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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, BANGALORE BENCH, ‘C’, BANGALORE
PER LALIET KUMAR, JUDICIAL MEMBER
This appeal by the assessee is directed against the order passed by the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) – II, Bangalore dated 15/9/2010 for the assessment year 2007-08.
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The grounds of appeal raised by the assessee are as under:
That the orders of the authorities below insofar as it is against the assessee is against the law, facts, circumstances, natural justice, equity, without jurisdiction, bad in law and all other known principles of law.
That the total income computed and the total tax computed is hereby disputed.
The Learned CIT-Appeals erred in confirming the disallowance of Club House Facility Expenses amounting to Rs. 117,67,253/-.
The Learned CIT-Appeals erred in holding the above expenditure as capital in nature and reasons given by him is unsustainable and untenable in law.
The ld CIT(A)- Appeals erred in rejecting the relevant evidences while relying on irrelevant factors. 6. The ld authorities below erred in disallowing the claim for deduction u/s 8-IB of the Act of Rs.7,54,533/- relating to the project G.R Grand Residency without giving any cogent reasons for doing so.
The appellant denies the liabilities for interest u/s. 234B and 234D of the I.T. Act. No opportunity has been given before the levy of interest uls 234B & D of the Act.
Without prejudice to the appellant's right of seeking waiver before appropriate authority the appellant begs for consequential relief in the levy of interest u/s.234B and 234D.
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For the above and other grounds and reasons which may be submitted during the course of hearing of this appeal, the assessee requests that the appeal be allowed as prayed and justice be rendered.”
The brief facts of the case are that the assessee is a firm engaged in
the business activity of builder and property developer and filed its return
of income on 19/10/2007 declaring a total income of Rs.71,21,040/-. The
case was selected for scrutiny through CASS. The AO has mentioned in
the assessment order that the assessee has offered net income of
Rs.3,28,523/- profits for one of its projects GR Greek Agora. The gross
income from the project was admitted by the assessee was for
Rs.1,31,42,832/- which included short term capital gain of Rs.32,74,265/-.
Against this income, the asessee claimed a total expense of
Rs.1,18,03,920/- towards club facility. The AO asked the assessee to
substantiate and explain the expenditure incurred for the club facility. In
response to that it was submitted that the assessee had provided the club
facility through their nominee as per the sale deed executed between the
owner of the plots and this assessee.
It was also submitted that the assessee had entered into joint
venture agreement with Shri Rajani Kanth and Shri Krishan Prasad owners
of land and as per the joint development agreement dated 27/3/2005, the
assessee was required to develop the land and according to which they
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share the profits generated by the development of plots in the ratio of
40:60. It was also contended that as per the joint development agreement,
the assessee was to develop a club house and other common facilities to be
provided to the individual plot owner. The assessee, as per the joint
development agreement shall remain owner of the club house so developed
and shall not transfer the possession of the club to the third party. It was
also agreed that the assessee was entitled to admit members who are the
owner of the plot and was also free to admit such other members on the
terms and conditions and on receipt of entry fees and sums as may be
decided. The assessee was remain to be controlled by the management of
the club house.
In order to provide the Club Facility the assessee entered Into a
lease agreement with M/s Suman Motels Ltd. Vide agreement dated
1210211997 as amended by the amendment deed dated 2610311997 to
provide club facility to the site owners. As per the deed M/s Suman Motels
Ltd., were having over 18 years experience in the construction of hotels,
clubs and resorts etc. and running the same efficiently. The lease' deed
was for a period of 99 years for a nominal monthly rent of Rs.1 001 The
assessee has placed about 2,23,000 Sq. ft (5 es approx) of land at the
disposal of MI5 Suman Motels Ltd.,'herein after referred to as the service
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provider’. 'In short S.P. The S.P. have to construct the club house and
provide other facilities at, their cost and run and maintain the same after
admitting as members. The individual plot owners and others from the
general public, can use the facility after paying the respective fees and
charges to the Club as per applicable Rules. The S.P. has to share the profit
after claiming the expenses for running it with the Developer In the ratio of
60:40.
The SP had constructed the Club House after availing loan form
Punjab National bank and run the club house up to 2003. Subsequently the
S.P. had become bankrupt and could not pay back the dues to the bank and,
therefore, the bank took over the club house building for recovering its
dues from the S.P.
