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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, JAIPUR BENCHES, JAIPUR
Before: SHRI KUL BHARAT, JM & SHRI VIKRAM SINGH YADAV, AM vk;dj vihy la-@ITA No. 266/JP/2013
आयकर अपीलीय अधिकरण] जयपुर न्यायपीठ] जयपुर IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, JAIPUR BENCHES, JAIPUR Jh dqy Hkkjr] U;kf;d lnL; ,oa Jh foØe flag ;kno] ys[kk lnL; ds le{k BEFORE: SHRI KUL BHARAT, JM & SHRI VIKRAM SINGH YADAV, AM vk;dj vihy la-@ITA No. 266/JP/2013 fu/kZkj.k o"kZ@Assessment Year :2007-08 cuke M/s The Rajasthan Assistant Commissioner of Income Vs. State Co-operative Tax, Circle-06, Jaipur Bank Ltd., 2nd Floor, Apex Building, Nehru Bazar, Chaura Rasta, Jaipur LFkk;h ys[kk la-@thvkbZvkj la-@PAN/GIR No.: AAAAT0824G vihykFkhZ@Appellant izR;FkhZ@Respondent fu/kZkfjrh dh vksj ls@ Assessee by : Shri S.R. Sharma (C.A) jktLo dh vksj ls@ Revenue by : Shri R.A.Verma (JCIT) lquokbZ dh rkjh[k@ Date of Hearing : 06/04/2017 mn?kks"k.kk dh rkjh[k@Date of Pronouncement: 17/04/2017
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PER: VIKRAM SINGH YADAV, A.M.
This is an appeal filed by the assessee against the order of Ld.
CIT(A)-II, Jaipur dated 22.01.2013 for A.Y. 2007-08. The sole ground of
appeal taken by the assessee is as under:-
“1. That on the facts and in the circumstances of the case the ld. CIT(A) is wrong, unjust and has erred in law in confirming addition of Rs. 1,18,99,651/- made to the income of the appellant by the ld. Assessing Officer by upholding his finding that in the year the transfer to Reserve Fund of the excess provisions made for establishment and
2 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax other expenses in earlier years when the business income of assessee bank was totally exempt u/s 80P of I.T. Act, 1961 amounts to cessation of those liabilities and is therefore chargeable to tax in the year u/s 41(1) of I.T. Act..
Brief facts of the case are that the assessee is an apex Co-op.
Bank of Rajasthan deriving income from Banking business. The income
of assessee co-operative Bank was exempt u/s 80P(2) of I.T. Act, 61 in
all the earlier year(s) and from this assessment year 2007-08, the entire
income from Banking business of assessee Bank became taxable on
withdrawal of exemption by insertion of section 80P(4) by Finance Act,
2006 w.e.f 1-4-07. The original assessment was completed u/s 143(3)
at an income of Rs. 32,94,27,120/- making disallowance of Rs.
