← All Phrases

“accommodation entry”

Cash Credits & Unexplained ItemsSection 68Section 684,509 judgments

The decision most relied on for accommodation entry is Sumati Dayal v. CIT (214 ITR 801), cited in 1,967 judgments on BharatTax.

Leading authorities on accommodation entry

Sumati Dayal v. CIT
214 ITR 801 · 1995 · Supreme Court
1,967
citing judgments

The Revenue is entitled to look behind the apparent form of a transaction to discover its true nature, applying the test of human probabilities and surrounding circumstances. If transactions defy logic or are unnatural, they can be treated as bogus, even if supported by some documentation, especially in cases of cash credits or unexplained investments.

McDowell & Co. Ltd. v. CTO
154 ITR 148 · 1985 · Supreme Court
741
citing judgments

The Supreme Court held that while legitimate tax planning is permissible, transactions structured as a "colourable device" or "subterfuge" solely to avoid tax are impermissible. It mandates a judicial shift to look beyond the form to the substance of a transaction, allowing the lifting of the corporate veil in tax evasion arrangements.

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.

(Central)-1 v. NRA Iron & Steel (P) Ltd.
103 Taxmann.com 48 · 2019 · Supreme Court
696
citing judgments

When assessing cash credits, share capital, or loans, the assessee bears the onus to prove the identity, creditworthiness, and genuineness of transactions. This burden is not discharged merely by documentary evidence if field inquiries reveal accommodation entries or dealings with paper/shell companies.

Commissioner of Income Tax v. Nova Promoters and Finlease (P) Ltd.
342 ITR 169 · 2012 · High Court
658
citing judgments

To make an addition under Section 68 for unexplained cash credits, the Assessing Officer must conduct proper inquiry into the identity, genuineness, and creditworthiness of the creditor, especially concerning share application money. The assessee's initial discharge of burden by providing necessary details shifts the onus back to the AO for further investigation, including the source of source.

CIT v. Nikunj Exim Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
372 ITR 619 · 2015 · High Court
391
citing judgments

Transactions defying human probability cannot be applied to isolated purchases if sales are accepted as genuine, and purchases cannot be disallowed without considering the entire transaction and documentary evidence. Failure to produce parties in an assessment proceeding may not be fatal to the assessee.

PCIT v. RMG Polyvinyl (I) Ltd.
396 ITR 5 · 2017 · High Court
272
citing judgments

Reassessment based solely on information from the Investigation Wing, without the Assessing Officer conducting further inquiry or demonstrating an independent application of mind, is unjustified and invalid.

N.K. Proteins Ltd. v. DCIT
84 Taxmann.com 195 · 2017 · Supreme Court
204
citing judgments

When purchases are found to be entirely bogus and based on fictitious invoices from non-existent or unconfirmed suppliers, the entire amount of such purchases is liable to be added back as unexplained expenditure, not merely a percentage thereof.

Judgments citing accommodation entry

Arjun Manoj Purohit, Thane vs. Income Tax Officer, Ward-2(1), Thane

In the result, both the appeals of the assesse are allowed

ITA 3654/MUM/2023[2014-15]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai02 May 2024AY 2014-15

Bench: Shri Aby T. Varkey, Jm & Shri S Rifaur Rahman, Am आयकर अपील सं/ I.T.A. No.3654/Mum/2023 (िनधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2014-15) & आयकर अपील सं/ I.T.A. No.3655/Mum/2023 (िनधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2015-16) बनाम/ Arjun Manoj Purohit Ito, Ward-2(1) Room No. 25B, 6Th Arjun Niwas Padmavati Vs. Nagar, 150 Feet Road Floor, Asher It Park, Shyander (W), Thane- Road No. 16Z, Wagle 401105. Industrial Estate, Thane- 400604. "थायी लेखा सं./जीआइआर सं./Pan/Gir No. : Anxpp8321K (अपीलाथ" /Appellant) (""थ" / Respondent) .. Assessee By: Shri Rakesh Joshi Revenue By: Shri Manoj Kumar Sinha (Sr. Dr) सुनवाई की तारीख / Date Of Hearing : 03/04/2024 घोषणा की तारीख /Date Of Pronouncement : 02/05/2024 आदेश / O R D E R

For Appellant: Shri Rakesh JoshiFor Respondent: Shri Manoj Kumar Sinha (Sr. DR)
Section 133(6)Section 148Section 68

other related entities; and in that event, Shri Vipul Vidur Bhatt’s statement was recorded on 09.02.2016, wherein he accepted that he was providing accommodation entry to beneficiaries through more than 300 paper companies; and Assessing Officer further noted that in the relevant assessment year the assessee had shown ... Lakhs from M/s. Shipra and Rs.40 Lakhs from M/s. Lunkad (total of Rs.1,17,00,000/-) which loan according to the AO were mere accommodation entry. And therefore, he recorded his satisfaction that there was escapement of income and he reopened the assessment. The assessee participated in the re- assessment