As the ( SP) Summon Motels Ltd., became bankrupt and bank or
work the charge of the club and nor services would render with the
members / plot owners, therefore assessee negotiated with the bank to
settle the dues of M/s Summon Motels Ltd for a consideration of Rs.1
crore, so as to provide the club facility to the members and outsiders. AO
was not convinced with the contention of the assessee and therefore
disallowed the club expenses of Rs.117,67,253/-.
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Aggrieved by the order of the AO, the assessee preferred an appeal
before the CIT(A) who was also not convinced with the submissions of the
assessee disallowed the expenses towards club facility for the following
reasons:
4.10 In. the light of the aforesaid decisions, the claim of Rs.1,00,00,000/- as a liability creates certain doubts. The judgement on the suit has been delivered by the learned Civil Judge on 9/11/2fJ07. Thus the subject matter of suit was pending as on31/3/2fJ07. From this, it transpires that M/s Suman Motels Ltd. Hew32as borrowed loan of Rs.3 crores for construction of Club House by mortgaging the said property. In the civil suit, Punjab National Bank was made a party as one of the defendants. The appellant contended that they negotiated loan for Rs.l crore against the total amount due of Rs.3 crores. The fact is that, it. the matter for recovery proceedings was pending before the Debts Recovery Tribunal-II (DRT-II}, Mumbai, whether approval for such negotiation has been obtained or whether the matter has been withdrawn. The appellant has proposed to make payment of Rs.1,00,00,000/- and take back the property (Club House) at Byanahalli Village, Bangalore North also with the Chief Manager, Punjab National Bank, fixing the date for meeting for negotiation regarding the dues against the aforesaid property, The appellant has not furnished other details with regard to the result· of negotiation, acceptance of settlement by the secured
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creditors i.e Punjab National Bank and IIBI. Secondly, the appellant filed civil suit before the Civil Judge, Devanahalli and the judgement on the said suit was delivered on 9/1l/2!J07. This indicates that possession of the said property was with creditors even during the previous year relevant to the assessment year under consideration. Hence, the running of Club House facilities at the alleged property does not arise. It seems that the appellant claimed expenses as revenue in nature on the basis of letter of offer made by them. In fact, no actual transaction had taken place. Thus, the liability itself is an uncertain liability claimed against the property. Hence, -it is capital in nature. Under the facts and 'circumstances, the liability had not crystallised during the year. Therefore, the claim is not allowable this year.”
Aggrieved, by the order of CIT, the assessee is before us.
We have heard the rival submissions and perused the material on
record. The assessee submitted that the expenditure incurred by him were
in discharge of legal obligation arising from the terms and conditions of the
joint development agreement entered between him and Shri Rajani Kanth
and Shri Krishan Prasad. The learned AR has pointed out the obligation
under the joint development agreement was to extend the club facilities for
the utilization of the buyer of the plot. The attention of the Bench was
drawn to paragraph 5.4 and 5.5 of the joint development agreement to the
following extent:
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“5.4 That under the scheme of development the property measuring six acres in survey NO.61/3, Byanahalli Village, Jala Hobli, Bangalore North Taluk is agreed to be developed for locating club house with three star hotel facilities and also with necessary infrastructure including restaurant and bar, Indoor games, health club, business centre, meeting hall, departmental store, swimming pool, shuttle court, tennis court, children play ground and other facilities which shall be for the use and enjoyment of the purchasers of the sites in the schedule property and the cost for establishing the club house with all facilities including construction thereon and fittings, fixtures etc., therein shall be met by the second party and first party is not liable to pay any amount in respect thereto. The ownership of the club house area and fittings, furniture, equipments etc., shall exclusively belong to second party over which the first party or the purchasers of the sites in the schedule property shall not have any manner of right, title and interest therein and except the right to become members and make use of said club house area by the first party and owners of the sites in the schedule property as per the byelaws of the club house. The second party shall admit the members of the first party and the purchasers of the sites in the schedule property as members of the club house subject to payment of necessary admission fee and other fees payable in accordance with the rules and regulations and bye-laws to be formed for the club house. The second party is entitled to admit members other than
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purchasers of the sites in the schedule property on such donations, entry fees and other sums as may be decided by second party. The second party shall be in total control and management of the club hosue and the said area. The said property measuring six acres shall be developed for the purposes of location of a club hosue etc., as stated above and shall not be sold to third parties except int eh event of impossibility of subjecting the schedule property for development in terms of this agreement. However the second party shall give first option to the first party and on their failure to purchase the second party shall be entitled to sell to third parties on no less terms offered to first party.
