Question ID : 40524

Disallowance made without any inquiry through notices u/s. 142(1)

The assessee was issued show-cause notice under section 143 (2) for scrutiny, followed by notice u/s. 142(1) r.w.s. 129 of the Act along with a detailed questionnaire enclosed requesting the assessee to submit the details which were timely submitted by the assessee. After reply from the assessee, Further Notices u/s. 142(1) were issued for the cash sales made to the certain customer and the assessee replied to it. In further 142(1) notices, there was nothing mentioned related to decline in the N.P. Ratio and disallowance of administrative expenses. But in the order u/s. 143(3), disallowance of expenses was made without mentioning this issue in any of the show cause notice issued earlier.

posted by Hunny Badlani on Jan 1 2020 12:00AM