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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, JAIPUR BENCHES “SMC”, JAIPUR
Before: SHRI RAMESH C SHARMA, AM vk;dj vihy la-@ITA No. 265/JP/19
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This is an appeal filed by the assessee against the ex parte order of ld.CIT(A)-22, Alwar dated 29/01/2019 for the A.Y 2014-15 in the matter of an assessment order passed u/s. 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (in short the Act).
In this appeal, the assessee is aggrieved by the addition of Rs.4,95,661/- made on purchase of car.
Rival contentions have been heard and record perused.
2 Late Sh. Manjoor Ali L/H Smt. Khatoon 4. The facts in brief are that the assessee, late Sh. Manjoor Ali (expired on 02.05.2017) had bought a car for Rs.13,12,381/- in May, 2013 for the use in his profession to earn job income. The AO accepted the declared job income, but made addition of Rs.4,95,661/- treating it as his unexplained income in purchase of car.
By the impugned ex parte order, the ld.CIT(A) confirmed the action of the AO.
The ld.AR argued that the assessee was assessed for the last more than 30 years. At para(2) at page No.(2) of order appealed against, ld.AO also admitted that he is regularly filing his ITRs. Besides job income, assessee had agricultural income from 57 bighas of irrigated land in Distt. Hanumangarh. However, while accepting assessee’s current year’s income as his total savings, the ld.AO did not allow benefit of his earlier year’ s savings or depreciations.
I have considered the rival contentions and found that the AO made addition of Rs.4,95,661/- for purchase of car as per following details:
S.No. Source of purchase of car Amount (Rs.) 1 Loan from Union Bank of India 6,00,000/- 2 Current year’s income(job income) 2,16,720/- 3 Unexplained investment 4,95,661/- 4 Purchase price of car 13,12,381/-
3 Late Sh. Manjoor Ali L/H Smt. Khatoon 8. In making/sustaining addition of Rs.4,95,661/- ld.AO/CIT(A) ignored the fact that it a non-account case in which besides job income, assessee had agricultural income from 57 bighas of irrigated land in Distt. Hanumangarh. The net agricultural income declared and accepted by the department for three years stood as under:- S.No. Asstt. Years Agrl. Income (Rs.) 1 A.Y 2012-13 1,87,513/- 2. A.Y 2013-14 2,67,992/- 3 A.Y 2014-15 2,84,863/- 9. Assessee was assessed for last more than 30 years, but no benefit of past savings from professional and agricultural income was allowed in treating Rs.4,95,661/- as unexplained income.
Considering the agricultural and other income as offered by the assessee and which has been accepted by the department, I find no merit in making the addition of Rs.4,95,661/- as unexplained investment by the AO for purchase of a car. Accordingly, I direct the AO to delete the same. Grounds raised by the assessee are allowed.
In the result, the appeal of assessee is allowed.