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2014 (2) TMI 1019 - AT - Income TaxAddition u/s 68 of the Act – Cash deposit out of undisclosed sources of income – No documentary evidences furnished - Held that:- The assessee has claimed that there was planning to purchase the land jointly with his father Shri Subhash Chand Jain for group housing complex at G.T. Road, Sonepat, Haryana - Assessee had not filed any documentary evidence in this regard. Assessee’s claim that the amount was withdrawn for initial payments to land owners though Satbir Singh with whom the assessee was negotiating to purchase the land but assessee failed to produce the same - It is claimed that agreements to sell were prepared with respect of the deal with the intended sellers - no evidence was filed in this regard. The assessee also claims that he came to know at later stage that the land, which was intended to be purchased, was already identified by the HUDA for the purposes of housing complex for M/s. Omaxe Limited - None of the claims of the assessee as made in letter are substantiated by any documentary evidence - Even the concerned persons with whom the transaction were made or negotiated were not produced – thus, the claim of assessee that cash withdrawal was not utilized for other purposes have remained unproved - Primary onus is on assessee to substantiate the claim of failure of land deals due to which cash remained unutilized - Assessee had not discharged onus by filing any evidence either documentary or oral in this regard - thus, the matter remitted back to the AO for fresh adjudication – Decided in favour of Assessee.
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