CIT v. Ponni Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.

306 ITR 392Supreme Court of India2008#107 most cited

What is CIT v. Ponni Sugars & Chemicals Ltd. authority for?

The "Purpose Test" determines whether an incentive or subsidy is a capital or revenue receipt for income tax purposes. If the incentive's purpose is to enable an assessee to set up a new industry or make investments in capital assets, it is a capital receipt and not taxable.

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CIT v. Ponni Sugars & Chemicals Ltd. · 306 ITR 392 · capital receipt vs revenue receipt · subsidy taxability · incentive scheme purpose test · sales tax incentive capital receipt · excise duty exemption capital receipt · section 2(24)(xviii) · section 43(1) · investment incentive taxability · purpose test subsidy · nature of receipt

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Judgments citing CIT v. Ponni Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.

M/S. Geena Garments, Tiruppur vs. ACIT, Circle-1, Tiruppur

ITA 1823/CHNY/2024[2018-19]Status: DisposedITAT Chennai16 Oct 2024AY 2018-19

Bench: Shri S.S. Viswanethra Ravi & Shri Amitabh Shuklaआयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.1823/Chny/2024 निर्धारण वर्ष/Assessment Year: 2018-19 Geena Garments Vs. The Assistant Commissioner Of S.F. No. 410, R.K. Nagar, Income Tax, Circle 1, Pichampalayampudur B.O., Tirupur. Tiruppur 641 603. [Pan: Aagfg6962K] (अपीलार्थी/Appellant) (प्रत्यर्थी/Respondent) अपीलार्थी की ओर से / Appellant By : Shri Suraj Nahar, C.A. प्रत्यर्थी की ओर से/Respondent By : Ms. Gouthami Manivasagam, Jcit सुनवाई की तारीख / Date Of Hearing : 09.10.2024 घोषणा की तारीख /Date Of Pronouncement : 16.10.2024 आदेश/Order Per S.S. Viswanethra Ravi: This Appeal Filed By The Assessee Is Directed Against The Order Dated 29.04.2024 Passed By The Id. Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals), National Faceless Appeal Centre [Nfac], Delhi For The

For Appellant: Shri Suraj Nahar, C.AFor Respondent: Ms. Gouthami Manivasagam, JCIT
Section 143(3)Section 2(24)Section 2(24)(xviii)

…essee was given incentive for exploring the new markets across the globe, whether such incentive would be a capital receipt or revenue receipt? The Tribunal followed the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of CIT v. Ponni Sugars & Chemicals Ltd. 306 ITR 392, held the incentives provided by the Government of India for exploring the new markets across the globe and given to the assessee is not for running the business profitably but for expanding the market area, is a capital receipt, cannot be treated as income either under section 2(24) or section 28 of the Act. Further, the same finding was followe…

Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle-1, Tiruppur vs. Eastman Exports Global Clothing P Ltd, Tiruppur, Tamilnadu

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed

ITA 326/CHNY/2024[2018-19]Status: DisposedITAT Chennai20 Sept 2024AY 2018-19

Bench: Shri S.S. Viswanethra Ravi & Shri Jagadishआयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. Nos.3326/Chny/2019 & 326/Chny/2024 िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Years: 2017-18 & 2018-19 The Assistant Commissioner Of Vs. Eastman Exports Global Clothing (P) Ltd., No. 10, 12, 2Nd Street, Kumar Income Tax, Circle 1(1), 121, Adams Buildings, 60 Feet Road, Nagar South, Tirupur 641 603. Tirupur 641 602. [Pan: Aaccc0952E] (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) (""थ"/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.706/Chny/2022 िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Year: 2017-18 Victus Dyeings, The Assistant Commissioner Of 410, P.N. Road, R.K. Nagar, Income Tax, Circle 1, Vs. Tirupur 641 601. Tirupur. [Pan: Aacfv4420D] (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) (""थ"/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.768/Chny/2022 िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Year: 2017-18 The Deputy Commissioner Of M/S. K.M. Knit Wear, Income Tax, Circle 1, 14, E.F. Lakshmi Nagar, First Street, Vs. Tirupur. City Garden, Tirupur 641 602. [Pan: Aacfk3053B] (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) (""थ"/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.358/Chny/2022 िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Year: 2018-19 M/S. K.M. Knit Wear, The Assistant Commissioner Of 14, E.F. Lakshmi Nagar, First Street, Income Tax, Circle 1, Vs. City Garden, Tirupur 641 602. Tirupur. (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) (""थ"/Respondent)

