During assessment proceedings, AO noted that assessee was part of BSL. Ltd. Group. That Group was indulging in suppression of taxable profits on a large scale. Unaccounted income generated had been introduced in the books of family members and promoters of the group in the form of tax exempt bogus long-term capital gains of crores of rupees by pre-arranged trading in shares of some non-descript listed companies. Further, during the pre-search enquiries, it was noted that with the help of an accommodation entry provider R.K., assessee had introduced long-term capital gain in the books of family members for investing in the shares of BSL Ltd. Therefore, the total long-term capital gain of the assessee against this bogus/sham transactions had to be treated as unexplained income of the assessee along with unaccounted commission expenditure at the rate of 6% of the total long-term capital gain of the year for arranging accommodation entries.The CIT (A) confirmed order of AO Held: Though the AO was having reasonable evidences but had unnecessarily took the burden on him of proving that long-term capital gain earned by the assessee has bogus, instead of first asking assessee to prove that the above income was exempt under section 10(38). After granting full opportunity to the assessee to adduce as many evidences as assessee could have produced, and then should have carried out vast powers bestowed upon him under the Income Tax Act, 1961 of examining the details furnished by the assessee. However, the AO had unnecessarily taken the onus of proving long-term capital gain as bogus, instead of first asking assessee to prove that the long-term capital gain was genuine. AO alleged that assessee had entered into a scam and they by walked into the trap of section 110 of the Evidence Act on him to prove that the long-term capital gain earned by the assessee was bogus. The AO after that could not ceubstantiate his allegations by granting cross-examination to the assessee of various persons. It is fatal to the case, as the assessment strategy adopted by the AO could not prove his allegation.
IN THE ITAT, DELHI BENCH
BHAVNESH SAINI, J.M. & PRASHANT MAHARISHI, A.M.
Brij Bhushan Singal v. ACIT
ITA No. 1415 to 1417/Del/2018, ITA No. 1483 & 1484/Del/2018 & ITA No. 1479 to 1481/Del/2018
7 December, 2018
Assessee Allowed.
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