Bogus short-term capital loss on sale of shares - AO simply ...

Tax Officer's Conclusion on Share Sale Loss Deemed Speculative, Lacking Evidence, and Based on Assumptions.

December 12, 2023

Case Laws Income Tax AT

Bogus short-term capital loss on sale of shares - AO simply proceeded on the basis of the financials of the company to come to the conclusion that the transactions were accommodation entries, and thus, fictitious. The conclusion drawn by the AO, that there was an agreement to convert unaccounted money by taking fictitious LTCG in a pre-planned manner, is therefore entirely unsupported by any material on record. This finding is thus purely an assumption based on conjecture made by the AO. - AT

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Bogus short-term capital loss on sale of shares - AO simply ...

Tax Officer's Conclusion on Share Sale Loss Deemed Speculative, Lacking Evidence, and Based on Assumptions.

December 12, 2023

Case Laws Income Tax AT

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