TMI Blog1989 (1) TMI 45X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ngaged in business as commission agents and wholesale dealers in tea. We are concerned with the assessment year 1979-80. More than one return was filed by the petitioner for the assessment year. The Income-tax Officer found huge cash credits in the names of 77 parties. He further found that the petitioner/assessee failed to give correct and complete addresses of the said persons and most of the cr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... appeals before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. Both the appeals were disposed of by common order dated March 30, 1985, by the Appellate Tribunal. The Appellate Tribunal held that the total addition of Rs. 5,00,000 -Rs. 2,00,000 for the first period and Rs. 3,00,000 for the second period-sustained by the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) does not merit any interference. Similarly, the Appella ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r examination before the authorities. In the absence of any proof adduced by the assessee in respect of the genuineness of both the receipt of money and sale of tea to the parties, the Appellate Tribunal concluded that the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) was justified in sustaining the addition of Rs. 5,00,000 for the two periods. Aggrieved by the order passed by the Appellate Tribunal date ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... h credits in the sum of Rs. 5,00,000. The Tribunal found that the assessee did not make any effort to prove that it really received the amounts from the parties and sold goods to them by filing confirmation letters and by producing them for examination before the authorities. In the absence of any proof regarding the genuineness of both the receipt of money and sale of tea to the parties, the addi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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