ACIT, CIR-1(3), SURAT vs. PRAVIN PANNALAL SHAH, SURAT

ITA 289/SRT/2022Status: DisposedITAT Surat31 July 2023AY 2014-15Bench: SHRI PAWAN SINGH (Judicial Member), DR. A.L.SAINI (Accountant Member)18 pages
AI SummaryDismissed

What did the Tribunal hold?

The Tribunal held that the Assessing Officer failed to consider that the donor son was an NRI and his major income was from abroad. The assessee had provided sufficient evidence to prove the identity, creditworthiness of the donor, and genuineness of the transaction.

What were the facts?

The Revenue appealed against the deletion of additions made by the Assessing Officer on account of gifts received by the assessee from his son. The Assessing Officer treated the gifts as unexplained cash credit due to doubts about the son's creditworthiness, citing his low returned income in India.

What were the issues?

Whether gifts received from an NRI son, whose Indian returned income is low, can be treated as unexplained cash credit without considering his foreign income and other evidence of creditworthiness.

Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?

Section 68

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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, SURAT BENCH, SURAT

Before: SHRI PAWAN SINGH, JM & DR. A.L.SAINI, AM

Hearing: 03/07/2023Pronounced: 31/07/2023

PER DR. A. L. SAINI, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER:

Captioned appeal filed by the Revenue, pertaining to assessment year 2014- 15, is directed against the order passed by the National Faceless Appeal Centre, Delhi, [‘NFAC/Ld.CIT(A)’ for short] dated 16.08.2022, which in turn arises out of an assessment order passed by the Assessing Officer under section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (in short ‘the Act’), dated 30.12.2016. 2. The grounds of appea

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