Section 155(19) of the Income Tax Act
Income-tax Act, 2025: s.288
Section 155(19) falls under section 155 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, which corresponds to section 288 (Other amendments) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.
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Correspondence checked against the ICAI tabular mapping of the two Acts and the BharatTax.co section commentary.
The decision most relied on for Section 155(19) is CIT v. Tasgaon Taluka S.S.K. Ltd. (103 Taxmann.com 57), cited in 306 of the 38 judgments on BharatTax that turn on this section.
Leading authorities on Section 155(19)
The Supreme Court holds that the issue of payment of excessive price on purchase of sugarcane by assesses is no longer res integra. The court elaborately dealt with this issue.
The Supreme Court restores the matter for ascertaining whether the difference between the fair market price and concessional price of sugar supplied by a cooperative sugar factory to its members should be added to its total income, considering relevant factors like state cooperative society directions.
Payments made by a milk cooperative union to its member societies based on the quantity of milk supplied, representing a final rate difference, are not distributions of profit and are allowable as business expenditure. This is because the resolutions to pay were passed before the end of the financial year, even if disbursement occurred later.