5.5) The first party agrees to sell the aforesaid six acres in survey No.61/3 of Byanahalli Village for establishing club house as stated above within six months from this day and the second party shall secure necessary conversion and other permissions for establishing the club hosue with 3 star facilities, and commence functioning of the same within thirty six months from the date of sanction and conversion and plans.”
Further learned AR has also drawn our attention to the sale
agreement entered between Shri Rajani Kanth and M/s G.R Developers in
favour of M/s Murukutla Venkata Subba Rao and more particularly clause
9(e) of the sale agreement to the following effect.
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9e Membership of the club to be located in schedule C herein subject to payment of monthly subscription and fees and compliance of rules and regulations.
It was also submitted by the learned AR that the members who
have purchased the plots formed an association and they have served legal
notice, as SP failed to provide club facility to the members for that our
attention was drawn to page nos. 90 and 91 of the paper book.
Therefore , on the basis of this document, it was submitted that as
the assessee was developer of the property and it was the duty of the
assessee to maintain and provide the club facility to plot owners and since
M/s S.P failed to run the club and the property of the club was taken
over/attached by the Punjab National Bank, therefore, with a view to
provide uninterrupted club facility to the plot owners, the assessee has paid
a sum of Rs.1,00,00,000/- to Punjab National Bank.
Secondly it was submitted that the assessee has incurred an
amount of Rs.1,00,00,000/- as prudent business man and this has been done
considering the commercial expediency in mind and it was submitted that
the Revenue should now sit in the arm chair of the assessee and should not
decide which and how much expenses should be made. For that purpose,
the learned AR relied upon the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in
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the case of S.A Builders ltd [2007] 158 TAXMAN 74 (SC) which held as
under :
“34. We agree with the view taken by the Delhi High Court in CIT v. Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. [2002] 254 ITR 377 2 that once it is established that there was nexus between the expenditure and the purpose of the business (which need not necessarily be the business of the assessee itself), the Revenue cannot justifiably claim to put itself in the arm-chair of the businessman or in the position of the board of directors and assume the role to decide how much is reasonable expenditure having regard to the circumstances of the case. No businessman can be compelled to maximize its profit. The income tax authorities must put themselves in the shoes of the assessee and see how a prudent businessman would act. The authorities must not look at the matter from their own view point but that of a prudent businessman. As already stated above, we have to see the transfer of the borrowed funds to a sister concern from the point of view of commercial expediency and not from the point of view whether the amount was advanced for earning profits.”
Before, we deal with the facts of the case, we would like to refer
some relevant Judgments on the issue under consideration. The Hon’ble
jurisdictional High Court in the case of Prakash Leasing Ltd., Vs. DCIT
(2012) 23 taxman.Com (Kar) in paragraph 6 to 10 has held as under:
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“6. The Apex Court in the case of Poona Electric Supply Co. Ltd. v. CIT AIR 1966 SC 30, had an occasion to consider the meaning of the real income. After reviewing several Judgments, the Apex Court held as under:
"Income tax is a tax on, the real income, i.e., the profits arrived at on commercial principles subject to the provisions of the Income-tax Act. The real profits can be ascertained only by making the permissible deductions. There is a clear-cut distinction between deductions made for ascertaining the profits and distributions made out of profits. In a given case whether the outgoings fall in one or the other of the heads is a question of fact to be found on the relevant circumstances, having regard to business principles. Another distinction that shall be borne in mind is that between the real and the statutory profits, i.e., between the commercial profits and statutory profits. The latter are statutorily fixed for a specified purpose. If we bear in mind these two principles there will be no difficulty in answering the question raised."
