M/s. Samwon Precision Mould Mfg. (India) Pvt. Ltd., Noida V. ITO, New Delhi

ITA 1594/DEL/2015

• Counselvise Citation: [2020] 111 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 0152 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 5 year(s) 1 month(s) 11 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 30-04-2020
• Appeal Filed By: Assessee
• Order Result: Allowed
• Bench Allotted: G
• Assessment Year: 2010-2011
• Appeal Filed On: 19-03-2015
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: SARAS KUMAR
• Keywords: Business income; Depreciation; Principle of natural justice; Unabsorbed depreciation
• Section: 143(3); 56(2); 234B; 115JB; 144

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH G, NEW DELHI BEFORE MS. SUSHMA CHOWLA, VICE PRESIDENT DR. B. R. R. KUMAR, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO. 1244/DEL/2015 : ASSTT. YEAR : 2010-11 ITO WARD 22(2) NEW DELHI. VS SAMWON PRECISION MOULD MFG. INDIA PVT. LTD., 1/24, GROUND FLOOR, ASAF ALI ROAD, NEW DELHI (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) PAN NO. AAHCS8926K ITA NO. 1594/DEL/2015 : ASSTT. YEAR : 2010-11 SAMWO N PRECISION MOULD MFG. INDIA PVT. LTD., B 47-49, SECTOR- 80, PHASE-II, NOIDA. VS ITO WARD 7(2) NEW DELHI. (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) PAN NO. AAHCS8926K ASSESSEE BY : SHRI SALIL KAPOOR, ADV. REVENUE BY : SHRI SARAS KUMAR, SR. DR DATE OF HEARING: 07.01.2020 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 30.04.2020 ORDER PER DR. B. R. R. KUMAR, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER: THE APPEALS FILED BY THE REVENUE AND THE ASSESSEE A RE DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDERS OF LD. CIT (A)-8, NEW D ELHI DATED 09.12.2014. 2. FOLLOWING GROUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THE REVENU E: 1. THE LD. CIT(A) HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON THE FACT S IN DIRECTING THE AO TO CONSIDER THE GROSS PROFIT DECLARED IN THE FY 2007-08 AND APPLY THAT RATE FOR THE FY 2009-10 AND COMPUTE THE NET PROFIT ACCORDINGLY AS AGAINST 3% NET PROFIT ESTIMATED BY THE AO ON GROSS SALES. ITA NOS. 1244 & 1594/DEL/2015 SAMWON PRECISION MOULD MFG. INDIA PVT. L TD. 2 3. FOLLOWING GROUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THE ASSESS EE: 1. THAT THE ASSESSMENT ORDER PASSED U/S 143(3) AND THE ADDITIONS/DISALLOWANCES MADE ARE ILLEGAL, BAD I N LAW AND WITHOUT JURISDICTION. 2. THAT IN VIEW OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF T HE CASE, THE CIT(A) HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN UPHOLDING THE ACTION OF THE ASSESSING OFFICER IN REJECTING THE BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS WITHOUT POINTING OU T ANY ERROR IN THE REGULAR BOOKS OF ACCOUNT MAINTAINE D BY THE APPELLANT. IN ANY CASE, THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY AND WRONGLY REJECTED AND THE SAID REJECTI ONS OF BOOKS OF ACCOUNT CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED BY ANY MATERIAL ON RECORD. 3. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE OTHER GROUNDS, THE CIT(APPEALS) HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN ORDERING THE ASSESSING OFFICER TO APPLY THE GROSS PROFIT RATE OF THE FY 2007-08 TO THE CURRENT YEAR BASED ON THE FACT THAT WAS THE ONLY YEAR BEFORE THE CURRENT ONE WHEN THE ASSESSEE COMPANY WAS PROFITABLE. IN ALL THE OTHER PREVIOUS YEARS, THE ASSESSEE INCURRED LOSSES. 4. THE ASSESSEE HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2004-05 AND THE ONLY YEAR BEFORE THE CURRENT ONE WHEN THE ASSESSEE WAS PROFITABLE WAS 2007-08. THE APPLICATIO N OF THE GROSS PROFIT RATE OF 2007-08 IS ILLEGAL, BAD IN LAW AND ARBITRARY AS THE IDENTIFICATION OF ONE PARTICULAR YEAR WHICH IS PROFITABLE FOR ESTIMATION OF GROSS PROFIT IS NOT BASED ON ANY MATERIAL ON RECORD AND IS PURELY BASED ON SURMISES AND CONJECTURES. 5. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE OTHER GROUNDS OF APPEAL , THE ASSESSING OFFICER FOR THE FY 2007-08 HAD ARBITRARILY CALCULATED NET PROFIT @ 3% OF NET SALES . BY ORDERING APPLICATION OF THE GROSS PROFIT RATE OF THE YEAR 2007-08 TO THE CURRENT YEAR, THE CIT(APPEALS) HAS AUTHENTICATED THE BOOKS OF THE ASSESSEE FOR THE YEAR 2007-08 WHICH WERE REJECTED BY HIS PREDECESSOR. 6. THE CIT(A) HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN UPHOLDING THE ADDITION MADE BY THE ASSESSING OFFICE R ITA NOS. 1244 & 1594/DEL/2015 SAMWON PRECISION MOULD MFG. INDIA PVT. L TD. 3 OF RS. 1,53,71,941/- AS INCOME ON ACCOUNT OF FOREIG N EXCHANGE FLUCTUATION AND TREATING THE SAME AS INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES. THE AO HAS FAILED TO APPRECIATE THAT MAJORITY OF THE GAIN ON ACCOUNT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE FLUCTUATION IS ON CAPITAL ACCOUNT AND IS NOT LIABLE TO BE TAXED. ALSO, THE AO HAS FA ILED TO APPRECIATE THAT THE INCOME FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGE FLUCTUATION IS A NORMAL BUSINESS INCOME OF THE ASSESSEE AND IS TO BE TREATED AS A PART OF BUSINESS INCOME AND NOT INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES. 7. THE CIT(A) AND THE AO HAVE FAILED TO APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE BOUND TO ASSESS THE CORRECT INCOME UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 AND SHOULD NOT HAVE INCLUDED THE INCOME ON ACCOUNT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE FLUCTUATION MERELY ON THE GROUND THAT THE ASSESSEE HAS SHOWN IT AS TAXABLE INCOME. 8. BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT ORDER FOR THE AY 2008-09 WHICH ADDED TO INCOME THE UNSECURED LOANS AMOUNTING TO RS. 7,35,30,351/- TREATING THIS AMOUNT AS PAID, FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN OF RS. 1,06,93,319/- ON THIS AMOUNT SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM THE INCOME FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. 9. THE CIT(A) HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN UPHOLDING THE ADDITION MADE BY THE AO OF RS. 39,67,917/- AS INCOME FROM REPAIR OF MOULDS SEPARATE FROM THE ESTIMATION OF NET PROFIT @ 3% OF GROSS SALES AND TREATING THE SAME AS INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES. THE AO HAS FAILED TO APPRECIATE TH AT THE INCOME FROM REPAIR OF MOULDS IS A NORMAL BUSINESS INCOME OF THE ASSESSEE AND IS TO BE TREATE D AS A PART OF BUSINESS INCOME AND NOT INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES. 10. THE CIT(A) HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN UPHOLDING THE ADDITION MADE BY THE AO OF RS. 4,244/- AS MISCELLANEOUS INCOME SEPARATE FROM THE ESTIMATION OF NET PROFIT @3% OF GROSS SALES AND TREATING THE SAME AS INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES. THE AO HAS FAILED TO APPRECIATE THAT THE MISCELLANEOUS INCOME IS INCIDENTAL TO BUSINESS ITA NOS. 1244 & 1594/DEL/2015 SAMWON PRECISION MOULD MFG. INDIA PVT. L TD. 4 INCOME OF THE ASSESSEE AND IS TO BE TREATED AS A PA RT OF BUSINESS INCOME AND NOT INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES. 11. THE AO HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN WRONGLY COMPUTING THE BOOK PROFIT U/S 115JB AS 95,04,246/- INSTEAD OF THE CORRECTLY COMPUTED BOOK LOSS AS PER FORM 29B OF RS. 1,87,17,057/-. 12. THAT THE EXPLANATIONS GIVEN, EVIDENCE PRODUCED AND MATERIAL PLACED AND MADE AVAILABLE ON RECORD HAVE NOT BEEN PROPERLY CONSIDERED AND JUDICIALLY INTERPRETED AND THE SAME DO NOT JUSTIFY THE ADDITIO NS MADE. 13. THAT THE ADDITIONS MADE ARE BASED ON MERE SURMISES AND CONJUNCTURES AND THE SAME CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED BY ANY MATERIAL ON RECORD AND AGAINST THE PRINCIPLE OF NATURAL JUSTICE. 