Supreme Court of India

National Co-operative Development Corporation v. Commissioner of Income Tax, Delhi-v

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Reported as [2020] 13 S.C.R. 517
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 11 September 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid finding the crucial issue w ould be whether the amounts advanced as grants from this income generat ed could be adjusted against the income to reduce the impact of taxation as a revenue expense.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961 – s.37(1)– Taxable income of appellant- Corporation– Interest earned on funds received u/s. 13(1), 1962 Act and disbursed by way of grants to national/stat e level co- operative societies – If eligible for deduction – N ot allowed by Assessing Officer (AO) – CIT(Appeals) held the Corporati on entitled to deduction – Order set aside by ITAT – High Court decided in favour of revenue – On appeal, held: If an assessee carries on business, all that is required to be seen is whethe r any outlay constitutes an expenditure ‘for the purpose of busin ess’ as used in s.37(1) –

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