Bogus LTCG - Addition u/s 68 - Statement of the assessee ...

Court Overturns CIT(A) Decision, Upholds Addition u/s 68 for Bogus LTCG Due to Unproven Transactions.

October 30, 2021

Case Laws     Income Tax     AT

Bogus LTCG - Addition u/s 68 - Statement of the assessee recorded during investigation leads to the irresistible conclusion that the assessee has not discharged his onus to prove that the entire transaction was genuine because it is incomprehensible that a person, assessee in this case, who is constantly in touch with the person since 25.06.2012 when he has purchased the scrips by making payment through undisclosed cash, then got the scrips dematerialized on 30.12.2013 only after legalizing the amount through IDS, 2016, thereafter he got the same amount returned and paid him the amount through cheque on 31.12.2013, but strangely stated that, “I do not particularly know the parties from whom or to whom he bought and sold the shares”. - CIT (A) has erred in deleting the disallowance made by the AO - AT

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