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Section 69 read with section 44AD – Where the assessee furnished bank statements for relevant assessment year which showed that there were deposits and withdrawals of almost equal amounts from the bank account of assessee and the AO failed to give any findings regarding said withdrawals, then the assessee deserved to get benefit of telescoping and addition of entire deposits as unexplained was unjustified.

By Jagdish Punjabi, Chartered Accountant
Devendra Jain, Advocate
Reading Time 3 mins
17. Smt. Sanjeet Kanwar vs. Income-tax Officer
[2022] 98 ITR(T) 12 (Amritsar – Trib.)
ITA No.:67 (ASR.) of 2019
A.Y.: 2015-16
Date of order: 30th June, 2022

Section 69 read with section 44AD – Where the assessee furnished bank statements for relevant assessment year which showed that there were deposits and withdrawals of almost equal amounts from the bank account of assessee and the AO failed to give any findings regarding said withdrawals, then the assessee deserved to get benefit of telescoping and addition of entire deposits as unexplained was unjustified.

FACTS

The return of income was filed on 3rd December, 2015 declaring a total income of Rs. 2,69,600. Subsequently, the case was selected for limited scrutiny under CASS for cash deposits in bank accounts being more than the turnover. The assessee and her husband appeared before the AO and submitted that the cash sales during the year was Rs. 8,31,625 and profit shown under section 44AD was Rs. 66,531. All the cash sales and purchases were first accounted in business cash account by the assessee and out of which the cash was deposited in the bank. The total cash deposits during the year were Rs. 8,57,000 out of which cash sales were Rs. 8,31,625. The excess amount of Rs. 25,375 was deposited out of profits earned by the assessee during the year. The Assessee submitted that the AO cannot blow hot and cold because at one hand he had ac