Section 28

…page 131 of the paper book and submits that 12 I.T.A. Nos.3326/Chny/19, 326 & 1014/Chny/24, 706, 768,358/Chny/22 & 94 & 1348Chny/23 this Tribunal, by following the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Ponni Sugars & Chemicals Ltd. Reported in 306 ITR 392 and also in the case of PCIT v. Nitin Spinners Ltd. (supra), held that the incentives provided to the industrial unit with the object of creating avenues for perpetual employment, to eradicate the social problem of unemployment in the State by accelerated industrial development, would be capital in nature. Further, he drew our attention to para 1…

Gates Wears, Tiruppur vs. DCIT Circle 1, Tiruppur

ITA 1014/CHNY/2024[2020-21]Status: DisposedITAT Chennai20 Sept 2024AY 2020-21

Bench: Shri S.S. Viswanethra Ravi & Shri Jagadishआयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. Nos.3326/Chny/2019 & 326/Chny/2024 निर्धारण वर्ष/Assessment Years: 2017-18 & 2018-19 The Assistant Commissioner Of Vs. Eastman Exports Global Clothing (P) Income Tax, Circle 1(1), 121, Adams Ltd., No. 10, 12, 2Nd Street, Kumar Buildings, 60 Feet Road, Nagar South, Tirupur 641 603. Tirupur 641 602. [Pan: Aaccc0952E] (अपीलार्थी/Appellant) (प्रत्यर्थी/Respondent) Victus Dyeings, आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.706/Chny/2022 410, P.N. Road, R.K. Nagar, निर्धारण वर्ष/Assessment Year: 2017-18 Tirupur 641 601. The Assistant Commissioner Of [Pan: Aacfv4420D] Vs. Income Tax, Circle 1, (अपीलार्थी/Appellant) Tirupur. (प्रत्यर्थी/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.768/Chny/2022 निर्धारण वर्ष/Assessment Year: 2017-18 The Deputy Commissioner Of M/S. K.M. Knit Wear, Income Tax, Circle 1, 14, E.F. Lakshmi Nagar, First Street, Tirupur. Vs. City Garden, Tirupur 641 602. [Pan: Aacfk3053B] (अपीलार्थी/Appellant) (प्रत्यर्थी/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.358/Chny/2022 निर्धारण वर्ष/Assessment Year: 2018-19 M/S. K.M. Knit Wear, 14, E.F. Lakshmi Nagar, First Street, City Garden, Tirupur 641 602. The Assistant Commissioner Of Vs. Income Tax, Circle 1, Tirupur. (अपीलार्थी/Appellant) (प्रत्यर्थी/Respondent) San Tex Inc., 2

Section 143(1)Section 28

…o consolidated order of this Tribunal in assessee's own case for AY 2014-15 & 2015-16 at page 131 of the paper book and submits that this Tribunal, by following the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Ponni Sugars & Chemicals Ltd. Reported in 306 ITR 392 and also in the case of PCIT v. Nitin Spinners Ltd. (supra), held that the incentives provided to the industrial unit with the object of creating avenues for perpetual employment, to eradicate the social problem of unemployment in the State by accelerated industrial development, would be capital in nature. Further, he drew our attention to para 1…