1,18,99,651/- on account of transfer to statutory Reserve out of carried
forward account of provision for expenses treating the same as taxable
u/s 41 of I.T.Act, 1961 and disallowance of Rs. 1,00,21,000/- out of
contribution to PAC Managers salary. The assessee bank filed appeal
against the said addition/disallowance and ld. CIT(A)-1, Jaipur vide
order dated 16.8.2010 in appeal No. 587/09-10 deleted both
addition/disallowance. The department filed appeal against the said
appeal order before ITAT, Jaipur Bench which appeal was decided vide
order dated 22-7-11 (ITA No. 1277/JP/2010). The Coordinate Bench
confirmed the order of CIT(A) in respect to the deletion of disallowance
3 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax of PAC Manager’s salary but the issue in respect to transfer to statutory
Reserve out of carried forward account of provision for expenses was
restored back to the file of A.O. The relevant findings of the Coordinate
Bench are contained at para 2.9 of its order which reads as under:
“2.9 It is well settled law that entries in the books of accounts are not conclusive. One has to ascertain the taxability on the basis of the provisions of Income Tax Act. Crediting the amount in the balance sheet will not decide the issue that such credits cannot be added to the income. The Hon’ble Apex Court in the following cases have held that book entries are not conclusive. 1. Kedarnath Jute Mfg. Co. Ltd. Vs. CIT, 82 ITR 363 (SC) 2. CIT vs. Indian Discount Co. Ltd. 75 ITR 191 (SC) 3. Satluj Cotton Mills Ltd. Vs. CIT, 116 ITR 1 (SC) 4. CIT vs. Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd., 227 ITR 172 SC 5. CIT Vs. Shoorji Vallabhdas & Co., 46 ITR 144 (SC) 6. CIT vs. Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd., 181 Taxman 5 (Del.) Thus the issue is not to be decided simply on the basis that the entries have been made in the balance sheet and not in the P & L A/c. We are not having sufficient details to decide the issue before us as to whether the amount could have been added or not and therefore, we restore back the issue on the file of the A.O. The AO will ascertain the nature of the provisions which has been written back during the year and will also ascertain as to whether such provision was added back in the year in which such provision was credited in the balance sheet. Thus this
4 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax issue is restored back on the file of the AO and AO will decide as to whether provision written back was included in expenses claimed in the year in which such provision created. If it was claimed then amount written back will be income.”
2.1 The AO in accordance with above said directions of the
Coordinate Bench took up the proceedings and vide impugned order
under appeal has recorded following facts after necessary examination:
i. Statutory reserve of Rs. 80,99,16,594.12/- as on 01.04.2006 has
increase to Rs. 82,41,83,630.49/-. The increase in the amount of
statutory reserve is contributed by transferred of Rs. 1,18,99,651/- from
carried forward provisions written back in the relevant financial year by
transferring the said amount to the statutory reserve account.
ii. The provisions for establishment of Rs. 1,18,99,651/- comprises
provisions for establishments expenses of Rs. 1,12,02,831.40/-
(provision for establishment expenses of Rs. 30,00,000/- for the period
ending on 31.03.2004, Rs. 40,00,000/- for the period ending on
31.03.2005 and Rs. 40,00,000/- for the period ending on 31.03.2006)
balance amount of Rs. 2,02,831/- pertains to the period prior to F.Y
2003-04. Rs. 6,96,819/- relates to provision for expenses like water,
postage, telephone etc. included with expenses under respective head
and debited to Profit and Loss Account for the F.Y. 200-06.
5 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax iii The above amount of provisions for establishment expenses are
included with the expenditure of salary and allowance and provident
fund, for example, provision for establishment expenses Rs. 40,00,000/-
is included with salary expenses total of Rs. 2,87,07,784.56/- and
coupled with other expenses total Rs. 5,51,08,851.53/- is debited to
profit and loss account for the period ending on 31.03.2006 under head
‘salaries and allowances and provident fund’.
iv Provisions for establishment expenses made in different years
and provision for other expenses are debited to profit and loss account
to the respective years.
v. From the entries made in the books account relating to provisions
for establishment expenses have been claimed as expenditure in the
profit and loss account.
vi. It is evident from the computation of income mentioned supra as
well as from the reply of the assessee that provisions for establishment
expenses claimed as expenditure in the profit and loss account have not
been added back for the computation of income.
vii. In the F.Y. 2006-07 the assessee bank realized that the said
brought forward provisions for establishment expenses to the extent of
Rs. 1,18,99,651/- is no longer required the said amount was transferred
to Statutory Reserve.
6 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax
2.2 The AO thereafter held that ‘it is concluded that provision for
establishment expenses and other expenses to the extent of Rs.
1,18,99,651/- has been claimed and allowed as expenditure in the profit
& loss account in preceeding assessment years. The provisions for
expenses have not been added back in the computation of income.
Therefore, the transfer of liability of expenses (provision for
establishment expenses and other expenses totaling Rs 1,18,99,651)
directly to reserve amounts to cessation of liabilities of expenses and is
taxable as income in the year in which it is transferred to reserve’.
