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DisallowancesSection 69CSection 69C5,654 judgments

The decision most relied on for profit element is CIT v. President Industries (258 ITR 654), cited in 471 judgments on BharatTax.

Leading authorities on profit element

CIT v. President Industries
258 ITR 654 · 2002 · High Court
471
citing judgments

When books of account are rejected and unaccounted sales or receipts are discovered, the income addition is restricted to the net profit element embedded in these undisclosed transactions, not the entire sale proceeds or receipts, especially if corresponding purchases are not proven to be outside the books.

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.

CIT v. Siemens Aktiongesellschaft
310 ITR 320 · 2009 · High Court
259
citing judgments

Reimbursements of actual expenses without any profit element are not taxable income. Additionally, mere amendments to the Income-tax Act do not override the provisions of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs).

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.

CIT v. Balchand Ajit Kumar
263 ITR 610 · 2003 · High Court
212
citing judgments

When making an addition for unaccounted receipts, on-money, or non-genuine purchases/sales, the addition should be restricted to the estimated profit element embedded in such transactions, rather than the entire gross amount, particularly when evidence of corresponding expenditure is incomplete. This estimation often involves applying a net profit rate.

CIT v. Gurubachhan Singh J. Juneja
302 ITR 63 · 2008 · High Court
147
citing judgments

When unaccounted receipts or suppressed sales are detected and books of account are rejected under Section 145(3), additions to income must be restricted to the profit element embedded in such transactions, not the entire transaction value. This profit element is to be estimated by considering the assessee's regular profit ratio as per books of account.

Vijay Trading Co. v. ITO
388 ITR 377 · 2016 · High Court
119
citing judgments

When purchases are found bogus, only the profit element embedded therein, and not the entire purchase value, can be added to the assessee's income.

NK Proteins Ltd. v. DCIT
292 CTR 354 · 2017 · Supreme Court
115
citing judgments

When purchases are unverifiable or alleged to be bogus, only the profit element embedded in such transactions is taxable, not the entire purchase amount; the onus lies on the assessee to prove the genuineness of the transactions.

Judgments citing profit element

Asst CIT 27(2), Navi Mumbai vs. Polyplast & Paper Product, Mumbai

In the result, Revenue’s appeal is partly allowed and the assessee’s appeal is dismissed

ITA 1024/MUM/2016[2011-12]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai11 May 2018AY 2011-12

Bench: Shri Saktijit Dey, Jm & Shri N. K. Pradhan, Am आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.1024/Mum/2016 ("नधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2011-12) The Asst. Cit-27(2) M/S. Polyplast & Paper Product, Room No. 420, 4Th Floor, 322/9, Trimurti Housing Society, बनाम/ Tower No. 6, Vashi Railway Station Hingwala Lane, Ghatkopar (E), Complex, Vashi, Mumbai-400 077 Vs. Navi Mumbai-400 703 "थायी लेखा सं./जीआइआर सं./Pan/Gir No. Aaefp 7401 Q (Revenue) : (Assessee) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.1241/Mum/2016 ("नधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2011-12) M/S. Polyplast & Paper Product, The Asst. Cit-27(2) Room No. 420, 4Th Floor, 322/9, Trimurti Housing Society, बनाम/ Hingwala Lane, Ghatkopar (E), Tower No. 6, Vashi Railway Mumbai-400 077 Station Complex, Vashi, Vs. Navi Mumbai-400 703 "थायी लेखा सं./जीआइआर सं./Pan/Gir No. Aaefp 7401 Q (Assessee) : (Revenue) : Shri Y. K. Bhaskar Revenue By Assessee By : Shri Anuj Kisnadwalla सुनवाई क" तार"ख / : 07.05.2018 Date Of Hearing घोषणा क" तार"ख / : 11.05.2018 Date Of Pronouncement M/S. Polyplast & Paper Product आदेश / O R D E R Per Saktijit Dey, J. M.: The Afore-Said Cross Appeals Arise Out Of Order Dated 30.12.2015 Of The Ld. Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals)-25, Mumbai Pertaining To The Assessment Year 2011-12. 2. The Common Issue Arising For Consideration In These Appeals Pertain To The Decision Of The Ld. Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals) In Deleting/Sustaining Part Of The Addition Made By The Assessing Officer On Account Of Alleged Bogus Purchases.

For Appellant: Shri Anuj Kisnadwalla
Section 133(6)Section 69C

open market and in the grey market on account of sales tax, etc. Therefore, the ld. Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) opined that only profit element embedded in the transaction could be brought to tax. Noticing that the assessee has disclosed gross profit rate of 1.5% for the year under ... purchased the goods from grey market, thereby avoiding the payment of sales tax. That being the case, in our considered view, only the profit element embedded in such purchases, alleged to be bogus, has to be added to the income of the assessee. That being the case, the question which

ITO 19(1)(2), Mumbai vs. Babulal U Munot, Mumbai

In the result, the appeal filed by the revenue is hereby ordered to be dismissed

ITA 4506/MUM/2015[2010-11]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai11 May 2018AY 2010-11

Bench: Shri Rajendra, Am & Shri Amarjit Singh, Jm आयकर अपील सं/ I.T.A. No.4506/Mum/2015 (निर्धारण वर्ा / Assessment Year: 2010-11) The Ito-19(1)(2), Mumbai, बिधम/ Shri Babulal U Munot 2Nd Floor, Matru Mandir, Prop. M/S. Steel Samrat Vs. (India) Flat No. 1901-A, 19Th Tardeo Road, Mumbai- 400007 Floor, Shreepati Tower, A Wing, Tatya Gharpure Path, Girgaon Mumbai-04 स्थायी लेखा सं./जीआइआर सं./Pan/Gir No. : Aftpm5429H (अपीलाथी /Appellant) (प्रत्यथी / Respondent) .. Revenue By: Shri T. A. Khan (Dr) Assessee By: None सुनवाई की तारीख / Date Of Hearing: 26.03.2018 घोषणा की तारीख /Date Of Pronouncement: 11.05.2018 आदेश / O R D E R Per Amarjit Singh, Jm: The Revenue Has Filed The Present Appeal Against The Order Dated 15.05.2015 Passed By The Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals) -30, Mumbai [Hereinafter Referred To As The “Cit(A)”] Relevant To The A.Y.2010- 11. 2. The Revenue Has Raised The Following Grounds: - “(1) Whether, On The Facts & In The Circumstances Of The Case & In Law, The Ld. Cit(A) Has Erred In Restricting The Addition To The Extent Of 7.5% Of Non-Genuine Purchase Claimed By The Assessee A.Y.2010-11

For Appellant: NoneFor Respondent: Shri T. A. Khan (DR)
Section 133(6)Section 143(1)Section 143(2)Section 69C

cloth and sell finished goods. In that view of the matter, as natural corollary, not the entire amount covered under such purchase, but the profit element embedded therein would be subject to tax This was the view of this Court in the case of Sanjay Oilcake Industries ... Court held that since the purchases were not bogus, but were made from parties other than those mentioned in books of accounts, only the profit element embedded in such purchases could be added to the assessor’s income and as such no question of law arose in such estimation. While