CIT v. Calcutta Discount Co. Ltd.
39 ITR 706High Court1960#1059 most cited
What is CIT v. Calcutta Discount Co. Ltd. authority for?
Income is taxable only if it has genuinely accrued to the assessee, based on the principle of real income, regardless of the accounting method followed. Tax can only be levied on real, not hypothetical or imaginary, income.
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CIT v. Calcutta Discount Co. Ltd. · 39 ITR 706 · real income principle · accrual of income · mercantile system of accounting · hypothetical income · section 28 · section 143(3) · right to receive income
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