Thus the AO reconfirmed the addition of Rs. 1,18,59,651/- by invoking
Section 41 (1) of I.T. Act, 1961.
2.3 Being aggrieved, the assessee again carried the matter in appeal
before CIT(A)-II, Jaipur who vide her appeal order dated 22-1-2013
dismissed the appeal of assessee and the relevant findings are
contained at para 7 of her order which reads as under:-
“It is not disputed by the appellant that the provisions totaling to Rs. 1,18,99,651/- were not added back in the Computations of Income of the returns filed for earlier assessment years. It is also not disputed that the provisions were debited in the P & L account, therefore the conclusion in the assessment order of taxing the Provisions totaling to Rs. 1,18,99,651/- because they have been transferred to Reserve in the year under consideration is upheld as Hon’ble ITAT direction was only
7 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax to confirm whether the provisions were added back to income in earlier years or not. The answer is No they had not been added back. The addition of Rs. 1,18,99,651/- is thus upheld.’’
During the course of hearing, the ld AR of the assessee has
submitted that the addition has been made by AO and sustained by ld.
CIT(A) by invoking provisions of Section 41(1) of I.T. Act, 1961. It was
submitted that the provision of Section 41(1) have application only if:-
(i) an allowance or deduction had been made, in the computation of profits and gains of a business or profession, in the assessment for any year in respect of loss, expenditure or trading liability incurred by the assessee, and (ii) Subsequently during any previous year the assessee had obtained, whether in cash or in any other manner whatsoever, any amount in respect of such loss or expenditure or some benefit in respect of such trading liability by way of remission or cessation thereof.
3.1 It was submitted that the undisputed facts of the case are that
assessee Bank has carried forward Reserves and provisions under
various heads created from the profits of the earlier years, amongst
them the assessee co-operative Bank as on 1-4-06 had brought forward
statutory Reserve of Rs. 80,99,16,594 and brought forward provision
under the head ‘Provision for Establishment’ (expenses) of Rs.
1,18,99,651/-. The assessee Bank on finding that the said brought
forward provision under the head provision for expenses is no longer
8 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax required and so it transferred the same to Statutory Reserve Fund in
this year.
3.2 It was submitted that the entire income of assessee Apex Co-
operative Bank was exempt u/s 80P(2)(a)(i) since commencement of
I.T. Act and became taxable for and from A.Y. 2007-08 by virtue of
Section 80P(4) inserted by Finance Act, 2006. The assessee in
computation of income filed with return of each of assessment year
prior to A.Y. 2007-08 put a note which reads as under and also
reproduced on page-4 of impugned assessment order:-
“The income from banking business is wholly exempt u/s 80P (2)(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and as such it has not been considered necessary to disturb and add back the items of P & L account in conformity with Income-Tax Act/I.T. Rules, 1962 including appropriation of profit in reserve/funds.”
3.3 It was submitted that the assessment for most of the years were
completed u/s 143(3) and copies of returns along with computation of
income and copies of assessment order for A.Y 2004-05, 2005-06,
2006-07 were herewith submitted wherein return of income filed by the
assessee accepted which means acceptance of above note appended to
the computation of income and all disallowable expenses/deductions
etc. deemed to have been considered and added and as resultant
9 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax income would have been exempt, exercise of adding them in
assessment was not done. The reply of assessee filed by assessee
before A.O. reproduced in para 6.1, 6.2 & 6.3 of assessment order is
considered in para 8.2 of assessment order and observation of ld. AO
thereon are as under:-
“The contention of the assessee is not correct because the assessee has not followed the discipline of accounting as well as computation of income. Such as transfer to reserve is made out of the profit but the assessee has transferred the amounts to reserve from liabilities for expenses and which has been allowed as expenditure. They have never being declared as income of the assessee for the relevant assessment year.’’
