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2022 (2) TMI 694 - AT - Income TaxAssessment of trust - Rectification of mistake u/s 154 - whether the assessee's claim of exemption under section 80G/80GGA denied by CPC in 143(1) proceedings is allowable and the denial of same is a mistake apparent on record? - HELD THAT:- We find that in the preceding AY i.e. AY 2013-14 and in the succeeding AY i.e. AY 2015-16 the assessee's claim of deduction under section 80G/80GGA has been accepted by the Department. Ostensibly, the assessee has been making similar donations in the preceding and the succeeding AYs towards Chief Minister's Relief Fund, and donation to some other eligible institutions and the consequent benefit of deduction under section 80G has been allowed to the assessee. In AY 2013-14 in scrutiny assessment proceedings, the assessee's claim was allowed and in AY 2015-16, the assessee's claim of deduction under section 80GGA was accepted by the CPC as is evident from the intimation under section 143(1) of the Act dated 02.08.2016. Thus, disallowance of assessee's claim of deduction under Chapter-VIA in the impugned AY was purely a computational error which could have been rectified under section 154 - The assessee had furnished relevant documents evidencing the donations made eligible for deduction under section 80GGA/80G of the Act. The same were not disputed by the Department. It is not a case where the assessee's donations were suspected or the institutions/funds to whom donations were made were under lens of suspicion, therefore, the observations made by CIT(A) for dismissing assessee's appeal are unsustainable. Consequently, the impugned order is set-aside and the appeal of assessee is allowed. The AO is directed to grant benefit of deduction claimed by the assessee under Chapter-VIA of the Act. Appeal of assessee is allowed.
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