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Facts
The assessee, a public limited company, was involved in a dispute regarding the disallowance of interest on borrowed funds used for investments in subsidiary companies and other expenses. The Assessing Officer (AO) made additions, which were partly deleted by the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) (CIT(A)). The department appealed against these deletions.
Held
The Tribunal set aside the findings of the CIT(A) regarding the disallowance of interest on borrowed funds and remitted the matter back to the Assessing Officer for fresh adjudication. For other issues, the Tribunal dismissed the department's appeals, upholding the CIT(A)'s orders.
Key Issues
Whether interest on borrowed funds used for investment in subsidiaries is disallowable and whether the merger of subsidiaries constitutes a 'transfer' for capital gains tax purposes.
Sections Cited
36(1)(iii), 14A, 2(47), 45
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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, JAIPUR BENCHES,”A-Bench” JAIPUR
Before: SHRI GAGAN GOYAL, AM & SHRI NARINDER KUMAR, JM vk;dj vihy la-@ITA No. 1090, 1097 to 1099 & 1091/JPR/2024
Result
As a result, as regards the issue of allowance/disallowance of interest claimed u/s 36(1)(iii) of the Act in respect of the amounts said to have been invested in subsidiaries/group companies/associates, findings recorded by Learned CIT(A) are set aside, and the matter is remitted to Learned Assessing Officer for decision afresh so as to record finding as to amount(s) of interest free funds available with the assessee during the assessment years under consideration, after verification of all relevant documents relied on behalf of the assessee in this regard, and then adjudicate the issue involved in accordance with law.
As regards the valuation of the shares and loss, if any, in view of the findings recorded above, the same is required to be assessed, before any further finding could be recorded about actual or notional loss, and as such, the findings recorded by Learned CIT(A) are set aside in this regard, and the matter is remanded to the Ld. Assessing Officer for determination of the 1097 TO 1099 & 1091/JPR/2024 Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd., Kota valuation of the shares as on the date of transfer thereof, after providing reasonable opportunity of being heard to the parties.
In view of the above discussion, the appeals filed by the department are partly allowed for statistical purposes.
As regards other issues, in view of the above findings recorded under each head, the appeals filed by the department are hereby dismissed.
Copy of the common order is also placed in the connected appeal file. File consignment to the record room after the needful is done by the office. Order pronounced in the open court on 27/08/2025.