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No Addition under Income Tax Law on Bogus Purchases, Where Sales Are Accepted and Supplies Are Backed by GST Records and Banking Trail

The ITAT, Kolkata Bench in M/s Diach Chemicals & Pigments Pvt. Ltd. set aside the addition sustained by the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) on account of alleged bogus purchases and held that where the impugned purchases are duly backed by tax invoices, e-way bills, lorry receipts, weighment slips, GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B

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No Prosecution of Chartered Accountant for Issuing Form 15CB Certificates Without Knowledge of Forgery

The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of The Deputy Director upheld the judgment by the Hon’ble Madras High Court in the case of Murali Krishna Chakrala which held that the Petitioner, a Chartered Accountant, who issued Form 15CB certificates to client entities without knowledge of forged documents or fraudulent intent, is not a conspirator and is discharged from prosecution under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (“PMLA”). The Court allowed his discharge while giving liberty to the prosecution to examine him as a witness.