San Tex Inc., Tirupur vs. ACIT Circle 1, Tirupur

ITA 94/CHNY/2023[2017-18]Status: DisposedITAT Chennai20 Sept 2024AY 2017-18

Bench: Shri S.S. Viswanethra Ravi & Shri Jagadishआयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. Nos.3326/Chny/2019 & 326/Chny/2024 निर्धारण वर्ष/Assessment Years: 2017-18 & 2018-19 The Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax, Circle 1(1), 121, Adams Buildings, 60 Feet Road, Tirupur 641 602. Vs. Eastman Exports Global Clothing (P) Ltd., No. 10, 12, 2Nd Street, Kumar Nagar South, Tirupur 641 603. [Pan: Aaccc0952E] (अपीलार्थी/Appellant) (प्रत्यर्थी/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.706/Chny/2022 निर्धारण वर्ष/Assessment Year: 2017-18 Victus Dyeings, 410, P.N. Road, R.K. Nagar, Tirupur 641 601. [Pan: Aacfv4420D] The Assistant Commissioner Of Vs. Income Tax, Circle 1, Tirupur. (अपीलार्थी/Appellant) (प्रत्यर्थी/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.768/Chny/2022 निर्धारण वर्ष/Assessment Year: 2017-18 The Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax, Circle 1, Tirupur. M/S. K.M. Knit Wear, 14, E.F. Lakshmi Nagar, First Street, Vs. City Garden, Tirupur 641 602. [Pan: Aacfk3053B] (अपीलार्थी/Appellant) (प्रत्यर्थी/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.358/Chny/2022 निर्धारण वर्ष/Assessment Year: 2018-19 M/S. K.M. Knit Wear, 14, E.F. Lakshmi Nagar, First Street, City Garden, Tirupur 641 602. The Assistant Commissioner Of Vs. Income Tax, Circle 1, Tirupur. (अपीलार्थी/Appellant) (प्रत्यर्थी/Respondent) 2

Section 28

…page 131 of the paper book and submits that 12 I.T.A. Nos.3326/Chny/19, 326 T 1014/Chny/24, 706, 768,358/Chny/22 & 94 T 1348Chny/23 this Tribunal, by following the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Ponni Sugars & Chemicals Ltd. Reported in 306 ITR 392 and also in the case of PCIT v. Nitin Spinners Ltd. (supra), held that the incentives provided to the industrial unit with the object of creating avenues for perpetual employment, to eradicate the social problem of unemployment in the State by accelerated industrial development, would be capital in nature. Further, he drew our attention to para 1…

Geena Garments, Tiruppur vs. ACIT, Circle-1, Tiruppur

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed

ITA 1348/CHNY/2023[2017-18]Status: DisposedITAT Chennai20 Sept 2024AY 2017-18

Bench: Shri S.S. Viswanethra Ravi & Shri Jagadishआयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. Nos.3326/Chny/2019 & 326/Chny/2024 िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Years: 2017-18 & 2018-19 The Assistant Commissioner Of Vs. Eastman Exports Global Clothing (P) Ltd., No. 10, 12, 2Nd Street, Kumar Income Tax, Circle 1(1), 121, Adams Buildings, 60 Feet Road, Nagar South, Tirupur 641 603. Tirupur 641 602. [Pan: Aaccc0952E] (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) (""थ"/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.706/Chny/2022 िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Year: 2017-18 Victus Dyeings, The Assistant Commissioner Of 410, P.N. Road, R.K. Nagar, Income Tax, Circle 1, Vs. Tirupur 641 601. Tirupur. [Pan: Aacfv4420D] (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) (""थ"/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.768/Chny/2022 िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Year: 2017-18 The Deputy Commissioner Of M/S. K.M. Knit Wear, Income Tax, Circle 1, 14, E.F. Lakshmi Nagar, First Street, Vs. Tirupur. City Garden, Tirupur 641 602. [Pan: Aacfk3053B] (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) (""थ"/Respondent) आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No.358/Chny/2022 िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Year: 2018-19 M/S. K.M. Knit Wear, The Assistant Commissioner Of 14, E.F. Lakshmi Nagar, First Street, Income Tax, Circle 1, Vs. City Garden, Tirupur 641 602. Tirupur. (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) (""थ"/Respondent)

Section 28

…page 131 of the paper book and submits that 12 I.T.A. Nos.3326/Chny/19, 326 & 1014/Chny/24, 706, 768,358/Chny/22 & 94 & 1348Chny/23 this Tribunal, by following the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Ponni Sugars & Chemicals Ltd. Reported in 306 ITR 392 and also in the case of PCIT v. Nitin Spinners Ltd. (supra), held that the incentives provided to the industrial unit with the object of creating avenues for perpetual employment, to eradicate the social problem of unemployment in the State by accelerated industrial development, would be capital in nature. Further, he drew our attention to para 1…