14. THAT INTEREST U/S 234B OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 HAS BEEN WRONGLY AND ILLEGALLY CHARGED. 4. THE ASSESSEE COMPANY ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF MANUFACTURING OF PLASTIC MOULD COMPONENTS. DURING T HE YEAR, THE ASSESSING OFFICER HAS ESTIMATED 3% PROFIT ON TH E GROSS SALES OF RS.74.04 CRORES AMOUNTING TO RS.2.2 CRORES. THE ESTIMATION OF THE PROFITS HAS BEEN RESORTED BY THE ASSESSING O FFICER OWING TO THE DISCREPANCY IN THE EXCISE RECORDS AND THE BO OKS OF ACCOUNTS. DURING THE ASSESSMENT PROCEEDINGS, THE AS SESSEE HAS SUBMITTED THAT THE EXCISE DUTY PAYABLE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN INCREASED WHICH LED TO INCREASE IN THE GROSS SALES AND THE RECONCILIATION HAS BEEN FILED. 5. THE LD. CIT (A) HAS GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE RECO RD AND FOUND A MINOR DIFFERENCE OF RS.594/- ONLY AFTER REC ONCILIATION OF SALES TAX RETURNS, EXCISE RECORDS AND BOOKS OF ACCO UNTS. THE ITA NOS. 1244 & 1594/DEL/2015 SAMWON PRECISION MOULD MFG. INDIA PVT. L TD. 5 MANUFACTURING RECEIPTS ARE RS.72.26 CRORES WHILE TH E TRADING RECEIPTS ARE RS.1.78 CRORES. AFTER GOING THROUGH TH E RECORDS, THE LD. CIT (A) DIRECTED THAT THE PROFIT DECLARED F OR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2009-10 MAY BE TAKEN AS A YARDSTICK FOR DETERMINING THE PROFITS OF THE CURRENT YEAR INSTEAD OF 3% DETERMINED BY THE AO U/S 144 OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961. 6. THE REVENUE AS WELL AS THE ASSESSEE IS IN APPEAL AGAINST SUCH DIRECTION OF THE LD. CIT (A). 7. WE HAVE PERUSED THE RECONCILIATION AND EXAMINED THE FACTS ON RECORD. WE FIND AFTER THE RECONCILIATIONS, THERE IS ONLY DIFFERENCE OF RS.594/- WHICH WOULD NOT ENTITLE THE REVENUE TO ASSESS U/S 144. SIMILARLY, THE LD. CIT (A) HAVING A CCEPTED THE ACCOUNTS OF THE ASSESSEE AND AT THE SAME TIME DIREC TING TO CONSIDER THE EARLIER YEAR GP AS THE GP OF THE INSTA NT YEAR CANNOT BE HELD TO BE VALID IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY CO GENT REASON TO COME TO SUCH CONCLUSION ESPECIALLY IN THE ABSENC E OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH WAS BROUGHT OUT REGARDING THE DEFECT S IN THE BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS. IN SUCH FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, THE GROSS PROFIT SHOWN BY THE ASSESSEE NEEDS TO BE ACCEPTED. AS THE RESULT THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMISSED AND T HE GROUND NOS. 1 TO 5 OF THE ASSESSEES APPEAL ARE ALLOWED. 8. THE GROUND NOS. 6 TO 8 OF THE ASSESSEES APPEAL DEALS WITH THE ISSUE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE FLUCTUATION AND OTHER INCOME. THE ASSESSEE HAS SHOWN THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAINS, INCO ME FROM REPAIRS OF MOULDS OF RS.1.93 CRORES AS OTHER INCOM E IN THE P&L ACCOUNT. THE ASSESSING OFFICER TREATED THIS INCOME AS INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES. THE LD. CIT (A) CONFIRMED THE A DDITION HOLDING AS UNDER: ITA NOS. 1244 & 1594/DEL/2015 SAMWON PRECISION MOULD MFG. INDIA PVT. L TD. 6 THE OBJECTION OF THE APPELLANT IS THAT WHILE CALCU LATING THE NET PROFIT, APPELLANT HAS ALSO INCLUDED THESE INCOME AS A PART OF GROSS TURNOVER. HOWEVER, I FIND THAT THIS FACTS IS NOT CO RRECT. LD. AO HAS TAKEN ONLY MANUFACTURING SALES AS TURNOVER. HE HAS CALCULATED NET PROFIT AND ADDED OTHER SOURCE INCOME SEPARATELY. HO WEVER, WHILE CALCULATING THE TAXABLE INCOME. LD. AO SHOULD FIRST CALCULATE THE GP AND THEN CALCULATE THE NET PROFIT AND ACCORDINGLY C ONSIDER THE INCOME SHOWN IN SCHEDULE II AS OTHER SOURCE INCOME. THE AD DITION MADE BY THE AO IS HEREBY CONFIRMED. 9. BY GOING THROUGH THE ORDER OF THE LD. CIT (A), W E FIND THAT THE LD. CIT (A) HAS NOT ADJUDICATED ON THE CORE ISS UE OF TAXABILITY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE, HENCE THE ISSUE IS HEREBY REMANDED BACK TO THE FILE OF THE LD. CIT (A) TO ADJ UDICATE THE ISSUE AFRESH. 