Supreme Court of India

Taparia Tools Limited v. Joint Commissioner of Income Tax Special, Range -1, Nasik

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Reported as [2015] 3 S.C.R. 746
Bench A.K. Sikri and Rohinton Fali Nariman JJ.
Decided 23 March 2015

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, we are of the D opinion that the judgment and the orders of the High Court and the authorities below do not lay down correct position in law.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961: s.36(i)(iii) - Deduction - Interest paid upfront to the debenture holder whether allowable in the first year itself or to be spread over a period of five years being the life of the debentures - In the instant case, in the debenture issue, two options as regards the payment of 0 interest were given to the debenture holders - Payment of interest every half yearly@ 18% .p.a. over a period of 5 years or else, one time upfront payment of~ 55 per debenture - Assessee having followed the mercantile system of accounting showed the upfront payment of interest on debentures as

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