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2024 (1) TMI 424 - ITAT DELHIAddition u/s 56(2)(vii) (b)(ii) - stamp value on the date of registration v/s stamp valuation on the date of agreement to be taken into consideration - AO took stamp value as on the date of registration and declined to give relief of the first proviso to s. 56(2)(vii)(b) of the Act on the premise that the phrase used in the said proviso is "may be taken" and not "shall be taken - HELD THAT:- First proviso to section 56(2)(vii)(b) categorically provides that where the date of agreement fixing the amount of consideration for the transfer of immovable property and the date of registration are not the same, the stamp duty value on the date of the agreement maybe taken for the purpose of this provision. Admittedly, the agreement fixing the consideration was entered into on 21.06.2022 fixing the value of Rs 1.82 crores and the sale deed was registered on 13.08.2013. Prescription of the second proviso is admittedly fulfilled in the instant case inasmuch as the assessee paid a sum of Rs. 26 lakhs in FY 2010-11 (i.e. on 17.06.2010 i.e. even before the date of the agreement to sell being 21.06.2022) as part payment through banking channel. Provisions of s. 56(2)(vii)(b) do not apply to the facts of the instant case as it is covered by the first and second provisos inasmuch as the assessee entered into an agreement fixing the amount of consideration for the purchase of the immovable property in the year 2010 but the actual registration took place in 2013 and, further, the assessee paid a part of the consideration by cheque in the year 2010 before the date of the agreement. In such circumstances, we hold that, it is the stamp value on the date of agreement in the year 2010, has to be considered. Apeal of the assessee is allowed.
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