Jamshedpur Motor Accessories Stores v. CIT

72 ITR 612Supreme Court of India1969#721 most cited

What is Jamshedpur Motor Accessories Stores v. CIT authority for?

The reasonableness of an expenditure for business purposes must be assessed from the businessman's perspective, not the revenue's, and the primary motive to earn income directly is not a prerequisite for its admissibility as a deduction.

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Jamshedpur Motor Accessories Stores v. CIT · expenditure admissibility · business purposes · reasonableness of expenditure · businessman's viewpoint · revenue's viewpoint · section 10(2)(xv) · commercial expediency

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Judgments citing Jamshedpur Motor Accessories Stores v. CIT

Ramesh Kumar Nangalia Katra (HUF) vs. Commissioner I.Tax - Xvi, Kolkata

ITA/449/2004HC Calcutta09 Sept 2022

Bench: : The Hon’Ble Justice T.S. Sivagnanam & The Hon’Ble Justice Supratim Bhattacharya Date : September 9, 2022. Appearance: Mr. Ananda Sen, Adv.. … For Appellant Mr. Prithu Dudhoria, Adv. …For Respondent The Court:- This Appeal By The Revenue Filed Under Section 260A Of The Income Tax Act, 1961 (The Act) Is Directed Against The Order Dated 24Th September, 2003 Passed By The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal “C” Bench, Kolkata (Tribunal). The Assessee Has Raised The Following Substantial Questions Of Law For Consideration. 1. Whether, On The Facts & In The Circumstances Of The Case, The Tribunal Misdirected Itself In Law In Not Appreciating That All The Necessary Particulars For Verification Of The Allowability Of The Claim Of Deductibility Of The Commission Payment In Computation Of Income Were Found Out & Verified In The Order Of The First Appellate Authority, That Is The Commissioner Of Income Tax [Appeals] & Whether The Tribunal Was Justified In Law In Upholding The Disallowance Of Claim For Deduction Of The Commission Payment Made By The Assessing Officer & Whether The Finding Arrived At Was Perverse ?

Section 131Section 254(2)Section 260ASection 37

…to be adjudged from the point of view of the businessman and not of the revenue. The Rule laid down in the decision of WALCHAND & CO. (P) LTD.(supra) was followed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in J.K. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURERS V. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX, [1969] 72 ITR 612 (SC). In COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX V. HEWITT ROBINS (NEW YORK), [1982], 9 Taxman 250(CAL) the Division Bench of this Court confirmed the order passed by the Tribunal which held that the commission paid to those two companies was but reward for the assistance rendered by them in securing the contracts and since the payment of such commission was…

Rochem Separation Systems (India) Pvt Ltd., Mumbai vs. Dy CIT CC 2 (4), Mumbai

The appeal stand partly allowed in terms of our above order

ITA 7939/MUM/2019[2014-15]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai23 Nov 2021AY 2014-15

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri Saktijit Dey, Jm & Hon’Ble Shri Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, Am आयकरअपील सं./ I.T.A. No.7939/Mum/2019 (धििाारण वर्ा / Assessment Year: 2014-15) Rochem Separation Systems Dcit Cc-2(4) (India) Pvt. Ltd. Old Cgo Bldg (Annex), बिाम/ R. No. 802, 8Th Floor 101, Hdil Tower Vs. Anant Kanekar Marg M. K. Road Bandra (East),Mumbai-400 051 Mumbai-400 020 स्थायीलेखासं./ जीआइआरसं./ Pan/Gir No. Aabcr-1955-P (अपीलाथी/Appellant) (प्रत्यथी / Respondent) : Assessee By : Shri Gaurav Bansal, Ld. Ar Revenue By : Shri R.A.Dhyani, Ld. Sr. Dr सुनवाई की तारीख/ : 03/11/2021 Date Of Hearing घोषणा की तारीख / : 23/11/2021 Date Of Pronouncement आदेश / O R D E R Manoj Kumar Aggarwal () 1. Aforesaid Appeal By Assessee For Assessment Year (Ay) 2014-15 Arises Out Of The Order Of Learned Commissioner Of Income-Tax (Appeals)-48, Mumbai [Cit(A)], Dated 30/10/2019 In The Matter Of Assessment Framed By Ld. Assessing Officer (Ao) U/S 143(3) On 23/12/2016. 2. The Ld. Ar Submitted That Substantial Issues Are Covered By Earlier Orders Of Tribunal In Assessee’S Own Case. The Copies Of The Orders

For Appellant: Shri Gaurav Bansal, Ld. ARFor Respondent: Shri R.A.Dhyani, Ld. Sr. DR
Section 143(3)Section 154Section 37(1)

…n for revenue authority to sit on the armchair of a businessman so as to ascertain the quantum of deduction allowable to the assessee as held by Hon’ble Apex Court in CIT Vs. Walchand & Co. Pvt Ltd (1967; 65 ITR 381); J.K. Woollen Manufacturers Vs. CIT (1969; 72 ITR 612) and also in Hero Cycles (P) Ltd. Vs. CIT (2015; 63 Taxmann.com 308). Another pertinent fact is that while framing assessment for AY 2013-14 (which is the first year of payment of rent), the lease rent paid the assessee as per the agreements has not been disturbed by Ld. AO. Therefore, on the facts & circumstances of the case, the revenue authorit…