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2020 (8) TMI 192 - ITAT MUMBAILevy of penalty u/s 271(1)(c) - disallowance of bogus purchases by applying the profit rate - furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income and concealment of particulars of income - HELD THAT:- We could not find anything recorded by the Assessing Officer that there is actual concealment of income by the assessee. Merely suspicion or doubt cannot be the basis for levying penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Act of the Act either for concealment of particulars of income or for furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income as the case may be. Once there is no reason to disbelieve the sales made by the assessee and particularly when part of material is recorded in stock, it cannot be justified that the estimation made by the Assessing Officer warrants penalty under section 271(1)(c) - It can be a case of addition or disallowance of bogus purchases on estimate basis but it cannot be a case of levy of penalty for concealment of income under section 271(1)(c) - In the present case the entire purchase totaling to ₹89,044/- are treated as bogus purchases and addition is only to the extent of disallowance of depreciation at the rate of 60% on the fixed asset of ₹62,500/- as ₹37,560/-. Thereby, the total addition on account of bogus purchases and disallowance of deprecation of bogus purchases comes to ₹1,26,604/-. - Penalty deleted - Decided in favour of assessee.
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