Supreme Court of India

M/s. S. C. Cambatta & Co. Private Ltd., v. The Commissioner of Excess Profits Tax, Bombay

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Reported as [1961] 2 S.C.R. 805
Bench J.L. Kapur J.
Decided 30 November 1960

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Excess Profits Tax-Assessment-Sale of theatre and restaurant -Goodwill-Value of-Principle of computation-Excess Profits Tax Act, z940 (XV of I940). The appellant carried on various businesses and one such was the running of a Theatre and Restaurant. In October, 1943, a subsidiary company was formed which was using the premises of the Theatre under a lease granted to it from April, 1944· In working out the capital of the two companies for excess profits tax, a claim of rupees five lakhs for goodwill as part of the capi­ tal of the subsidiary company was not taken into account. On reference to

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