The Apex Court in the case of State Bank of Travancore v. CIT [1986] 158 ITR 102 / 24 Taxman 337, after considering various decisions of the Apex Court, held as under:
"An acceptable formula of co-relating the notion of real income in conjunction with the method of accounting for the purpose of the computation of income for the purpose of taxation is difficult to evolve. Besides, any strait-jacket
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formula is bound to create problems in its application to every situation, it must depend upon the facts and circumstances of each case. When and how does an income accrue and what are the consequences that follow from accrual of income are well-settled. The accrual must be real taking into account the actuality of the situation. Whether an accrual has taken place or not must, in appropriate cases, be judged on the principles of the real income theory. After accrual, non-charging of tax on the same because of certain conduct based on the ipse dixit of a particular assessee cannot be accepted. In determining the question whether it is hypothetical income or whether real income has materialised or not, various factors will have to be taken into account. It would be difficult and improper to extend the concept of real income to all cases depending upon the ipse dixit of the assessee which would then become a value judgment only. What has really accrued to the assessee has to be found out and what has accrued must be considered from the point of view of real income taking the probability or improbability of realisation in a realistic manner and dovetailing of these factors together but once the accrual takes place, on the conduct of the parties subsequent to the year of closing, an income which has accrued cannot be made 'no income'."
The Apex Court in the case of Godhra Electricity Co. Ltd., v. CIT [1997] 225 ITR 746 / 91 Taxman 351 explaining the principles of 'real income' has held at page 760 as under:
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The question whether there was real accrual of income to the assessee company in respect of the enhanced charges for supply of electricity has to be considered by taking the probability or improbability of realisation in a realistic manner. If the matter is considered in this light, it is not possible to hold that there was real accrual of income to the assessee-company in respect of the enhanced charges for supply of electricity which were added by the Income-tax Officer while passing the assessment orders in respect of the assessment years under consideration. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner was right in deleting the said addition made by the Income-tax Officer and the Tribunal had rightly held that the claim at the increased rates as made by the assessee-company on the basis of which necessary entries were made represented only hypothetical income and the impugned amounts as brought to tax by the Income-tax Officer did not represent the income which had really accrued to the assessee-company during the relevant previous years. The High Court, in our opinion, was in error in upsetting the said view of the Tribunal."
The Delhi High Court in the case of CIT v. Dinesh Kumar Goel [2011] 331 ITR 10 / 197 Taxman 375 explaining the meaning of the word 'accrued', held as under:
"Section 145 of the Act deals with the method of accounting and states that in case of business income, inter alia, the same is to be computed in accordance with the cash or mercantile system of accounting. Sub-section (2) thereof
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authorizes the Central Government to notify in the Official Gazette from time to time accounting standards to be followed by any class of assessees or in respect of any class of income. Section 211 of the Companies Act, on the other hand, prescribes the form and contents of balance-sheet and profit and loss account, which are to be maintained by the companies under the said Act. Sub-section (2) casts a duty on a company to give a true and fair view of the profit and loss of a company for the financial year in its profit and loss accounts. Sub-section (3A) adheres to the accounting standards for preparing profit and loss and balance-sheet. Sub-section (3C) defines "accounting standards" as under:
"(3C) For the purposes of this section, the expression 'accounting standards' means the standards of accounting recommended by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India constituted under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949) as may be prescribed by the Central Government in consultation with the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards established under sub- section (1) of section 210A:
Provided that the standards of accounting specified by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India shall be deemed to be the Accounting Standards until the accounting standards are prescribed by the Central Government under this sub-section."
A conjoint reading of the aforesaid provisions of the Income-tax Act and the Companies Act shows that those
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assessees, which are companies and showing income, inter alia, under the head "business or profession" have to follow the accounting standards prescribed. The Government of India has notified accounting standards in exercise of its power under section 145(2) of the Act, which are dated May 29, 1996. Accounting Standard-1 relates to the disclosure of accounting policy and puts an obligation on the assessee to disclose all significant accounting policies adopted in the preparation and presentation of financial statements. Paragraph 6 thereof defines certain expression which occurred in paragraphs 1 to 5. Clause (b) whereof spells out the definition of accrual in the following manner:
"(b) 'Accrual' refers to the assumption that revenues and costs are accrued that is, recognized as they are earned or incurred (and not as money is received or paid) and recorded in the financial statements of the period to which they relate;"
From the above, that the term "accrual" relates to revenues earned or cost incurred. Two things follow from this, viz., unless the revenue is earned, it is not accrued. Likewise, the expenses unless are incurred, cost in respect thereof cannot he treated as accrued. Secondly, it recognizes the matching concept, viz., receipts are to be matched income to arrive at the net income, which would then be eligible to tax."
