SHIPRA AJAY KHARE,AHMEDABAD V. .THE INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD-2(2)(5), AHMEDABAD

ITA 533/AHD/2024

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Shipra Ajay Khare, the appellant, contested the decisions made by the Income Tax Officer and upheld by the CIT(A), which included disallowance of a claimed loss and addition of profits from F&O transactions to her taxable income for the Assessment Year 2012-13. The primary contention was that the transactions were part of a fraudulent scheme by her stock broker, Kunverji Fin Stock Pvt. Ltd., who had absconded after cheating several clients. The Tribunal considered the totality of the transactions, including both profits and losses, and found that the assessee had actually incurred a net loss, thus overturning the previous decisions.

• Counselvise Citation: [2024] 140 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 473905 (ITAT-AHMEDABAD)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 19-12-2024
• Appeal Filed By: Assessee
• Order Result: Allowed
• Bench Allotted: C
• Assessment Year: 2012-2013
• Laws Referred To: Income Tax Act
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: RIGNESH DAS
• Assessee Lawyers: HARDIK VORA
• Keywords: Rejection of books of accounts; Transactions in derivatives; Bogus
• Section: 133(6)

Judgement Text

" IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL “C” BENCH, AHMEDABAD BEFORE DR.BRR KUMAR, VICE PRESIDENT SHRI TR SENTHIL KUMAR, JUDICIAL MEMBER I.T.A. No.533/Ahd/2024 (Assessment Year: 2012-13) Shipra Ajay Khare, 41, Shreenath Bunglows-2, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad-382424. Vs. The Income Tax Officer, Ward-2(2)(5), Ahmedabad. [PAN No.BESPK7852K] (Appellant) .. (Respondent) Appellant by : Shri Hardik Vora, A.R. Respondent by: Shri Rignesh Das, Sr. DR Date of Hearing 12.12.2024 Date of Pronouncement 19.12.2024 O R D E R PER: DR. BRR KUMAR, VICE PRESIDENT: This appeal has been filed by the Assessee against the order passed by the Ld. Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), National Faceless Appeal Centre, Delhi, vide order dated 24.01.2024 passed for the Assessment Year 2012-13. 2. The Assessee has taken the following grounds of appeal: - 1. On the facts and circumstances of the case as well as law on the subject, the learned CIT(A) has erred in confirming disallowance of loss of Rs.73,92,761/- 2. On the facts and circumstances of the case as well as law on the subject, the learned CIT(A) has erred in confirming addition of Rs.57,16,595/- on account of profit on F & O transactions. 3. On the facts and circumstances of the case as well as law on the subject, the learned CIT(A) has erred in confirming rejection of books of accounts u/s.145(3) of the Act. ITA No. 533/Ahd/2024 Shipra Ajay Khare vs. ITO Asst.Year –2012-13 - 2– 4. On the facts and circumstances of the case as well as law on the subject, the learned CIT(A) has erred in confirming non-acceptance of revised audit report and books of accounts. 5. On the facts and circumstances of the case as well as law on the subject, the learned CIT(A) has erred in confirming reliance on MOU and calculating notional profit without considering that the person with whom MOU was signed has cheated several people and absconded. 6. It is therefore prayed that the above addition/disallowance made by the assessing officer may please be deleted. 7. The Appellant craves leave to add, alter or delete any grounds either before or in the course of hearing of the appeal. 