The AO had made the addition on the ground that the assessee’s purchases were found to be bogus. The entire purchase amount was therefore, added to the assessee’s income. The Tribunal, however, restricted to the said sum of Rs.2,21,600/-. The Tribunal recorded that the AO has not rejected either the purchases or the sales made out of the said purchases. The Tribunal therefore, was of the opinion that the addition should be restricted to 10% of the total purchases. On appeal the High Court held that the Tribunal held that the Department had not rejected the instance of the purchases since the sales out of purchase of such raw material was accounted for and accepted. With above position, the Tribunal applied the principle of taxing the profit embedded in such purchases covered by the bogus bills, instead of disallowing the entire expenditure. Accordingly the order of Tribunal is affirmed . ( ITA No. 413 of 2017, dt. 15.07.2019) ( AY. 2005 -06)
PCIT v. Paramshakti Distributors Pvt. Ltd. (Bom)(HC), www.itatonline.org
S. 37(1): Business expenditure- Cash credits- Bogus purchases-Despite admission by the assessee that the purchases were mere accommodation entries, the entire expenditure cannot be disallowed. Only the profit embedded in the purchases covered by the bogus bills can be taxed. The GP rate disclosed by the assessee cannot be disturbed in the absence of incriminating material to discard the book results. [ S.68, 69, 143(3) ]