There are many provisions under the Income Tax Act where the income is exempted but they have to get their accounts audited and filing of return of income is necessary. They cannot be exonerated from the liability from filing of return of income or getting their account audited merely by informing the department that their income is totally exempt and no tax liability would arise, therefore, a note to this effect is sufficient compliance for non maintenance of books of accounts or getting the accounts audited and not filing of return of income.”
However the issue raised by ld. AO equally applies to ld. AO also who
passed assessment order(s). The ld. AO is also duty bound to make
assessment in conformity of law and when even on proper disclosure ld.
AO. adopted the same way of computation of income as assessee
followed and did not choose to do exercise of adding back the
provisions which are clearly disallowance under I.T. Act, 1961, the fault
cannot be found with assessee only. In these facts and circumstances
10 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax of the case it is to be taken that the provisions for said expenses made
in accounts were deemed to have been disallowed like it has been
deemed by A.O. that depreciation has been allowed. On these facts of
the case it cannot be concluded that assessee claimed provisions of
expenses in P& L A/c and the same were allowed in assessment. In
view of this, the provisions of Section 41(1) cannot be applied to
assessee when part of carried forward provision for expenses was
written back in this year in accounts and transferred to Statutory
Reserve Fund.
3.4 It was submitted that the scope of section 41(1) is to bring to tax
any loss, expenditure or trading liability allowed in an earlier
assessment but which is recouped by remission or cessation of such
liability in a later year. It is clear that deduction in an earlier year is the
primary condition for jurisdiction under section 41(1). Even an unilateral
entry vide explanation 1 with effect from the assessment year 1997-
1998 would attract liability under section 41(1), so that any credit to the
profit and loss account or even a proprietor’s account or reserves by
squaring up the liability should attract tax under section 41(1) as long
as the amount had been allowed as a deduction in computation of
taxable income. The allowance or deduction in respect of loss
expenditure or expressly not allowable income is determined and
11 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax cannot be inferred or concluded while exempt income is determined as
in the later case their addition is not material as even thereafter
resultant sum income will be exempt.
3.5 It was submitted that the findings of Ld. CIT(A) that it is not
disputed by appellant that the provisions of expenses totaling to Rs.
1,18,99,651/- debited in the P&L A/c were not added back in the
computation of income of the returns filed for earlier assessment years
is not correct as assessee Bank is constantly claiming that the notes
given in the computation statement and resultant assessments made it
is to be taken that provisions for expenses made in account were
deemed to have been disallowed. It was also constantly claimed that
the allowance or deduction envisaged in Section 41(1) means that the
same were made while computing taxable income but when whole
income of assessee Bank is exempt than there cannot be inferred any
allowance or deduction having been made while computing exempt
income. Thus the order of Ld. CIT(A) is on misappreciation of facts and
contentions made by assessee Bank. The order of Ld. CIT(A) thus
suffers from infirmity by which said addition was upheld.
3.6 It was finally submitted that on these facts of the case and
position of law, the conclusion of Ld. CIT(A) and Ld. A.O. that
provisions of expenses were claimed by assessee Bank in its P & L A/c
12 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax in earlier years and same were allowed is wrong, unwarranted and bad
in law and, therefore the addition of Rs. 1,18,99,651/- upheld by Ld.
CIT(A) is also wrong. The addition of Rs. 1,18,99,651/- made in the
income of assessee Bank by invoking Sec. 41(1) of I.T. Act, 61 deserves
to be deleted.
The ld. DR has vehemently argued the matter, supported the order of the lower authorities and has relied upon the following case laws: 1. Geotze (India) Ltd. Vs. CIT 157 Taxman 1 (SC) 2. Chief CIT Vs. Machine tool Corpn of India Ltd. 67 Taxman 363 (Kar) 3. Sarla Handicrafts (P) Ltd Vs. Addl. CIT 296 ITR 94 (P&H)
We have heard the rival submissions and pursued the material
available on record. The principle contention raised by the ld. AR is that
the assessee’s income from its banking business was wholly exempt u/s
80P(2) of the Act in the earlier years (prior A.Y 2007-08) and by way of
a note to the computation of income filed with return of each of the
prior assessment years, it has stated that “as income from its banking
business is wholly exempt u/s 80P(2) of the Income Tax Act, it has not
been considered necessary to disturb and add back items of profit and
loss account in conformity with the Income Tax Act/Income Tax Rules
including appropriation of profit in reserve funds”. It was submitted
13 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax that the assessment for most of the prior years were completed u/s
143(3) wherein the return of income filed by the assessee was accepted
including the acceptance of the above said note appended to the
computation of income. It was submitted that by way of said note to
the computation of income, all disallowable expenses/deductions etc.
