The Income Tax Department added over Rs 80 lakh to the woman's income after discovering the property deal through its Insight Portal and deeming the husband's overseas transfer an unexplained investment. Assessing officers initially rejected her explanation because she lacked exchange bureau records, remittance advice, and the husband’s foreign bank debit statements. However, the Mumbai bench of the ITAT ruled that the registered sale deed, gift deed, and spouse's affidavit convincingly demonstrated the capital flow. The tribunal also emphasized that authorities failed to prove any of the submitted documents were false or fabricated.
Key points
Interconnected legal records can adequately prove fund legitimacy even without direct for…: Interconnected legal records can adequately prove fund legitimacy even without direct foreign bank debit slips.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal deleted additions made under Section 69 because the fun…: The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal deleted additions made under Section 69 because the fund movement was genuine.
The tax department cannot penalize taxpayers for unexplained investments without proving…: The tax department cannot penalize taxpayers for unexplained investments without proving submitted documentation is fabricated.
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You buy a property, part of which is funded by your husband who stays abroad and remits money in the account of the seller. But the Income Tax Department treats it as unexplained investment and adds it to your taxable income. What do you do?
In one such case, a Mumbai woman’s taxable income was increased by Rs 80 lakh after the income-tax department questioned the amount paid towards the purchase of her residential property.
The Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) decided in her favour of a woman. Read on to know what happened:
What the case is about
According to the I-T department’s ‘Insight Portal’, the woman purchased an immovable property worth Rs 1.4 crore during the financial year that ended on March 31, 2016.
The portal monitors high-value financial transactions to help detect instances of tax non-payment. The case was about Section 69 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which deals with unexplained investments.
The information originated from the sub-registrar’s office and was corroborated by data available in the tax deducted at source (TDS)…
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