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Tribunal Upholds Assessing Officer's Estimations Despite Unscientific Gross Profit Calculations; Penalty Doubled for Alleged Tax Evasion.

October 17, 2023

Case Laws     VAT and Sales Tax     HC

Levy of penalty on the petitioner being double the amount of tax allegedly evaded by the petitioner - No doubt, in circumstances where the gross profit estimated by the revenue authorities is significantly higher than what is conceded by the assessee, and it is apparent that the estimation itself was done in an unscientific manner, it may be open to an assessee to challenge the same inter alia based on the decisions mentioned. On the facts of the instant case, however, Tribunal order is reasonable accepting the additions made by AO - HC

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