were deemed to have been considered and added back to the
computation of income and as resultant income would have been
exempt u/s 80P(2), exercise of adding all disallowable
expenses/deductions etc. in assessment was not done.
5.1 In order to appreciate the said contentions raised by the ld. AR, it
would be relevant to refer to the provisions of section 41(1) of the Act
which reads as under:-
(1) Where an allowance or deduction has been made in the
assessment for any year in respect of loss, expenditure or trading
liability incurred by the assessee (hereinafter referred to as the first-
mentioned person) and subsequently during any previous year,-
(a) the first-mentioned person has obtained, whether in cash or in
any other manner whatsoever, any amount in respect of such loss or
expenditure or some benefit in respect of such trading liability by way
of remission or cessation thereof, the amount obtained by such person
14 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax or the value of benefit accruing to him shall be deemed to be profits
and gains of business or profession and accordingly chargeable to
income-tax as the income of that previous year, whether the business
or profession in respect of which the allowance or deduction has been
made is in existence in that year or not”
5.2 Here it would be relevant to the decision of the Hon’ble Gujarat
High Court in case of CIT vs. Bharat Iron and Steel Industries 199
ITR 67 wherein the Hon’ble High Court has held as under:
“The key words in section 41(1) are 'the assessee has obtained,
whether in cash or in any other manner whatsoever, any amount in
respect of such loss or expenditure or some benefit in respect of such
trading liability by way of remission or cessation thereof. It is the
obtaining in 'cash or in any other manner whatsoever, any amount... or
some benefit in respect of such trading liability...' which is contemplated
by the Legislature when it used the words 'has obtained'. Section 41(1)
introduces a fiction by which an allowance or deduction which has been
made in the assessment for any year in respect of loss, expenditure or
trading liability incurred by the assessee, and subsequently, during any
previous year the assessee has obtained, whether in cash or in any
other manner whatsoever any amount in respect of such loss or
15 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax expenditure or some benefit in respect of such trading liability by way
of remission or cessation thereof, the amount obtained by him or the
value of benefit accruing to him, shall be deemed to be profits and
gains of the business or profession and, accordingly, chargeable to
income-tax as income of that previous year, whether the business or
profession in respect of which the allowance or deduction has been
made is in existence in that year or not. The fiction is an indivisible one.
It cannot be enlarged by importing another fiction, namely, that if the
amount was obtainable or receivable during the previous year, it must
be deemed to have been obtained or received during that year.”
5.3 Applying the same analogy to the first limb of section 41(1) which
talks about “any allowance or deduction made in the assessment for
any year in respect of loss, expenditure or trading liability incurred by
the assessee”, it means the actual deduction which has been
claimed/made in the computation of income and thereafter upheld in
the assessment order for the relevant assessment year. The same
cannot be extended to include any loss, expenditure or trading liability
deemed to have been claimed and allowed to the assessee. Extending
the said analogy further, it cannot be said that certain expenditure
though claimed initially in the profit/loss account were deemed to have
16 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax been disallowed either in the computation of income by the assessee or
subsequently by the AO in the assessment order. Further, the note to
the computation of income is totally silent about nature and quantum of
provisions for administrative expenses which has been made subject
matter of section 41(1) of the Act. Unless and until there is one to one
correlation between the expenses disallowed earlier and benefit
obtained now by way of reversal of such provision for expenses, it
cannot be held that the provisions of section 41(1) are not applicable.
