Addition on account of the peak unaccounted investment - ...

Confessional Statement Lacks Evidence for Unaccounted Investment Addition u/s 108 of Customs Act.

February 14, 2020

Case Laws Income Tax HC

Addition on account of the peak unaccounted investment - addition on the basis of confessional statement - There was no material to corroborate the statement made by the assessee in the form of confession. In the case on hand, as noted above, there is no material except the confessional statement of the assessee recorded under Section 108 of the Customs Act. - No addition could be made.

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Addition on account of the peak unaccounted investment - ...

Confessional Statement Lacks Evidence for Unaccounted Investment Addition u/s 108 of Customs Act.

February 14, 2020

Case Laws Income Tax HC

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