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2019 (9) TMI 605 - AT - Income TaxLevy of penalty u/s 271 AAB - surrender of additional income during search - HELD THAT:- Specific unretracted admission of the assessee of earlier undisclosed income and discrepancies in the books of account, we hold, is without any doubt the best piece of evidence against the assessee and is incriminating material enough representing undisclosed income for the purpose of levy of penalty under section 271AAB of the Act. The assessee had himself admitted to the fact of having not disclosed the income on account of brokerage and commission earned and had himself admitted to the fact that there were discrepancies and unrecorded entries in his books of account and also certain rough notings and estimates. Having himself admitted to all these facts and at no point of time having ever retracted this admission, the same constitutes incriminating material against the assessee None of the case laws are of any assistance to the assessee since in the impugned case the assessee has made specific admission of having undisclosed income relating to commission/brokerage and discrepancies in the books of accounts which has remained unretracted. We concur with the findings of the CIT(A) that the specific admission of the assessee to the undisclosed income and discrepancies in its accounts constituted incriminating material representing undisclosed income of the assessee for the purposes of levy of penalty under section 271AAB of the Act. We, therefore, uphold the order of the Ld. CIT(A) confirming the levy of penalty.- Decided against assessee.
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