Business · 19 Jul 2026

Builder's seized papers alone cannot trigger tax addition, rules ITAT

Builder's seized papers alone cannot trigger tax addition, rules ITAT

The Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal held that the tax department cannot treat an alleged cash property payment as undisclosed income merely because a taxpayer's name appears in documents seized from a builder. Ruling in Sanjeet Kumar Kedarnath Gupta v. ITO, it deleted a Rs 90 lakh addition made under Section 69A.

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