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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judgments rely on this decision, according to BharatTax’s citation analysis of 292,668 Indian tax judgments — from 2010 to 2025.

Also referred to as

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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