The Apex Court in the case of J.K. Industries v. Union of India [2008] 297 ITR 176 / [2007] 165 Taxman 323 , has explained the 'matching' concept as under:
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"We may refer to the passage extracted by the Supreme Court from its judgment in the case of J.K. Industries v. Union of India reported in [2007] 13 Scale 204; [2008] 297 ITR 176 in the following terms (page 277 of 297 ITR):
"82. Matching concept is based on the accounting period concept. The paramount object of running a business is to earn profit. In order to ascertain the profit made by the business during a period, it is necessary that 'revenues' of the period should be matched with the costs (expenses) of that period. In other words, income made by the business during a period can be measured only with the revenue earned during a period is compared with the expenditure incurred for earning that revenue. However, in cases of mergers and acquisitions, companies sometimes undertake to defer revenue expenditure over future years which brings in the concept of deferred tax accounting. Therefore, today it cannot be said that the concept of accrual is limited to one year.
It is a principle of recognizing costs (expenses) against revenues or against the relevant time period in order to determine the periodic income. This principle is an important component of accrual basis of accounting. As stated above, the object of AS 22 is to reconcile the matching principle with the fair valuation principles. It may be noted that recognition, .measurement and disclosure of various items of income, expenses, assets and liabilities is
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done only by Accounting Standards and not by the provisions of the Companies Act."
Delhi High Court in the case of Hotel Shiv (2014) 44 taxman.com
470 has held as under:-
“16. As per the policy only those owners, who apply and pay the conversion charges, were permitted to put their residential properties to commercial or mixed use. Once a property stands converted to commercial/mixed land use, there was substantial enhancement and increase in value of the said property. There being an enduring benefit from the said conversion.
The conversion charge paid for conversion of the property from residential to commercial was a one time charge and not a recurring expenditure incurred from year to year. The one time conversion charge for conversion of the property from residential to commercial use is distinct and different from annual house tax paid at commercial rates. Annual house tax paid on commercial rate is paid for the use during the financial year. It is an annual and reoccurring payment which the land lord, tenant or the occupant must make under the applicable statute. The one time conversion charge permanently converts the use of the property from residential to commercial/mixed land use. Once the property is converted, the benefit of the same will
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ensure to the owners of the property. It enhances and adds to the value of the capital asset i.e. the property.
In the present case, the owners of the property are the partners in their individual capacity and as such the enduring benefit of conversion from residential to commercial ensures to the owners. In case the petitioner assessee were to discontinue its business, even then the partners i.e. the owners of the property in their individual capacity would still have the right to put the property to commercial/mixed land use. This advantage and benefit that the property has acquired by payment of conversion charges will continue to ensure to the individual partners irrespective of the assessee discontinuing to do the business of guest house from the said property. Thus, this expenditure is a capital expenditure and has brought about an advantage of an enduring nature, and this advantage is attached to the property. Since the advantage of enduring nature is attached to the property, the benefit of the same will ensure to the owners of the said property. The expenditure for acquiring the said advantage is an expenditure incurred purely for the individual partners. Had this expenditure been incurred by the individual owner, it would have been a capital and not a revenue expense. There is no justification and reason, why the petitioner firm made the said payment and on what terms/basis payment was made. The said expenditure cannot be treated as running business expenditure and cannot be claimed as a
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deduction under Section 37 of the Act by the petitioner/assessee. At best it would be payment on behalf of and at the behest of the owners, who were also partners of the petitioner.
Individual owners and the partnership firm are two distinct tax entities for the purpose of the Act and are liable to pay income tax on their income after reducing revenue expenditure. But in the facts of the present case while deciding the question of enduring benefit, we cannot be oblivious and ignore the practical reality that unless the partners of the petitioner want the partnership firm i.e. the petitioner cannot continue to operate and run the guest house. Therefore, while determining and deciding the question whether the expenditure was capitalor revenue in nature, the fact and also the position that the expenditure should have been incurred by the owners cannot be ignored.
