M/S Renu Engineering Industries vs Commissioner, Central Excise & Service ... on 9 October, 2015
2. At the outset, Learned A. R. argued that the Assessing Officer has
wrongly rejected the books of account u/s 145(3) of the Act without
specifying any defect therein and therefore, order of the Assessing Officer
itself needs to be quashed. Our attention was invited to copy of assessment
order placed in the appeal file and it was submitted that the Assessing
Officer rejected the books of account of the assessee merely on the basis
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Assessment Year:2012-13
that gross profit declared by the assessee was lower than earlier years. It
was submitted that the Assessing Officer has mentioned that stock registers
were not maintained whereas the fact is that the stock registers were duly
maintained and in this respect our attention was invited to copy of reply
filed by the assessee placed at paper book pages 13 to 15 wherein at page
No. 14, the assessee had mentioned that assessee maintains computerized
stock register integrated with financial records and it was also mentioned
that the quantitative details have already been furnished in tax audit report.
Therefore, it was argued that the findings of the Assessing Officer are not
based upon facts. Without prejudice it was argued that even if it is
presumed that stock registers were not maintained, the books of account
cannot be rejected as held in the case of Renu Industries vs. Commissioner
of Sales Tax and Another.