Sutlej Cotton Mills Ltd. v. CIT

116 ITR 1Supreme Court of India1979#177 most cited

What is Sutlej Cotton Mills Ltd. v. CIT authority for?

A gain arising from the cancellation of a forward exchange contract entered into for the acquisition of a capital asset constitutes a capital receipt. Income-tax liability for such transactions is determined by the specific provisions of the Income Tax Act, independent of the accounting treatment in the books of account.

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Sutlej Cotton Mills Ltd · 116 ITR 1 · capital receipt · foreign exchange gain · forward contract · capital asset · Section 43A · income tax liability · accounting treatment · capital gains

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Judgments citing Sutlej Cotton Mills Ltd. v. CIT

Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Mumbai vs. Commissioner of Income Tax - Large Taxpayer'S Unit, Mumbai

In the result, appeal of the assessee in ITA no

ITA 2794/MUM/2018[2011-12]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai18 Apr 2019AY 2011-12

Bench: Shri Mahavir Singh & Shri Ramit Kocharआयकर अपीऱ सं./I.T.A. No.2794/Mum/2018 (नििाारण वर्ा / Assessment Year: 2011-12) Tata Consultancy Services बिाम/ The Commissioner Of Ltd., Income Tax-Large Tax 9Th Floor, Nirmal Building, Payer‟S Unit, V. Nariman Point, 29Th Floor, Centre One Mumbai- 400021 World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai-400 005 स्थायी ऱेखा सं./ Pan: Aaacr4849R (अपीऱाथी /Appellant) (प्रत्यथी / Respondent) .. Assessee By: Shri. R. R. Vora & Shri. Nikhil Tiwari Revenue By: Shri. R. Manjunatha Swamy (Cit-Dr) सुनवाई की तारीख /Date Of Hearing : 29.01.2019 घोषणा की तारीख /Date Of Pronouncement : 18.04.2019

For Appellant: Shri. R. R. Vora &For Respondent: Shri. R. Manjunatha Swamy
Section 143(3)Section 234BSection 263Section 263(1)

…nt for the sale subsequently at a lower rate. The difference of Rs. 4 (50-46) per US $ is to be shown as an exchange loss in the P&L account and is not to be adjusted against the cost of raw materials. 20. In the case of Sutlej Cotton Mills Ltd. v. CIT [1979] 116 ITR 1 this Court has observed as under : "The law may, therefore, now be taken to be well-settled that where profit or loss arises to an assessee on account of appreciation or depreciation in the value of foreign currency held by it, on conversion into another currency, such profit or loss would ordinarily be a trading profit or loss if the foreign curre…