We are of the considered view that the nature of expenditure is clearly capital and incurred on account of the individual partners and is neither a capital nor revenue expenditure of the partnership firm respondent assessee. We find no infirmity in the order rejecting the application of the petitioner under Section 264 of the Act, refusing to interfere in the assessment order, whereby the said expenditure has been disallowed.”
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In the light of the above law laid down by Hon’ble High Court,
now will decide whether the expenditure incurred by the assessee for re-
possession of the club was on account of capital or revenue in nature or is
an allowable expenses for determining real income as the said expenditure
though paid by the assessee for an amount already spent by the SP for
earlier years after taking the loan from the bank.
The undisputed facts are that as per the joint development
agreement of which the relevant Paras are reproduced in Para 10
above, the ownership of the assets of the club to be developed by the
assessee was belonging to the assessee and the purchasers of the
plots were not having any right in those assets. In the same, this is also
provided that purchasers of the plots are to be admitted as members of
the club subject to payment of necessary admission fees and other
fees. This is also provided in the agreement that other persons can
also be admitted as member of the club on payment of donations,
entry fees and other fees. This is also agreed position of facts that the
club was built by SP and the assessee was sharing revenue with SP. In
course of hearing, the bench wanted to see the Income and Expenditure
Account of the club for the period after taking over by the assessee and
in reply. learned AR of the assessee submitted that after 2007, the club
is being run by the association of the plot owners. Thereafter, this
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query was also raised by the bench that the liability of the assessee to
run the club was for how many years, it was submitted that the
assessee was required to provide the club premises and the running of
the club was not the responsibility of the assessee.
From these facts, it comes out that the providing of club facility
and running of club is a doing of business in the present case because
the assets of the club is property of the assessee and any accretion in
the value of asset will be a gain to the assessee. Similarly, the club
can charge admission fees and other fees without any cap and it will
result in to income which was initially shared between the assessee
and SP and after 20207. it was fully accruing to the assessee. The
impugned payment of Rs. I Crore in the present year to PNB in
settlement of the liability of SP had resulted into ownership of assets of
the club to the assessee and therefore, it is as cost of purchase of
assets of club and it cannot be allowed as revenue expenditure. Had
the ownership of the assets of the club was required to be vested in the
purchasers of plots or their association, there might have some
merit in the claim of the assessee but when as per the JDA, the
ownership is vested in the assessee and the plot owners have no right in
the assets of the club, it cannot be said that creating the asset of the club
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is a revenue expenditure.
Commercial expediency
24. Regarding commercial expediency aspect, we are of
the considered opinion that this may be helpful in those cases where
the expense is revenue in nature but the objection of the revenue is this
much only that it is not for the purpose of business of the assessee. Then
if the assessee can establish that incurring of such expenditure may
not be a legal liability of the assessee but because of commercial
expediency, such expenditure was incurred and it should be allowed
but it cannot be stretched to hold that a capital expenditure
resulting into ownership of an asset to the asset is a revenue
expenditure because it was considered of commercial expediency
to acquire such asset. This we can understand with the help of an
example. Suppose that a business enterprise having its plant in rural
area where no hotel is available and many suppliers and customers
are regularly visiting the plant. Under these facts, it may be of
commercial expediency to construct a guest house to be used by
such suppliers and customers visiting the plant. If the assessee is
incurring some maintenance loss because the facility is provided free
of cost or at subsided prices, such loss may be held to be allowable as
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business expenditure but even then, the cost of construction of the
Guest House cannot be considered and allowed as revenue business
expenditure. In the present case, this is not the case of the assessee
that there is some loss in day to day running of club and such loss
should be allowed by applying the principle of commercial
expediency. The assessee is claiming the cost of the assets of the club
as revenue expenditure which is akin to allowing of Guest House
construction cost in the given example, which is not allowable by
any stretch of imagination. Hence, there is no merit in the claim of the
assessee.
In the result, the appeal of the assessee is dismissed.
Order pronounced in the open court on 3rd March, 2017.
Sd/- Sd/- (A.K GARODIA) (LALIET KUMAR) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER Bangalore Dated : 3/3/2017 Vms Copy to :1. The Assessee 2. The Revenue 3.The CIT concerned. 4.The CIT(A) concerned. 5.DR 6.GF By order
Asst. Registrar, ITAT, Bangalore.