CIT v. P.J. Chemicals Ltd.

210 ITR 830Supreme Court of India1994#622 most cited

What is CIT v. P.J. Chemicals Ltd. authority for?

This Supreme Court decision clarifies the conditions under which a capital subsidy received by an assessee should be reduced from the 'actual cost' of an asset for computing depreciation under Section 43(1) of the Income-tax Act, depending on whether the subsidy directly meets the cost of the asset.

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judgments rely on this decision, according to BharatTax’s citation analysis of 367,735 Indian tax judgments — from 2007 to 2026.

Also referred to as

CIT v. P.J. Chemicals Ltd. · P.J. Chemicals · section 43(1) · actual cost · capital subsidy · reduction from cost of assets · depreciation allowance · section 32 · written down value · purpose of subsidy

Issues it is cited on

Judgments citing CIT v. P.J. Chemicals Ltd.

Manohar Processors Pvt. Ltd.(Dicitex Furnishing Pvt. Ltd.), Mumbai vs. DCIT -Range 8(2), Mumbai

In the result, the appeal filed by the Revenue for the above two assessment years are dismissed

ITA 7120/MUM/2013[2010-11]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai15 Nov 2016AY 2010-11

Bench: Shri Joginder Singh & Shri N.K. Pradhanassessment Year: 2010-11 M/S Manohar Processors Dcit-8(2), Pvt. Ltd. (Dicitex Home बनाम/ Mumbai Furnishings Pvt. Ltd.), Vs. Shop No.2, Kakad Air Conditioner Market, Kalbadevi Road, Mumbai-400002 ("नधा"रती /Assessee) (राज"व /Revenue) P.A. No. Aaccm7535R "नधा"रती क" ओर से / Assessee By Shri Hariom Tulsyan Shri Purushottam Kumar- Dr राज"व क" ओर से / Revenue By 15/11/2016 सुनवाई क" तार"ख / Date Of Hearing : 15/11/2016 आदेश क" तार"ख /Date Of Order:

Section 143(3)

…te a project is production incentive or operational subsidy and is not capital subsidy and hence as per the AO, it is chargeable to tax as revenue receipt. He also relied upon the decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of CIT vs. P. J. Chemicals (1994) 210 ITR 830 (SC) wherein the dispute was whether the capital subsidy went to reduce the actual cost of plant and machinery for the purpose of depreciation. He noted that the ratio of the above decision has since been negatived by inserting Explanation -10 below section 43(1) by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1998 w.e.f. 01.04.1999. The AO also found that the asses…