Therefore, the above said contention of the ld AR in respect of deemed
disallowance of the provisions of expenses by way of a note in the
computation of income and hence, not applicability of section 41(1)
cannot be accepted.
Now coming to the 2nd contention raised by the ld. AR that 5.4
allowance and deduction in respect of loss or expenditure in the context
of section 41(1) can only be inferred if taxable income is determined
and it cannot be inferred or concluded while exempted income is
determined as in the later case the addition is not material as resultant
income will be exempt u/s 80P(2) of the Act. In other words, the
contention of the AR is that the emphasis on allowance/deduction in
section 41(1) means that the same are made while computed taxable
17 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax income but when whole income of assessee bank is exempt then they
cannot be inferred any allowance/deduction having made while
computing exempt income.
5.5 We have given a careful consideration to the said contention
raised by the ld. AR but we are unable to accept the same. Section
41(1) talks about allowances/deductions which has been made in the
assessment for any year in respect of loss, expenditure or trading
liability incurred by the assessee. The said allowance/deduction u/s
41(1) has not been made subject to deduction under Chapter-VIA of
the Act as claimed ld. AR. If the contention raised by the ld. AR is
accepted, then it leads to the situation where no allowance or deduction
will have be claimed by the assessee and further, in such
circumstances, provisions of section 41(1) cannot be invoked where an
assessee is eligible for deduction under Chapter-VI-A of the Act. In our
view, the said contention of the ld AR will make section 41(1) infructous
in such cases.
5.6 Now coming to chapter VI-A which contains Section 80P wherein
the assessee’s income was held eligible for deduction prior to the
impunged assessment year. Section 80P(1) provides that “wherein the
18 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax case of the assessee being Co-operative Society, the gross total income
includes any income referred in section (2), they shall be deducted, in
accordance with and subject to provisions of this section, the sum
specified in sub-section (2), in computing the total income of the
assessee.” The emphasis, therefore, is on the income which is included
in gross total income of the assessee. In this regard, Section 80 AB of
the Act provides necessary guidance which reads as under:-
“Where any deduction is required to be made or allowed under any section included in this Chapter under the heading “C-Deductions in respect of certain incomes” in respect of any income of the nature specified in that section which is included in the gross total income of the assessee, then, notwithstanding anything contained in that section, for the purpose of computing the deduction under that section, the amount of income of that nature as computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act (before making any deduction under this Chapter) shall alone be deemed to be the amount of income of that nature which is derived or received by the assessee and which is included in his gross total income.”
5.7 In light of above discussions, it is clear that the income that is
eligible for deduction under section 80P has to be computed in
accordance with the provisions of Act and which includes section 41(1)
of the Act. Therefore, firstly the income has to be computed taking into
consideration the provisions of section 41(1) of the Act and thereafter,
the deduction under Section 80P has to be determined. It may so
happen that the whole of the income so computed in accordance with
the provisions of the Act is held eligible for deduction under section 80P
19 ITA No.266/JP/2013 M/s The Rajasthan State Co-operative Bank Ltd Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax of the Act however, the same cannot be a basis to hold that provisions
of section 41(1) are not applicable. There could also be situations
where the business which is eligible for section 80P is no more in
existence and the assessee has obtained some benefit, provision of
section 41(1) continues to apply. Similarly, where the assessee
continues to carry on the same business but in the later years, it is not
eligible for section 80P due to amendment in the law as has happened
in the instant case, it cannot be held that the provisions of section 41(1)
are not applicable. The provisions of the Act, therefore, have to be
read harmoniously and in such a manner that none of the provisions are
rendered infructuous. In light above discussions, we do not see any
infirmity in the order of the AO who has rightly followed the directions
of the Coordinate Bench and the order of the ld. CIT(A) which is hereby
confirmed. The ground taken by the assessee is thus dismissed.
In the result, appeal filed by the assessee is dismissed.
Order pronounced in the open court on 17/04/2017.
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