10. GROUND NOS. 9 RELATES TO TREATMENT OF THE REVEN UE RECEIVED FROM REPAIRS OF MOULDS UNDER THE HEAD INCOME FRO M OTHER SOURCES INSTEAD OF BUSINESS INCOME. THE ASSESSEE I S IN THE BUSINESS OF MANUFACTURING OF MOULDS AND REPAIR OF M OULDS SUPPLIED. THE ASSESSEE HAS SHOWN THE RECEIPTS PERTA INING TO REPAIR OF MOULDS AS OTHER INCOME IN THE P&L ACCOUNT MAINTAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUSINESS AFFAIRS OF MANUFACT URING OF MOULDS. THE ASSESSING OFFICER TREATED THIS RECEIPT SEPARATELY UNDER THE HEAD OF TAXATION INCOME FROM OTHER SOURC ES. IT WAS ARGUED BY THE LD. AR THAT SUCH INCOME FORMS PART OF REGULAR BUSINESS INCOME AND THE ASSESSING OFFICER HAS WRONG LY TREATED UNDER THE OTHER HEAD OF INCOME. WE HAVE GONE THROUG H THE DETAILS. THE BUSINESS RECEIPTS OF THE ASSESSEE EITH ER FROM MANUFACTURING OF THE MOULDS OR FROM REPAIRING OF TH E MOULDS CONSTITUTE THE INCOME TAXABLE UNDER THE HEAD BUSIN ESS OR ITA NOS. 1244 & 1594/DEL/2015 SAMWON PRECISION MOULD MFG. INDIA PVT. L TD. 7 PROFESSION. JUST BECAUSE, THE P&L ACCOUNT DEPICTS IT AS OTHER INCOME, IT NEED NOT BE TAKEN AS INCOME OF OTHER SO URCES FOR TAXATION PURPOSES. THE ACTION OF THE ASSESSING OFFI CER IS BASED ON INCORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTS OF THE CASE . HENCE, THE ADDITION MADE IS DIRECTED TO BE DELETED. THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE ON THIS GROUND IS ALLOWED. 11. GROUND NO. 10 DEALS WITH ADDITION OF RS.4,244/- BEING THE MISCELLANEOUS INCOME DECLARED BY THE ASSESSEE TAXED UNDER THE HEAD INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES. ON GOING THROUGH THE RECORD, WE FIND THAT THIS INCOME DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREM ENTS OF SECTION 56(1) AND 56(2) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 AND HAVE TO BE RIGHTLY TREATED UNDER THE HEAD PROFITS & GAI NS OF BUSINESS OR PROFESSION. THE RATIO GIVEN AT PARA NO. 10 ABOV E WHILE DEALING WITH THE GROUND NO. 9 IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THIS ISSUE. HENCE, THE ADDITION MADE IS DIRECTED TO BE DELETED. THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE ON THIS GROUND IS ALLOWED. 12. THE ASSESSEE HAS RAISED ADDITIONAL GROUND RELAT ING TO NOT ALLOWING THE SET OFF OF UNABSORBED DEPRECIATION BRO UGHT FORWARD FROM EARLIER YEARS. THIS GROUND HAS BEEN ADMITTED I N ACCORDANCE WITH THE JUDGMENT OF HONBLE SUPREME COURT IN THE C ASE OF NTPC 229 ITR 383 BEING A LEGAL ISSUE IN NATURE. AT THE SAME TIME, SINCE THE RECORDS REGARDING THE BROUGHT FORWA RD DEPRECIATION, ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND ALSO KEEPING IN VIEW THE FACT THAT THE REVENUE HAS NOT GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJU DICATE ON THE ISSUE AND ALSO KEEPING IN VIEW THE GROUND NO. 1 1 RAISED BY THE ASSESSEE IS INTRICATELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADD ITIONAL GROUNDS, THE MATTER IS BEING REFERRED TO THE FILE O F THE ITA NOS. 1244 & 1594/DEL/2015 SAMWON PRECISION MOULD MFG. INDIA PVT. L TD. 8 ASSESSING OFFICER FOR EXAMINATION AND TAKE A ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE INCOME TAX AC T. ITA NO. 1244/DEL/2015: 13. THE SOLITARY GROUND RAISED BY THE REVENUE STAND S ADJUDICATED WHILE DEALING THE GROUND NOS. 1 TO 5 OF THE ASSESSEE, HENCE IT IS HEREBY HELD THAT THE SAME RAT IO APPLIES TO THIS GROUND. 14. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS AL LOWED AND THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 30/04/2020. SD/- SD/- (SUSHMA CHOWLA) (DR. B . R. R. KUMAR) VICE PRESIDENT AC COUNTANT MEMBER DATED: 30/04/2020 *SUBODH* COPY FORWARDED TO: 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(APPEALS) 5. DR: ITAT ASSISTANT REGISTRAR