held to be not justified-Cash expenditure-Disallowance is restricted to 5% of cash expenditure exceeding Rs. 20,000. [R. 6DD]