Reimbursement of Expenses not a part of gross receipts of the assessee for audit purpose-ITAT Pune

Whether reimbursement of actual expenditure on which the payer has deducted TDS ought to be considered by the assessee as a gross receipts or the assessee was under a bona fide impression that reimbursement of expenditure does not involve element of income and not required to be considered as a part of gross turnover. After perusing various invoices raised by the assessee on its clients which are placed in the paper-book, we are of the view that the assessee remained under a bona fide impression that the expenditure incurred on behalf of its clients regarding payment of customs duty, transportation/freight charges, forklift charges, etc. were not required to be retained by the assesse [Aasita International-ITAT Pune 19-011-2015]