3. The assessee is an individual and engaged in the business of trading/ share transaction (NSE and NSE(F&O)) had claimed purchase of Rs.12.17,48,605/- and sales at Rs.11,51,97,494/- and reported closing stock at Rs.41,13,100/- along with unsettled positions in its P&L account balance sheet. On further verification, the AO had called for information u/s 133(6) of the Act from the share broker Kunverji Fin Stock Pvt. Ltd. of the assessee and it was found that there was a difference of Rs.5,60,816/- between the opening balance and closing stock for the year under review which clearly indicated concealment of some transactions made during the year to evade taxation. Thereafter, the AO issued notices to the assessee requiring to furnish details related to share transactions in question and after receipt of the reply, the assessment was finally concluded on 16.03.2015, disallowing Rs. 11,17,777/- the loss claimed as per ITR filed by the appellant and making addition Rs.57,16,595/- to the profit of the assessee worked out by the AO. ITA No. 533/Ahd/2024 Shipra Ajay Khare vs. ITO Asst.Year –2012-13 - 3– 4. Aggrieved by the order of the Assessing Officer, the assessee has filed appeal before the ld. CIT(A) who dismissed the appeal of the assessee. 5. Aggrieved, the assessee filed appeal before the Tribunal. 6. Before the Tribunal, it was submitted that the assessee has been a victim of bogus share transaction by Kunverji Fin Stock Pvt. Ltd. and the assessee has later rightly audited her accounts after realising that the stock broker has cheated her. It was submitted that the stock broker is in jail because of the fraud perpetuated by him and the assessee has fallen in the trap of the broker. It was argued that no doubt there was an agreement between the assessee and the stock broker wherein all the losses were borne by the stock broker and the profits are shared between the stock broker and the assessee. It was submitted that the profits earned by the assessee to the tune of Rs.57,16,000/- during the year if taken into consideration only profits earned and by ignoring the losses incurred. It was further submitted that assessee has also incurred net loss to the tune of Rs.73,92,761/- if the transactions are considered taking into the profits earned and losses incurred to determine the net profits earned during the year. It was argued that the AO has considered only profit but not the loss incurred which is against the established fundamentals. It was argued that even if the transactions are considered as being entered by the assessee the factum of incurring net losses cannot be ignored. 7. We have gone through the entire day-wise derivatives statement and find that the assessee has incurred net loss of Rs.73,92,761/-. Now the ITA No. 533/Ahd/2024 Shipra Ajay Khare vs. ITO Asst.Year –2012-13 - 4– question before us was whether the transaction of the assessee shall be considered as a whole or only profit to be considered as taxable as per the agreement. It is also fact that the assessee has fallen into fraud perpetuated by the one namely Rajesh who was running Kunverji Fin Stock Pvt. Ltd. and in fact the assessee has not received any amount from stock broker. Keeping aside the agreement of sharing the profits but not losses, if the transactions are considered independently, the assessee had factually incurred losses. Hence, picking up profit and ignoring loss is not a right way of taxation though an agreement exists between the stock broker and the assessee wherein the losses are stomached by the stock broker himself. Further, keeping in view the fact that the broker himself has perpetuated fraud, the transaction of the assessee has to be considered in toto based on the realities over the profit and loss incurred. It is also fact on record that the margin monies given by the assessee are also been forfeited. Hence, keeping in view we hold that that no addition on account of profit is called for in the case of the assessee. 8. In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is allowed. This Order pronounced in Open Court on 19.12.2024 Sd/- Sd/- (TR SENTHIL KUMAR) (DR. BRR KUMAR) JUDICIAL MEMBER VICE PRESIDENT (True Copy) Ahmedabad; Dated 19.12.2024 Manish, Sr. PS TRUE COPY ITA No. 533/Ahd/2024 Shipra Ajay Khare vs. ITO Asst.Year –2012-13 - 5– आदेश कᳱ ᮧितिलिप अᮕेिषत/Copy of the Order forwarded to : 1. अपीलाथᱮ / The Appellant 2. ᮧ᭜यथᱮ / The Respondent. 3. संबंिधत आयकर आयुᲦ / Concerned CIT 4. आयकर आयुᲦ(अपील) / The CIT(A)- 5. िवभागीय ᮧितिनिध, आयकर अपीलीय अिधकरण, अहमदाबाद / DR, ITAT, Ahmedabad 6. गाडᭅ फाईल / Guard file. आदेशानुसार/ BY ORDER, सहायक पंजीकार (Asstt. Registrar) आयकर अपीलीय अिधकरण, अहमदाबाद / ITAT, Ahmedabad "