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bogus purchases

DisallowancesSection 69CSection 69C9,532 judgments

The decision most relied on for bogus purchases is CIT v. Bholanath Poly Fab. Pvt. Ltd. (355 ITR 290), cited in 712 judgments on BharatTax.

Leading authorities on bogus purchases

CIT v. Bholanath Poly Fab. Pvt. Ltd.
355 ITR 290 · 2013 · High Court
712
citing judgments

If an assessee makes purchases from bogus parties, but the underlying goods are genuinely acquired and sold, only the profit margin embedded in such purchases, and not the entire value of the bogus purchases, should be added to the assessee's income.

Sanjay Oilcake Industries v. CIT
316 ITR 274 · 2009 · High Court
460
citing judgments

In cases of alleged bogus or unverifiable purchases, rather than disallowing the entire purchase value, a reasonable profit element or a proportionate percentage of the purchases should be added back to the assessee's income.

Vijay Proteins Ltd. v. Asst. CIT
58 ITD 428 · 1996 · ITAT
430
citing judgments

Where purchases are found to be non-genuine or fictitious, a reasonable disallowance of 25% of such purchases or the peak credit, whichever is higher, can be made. This is applied to address unexplained expenditure under Section 69C when actual goods are likely procured from the grey market.

CIT v. Odeon Builders Pvt. ltd.
418 ITR 315 · 2019 · Supreme Court
408
citing judgments

Income tax additions cannot be sustained merely on the basis of uncorroborated statements or allegations. The Revenue must bring on record sufficient material and allow the assessee to produce evidence to prove such additions.

Nikunj Eximp Enterprises v. CIT
216 Taxmann 171 · 2013 · High Court
325
citing judgments

Purchases may be treated as genuine even if the purchase parties are untraceable or not available for verification, as long as there is no specific evidence from the parties themselves denying the transactions or proving them to be bogus.

CIT v. Shyam R. Pawar
54 Taxmann.com 108 · 2015 · High Court
279
citing judgments

Transactions involving the purchase and sale of shares cannot be considered bogus where the assessee provides documentary evidence, unless the revenue brings substantial evidence on record to reject such proof. This principle is consistently applied in cases concerning claims of bogus long-term capital gains arising from penny stock transactions.

CIT v. Simit P. Seth
38 Taxmann.com 385 · 2013 · High Court
278
citing judgments

When an assessee obtains accommodation bills for purchases but the corresponding sales are genuine, the addition to income is limited to the gross profit margin embedded in such purchases. This principle acknowledges that the underlying sales were real, but profit was suppressed through bogus invoices.

CIT v. Vijay M. Mistry Construction Ltd.
355 ITR 498 · 2013 · High Court
252
citing judgments

In cases of alleged bogus or hawala purchases where the existence of transactions is not entirely denied, only the profit element embedded in such purchases, and not the entire purchase price, can be added to the assessee's income. The focus is on determining a reasonable profit percentage for such additions.

Judgments citing bogus purchases

OMNITEL TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED,GURUGRAM HARYANA vs. ITO WARD - 3(1) GURGAON, GURGAON HARYANA

In the result, appeal of the assessee is allowed

ITA 353/DEL/2025[2014-15]Status: DisposedITAT Delhi10 Apr 2026AY 2014-15

Bench: Shri Anubhav Sharma & Shri Manish Agarwal[Assessment Year : 2014-15] Omnitel Technologies Vs Ito Pvt.Ltd., B-220, Florence Ward-3(1) Marvel, Sushant Lok-Iii, Gurgaon Chakkarpur B.O., Sikanderpur Ghost (68), Gurgaon, Haryana-122002 Pan-Aafca2421B Appellant Respondent [Assessment Year : 2016-17] Omnitel Technologies Pvt. Vs Additional/Joint/ Ltd., B-220, Florence Deputy/Assistant Marvel, Sushant Lok-Iii, Commissioner Of Sector-57, Gurgaon, Income Tax, National Haryana-122002 Faceless Assessment Pan-Aafca2421B Centre, Delhi Appellant Respondent Appellant By Shri Sanjay Kumar, Adv. Respondent By Ms. Indu Bala Saini, Sr. Dr Date Of Hearing 21.01.2026 Date Of Pronouncement 10.04.2026 Order Per Manish Agarwal, Am : The Captioned Appeals Are Filed By Assessee Against The Separate Orders Dated 10.12.2024 & 06.11.2024 Of Ld. Commissioner Of Income Tax (A), National Faceless Appeal Centre (“Nfac”), Delhi [“Ld.

Section 115BSection 147Section 250Section 69C

Nos.353 & 73/Del/2025 accepted the contention of the assessee and made the addition of INR 1,43,20,000/- towards bogus purchases and invoked provision of section 115BBE of the Act. 5. Against such order, assessee preferred an appeal before Ld. CIT(A) who vide impugned order dated 10.12.2024, partly allowed ... memo. Grounds of appeal Nos. 1 to 4 raised by the assessee are with 7. respect to confirmation of addition made on account of bogus purchases therefore, they have been taken together for consideration. 8. Heard the contentions of both the parties at length and perused the material available