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In the proceedings before me, the assessee has submitted that it had
filed all details vide letters dated 13.11.2014 and 03.03.2015. I have
gone through these letters but they only show that request was made
that books of accounts and results should be accepted but no details of
books maintained and produced has been mentioned. The AO's rejection
of books of accounts is thus upheld. Now coming to the gross profit
percentage adopted by the Assessing Officer, it is true that right from
assessment year 2008-09 the gross profit percentage is more than 5%.
However, in A.Y. 2011-12 the gross profit percentage is about 2.48% on a
turnover of about Rs. 18 crore and in the relevant year the turnover has
decreased to about Rs. 7.5 crores. The Authorised Representative in the
present proceedings has submitted that due to recession in the market,
the turnover has got rightly reduced and this also could be maintained
only by reduction in selling price. While it is true that in the previous
years, the gross profit percentage has been better than 5% but in those
years the turnover was more than double, than in this year, which
indicated that the business was doing well. In the current year there is
drastic reduction in the turnover and scale of business and considering
that the Gross profit percentage in the previous year was only 2.48%, it
will be reasonable to estimate the same at 4% of the turnover for this
year."