disallowance of purchases

Assessee is filing return of income  and declare profit u/s 44AD. Notice u/s 148 received alleging that you have a bogus purchase from M/s X and why it should not be disallowed and profit declared by assessee shall be incoease by bogus purchase amount. He contended that since purchase is bogus and is considered in arriving net profit at 8%, hence profit will increase by amount of bogus purchase. Please comment.

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  Bogus purchases and sale

Assessee firm M/S. ABC  is partnership firm engaged in the business of trading of goods. During the search with another co, it is found that purchases effected by the co from partnership firm are not supported by Movement of goods, and the E way bill and toll receipt, and therefore AO considered the same as bogus purchases. On this ground the AO has made addition U/Sec.68 by considering the sales as bogus. Is action of AO is justified in Law.

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