2016 (2) TMI 673 - SCH - Income Tax

Deduction under Section 80HHC -inclusion of sale proceeds generated from the sale of scrap - Interpretation of term Total turnover - Held that - As decided in Commissioner of Income Tax Vs. Punjab Stainless Steel Industries & Ors. reported in 2014 (5) TMI 238 - SUPREME COURT it has been held that sale proceeds generated from the sale of scrap would not be included in the total turnover for the purpose of deduction under Section 80HHC of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Summary

The Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 5760-5772 of 2012 and others ruled that proceeds from the sale of scrap are not included in total turnover for deduction under Section 80HHC of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The decision followed the precedent set in Commissioner of Income Tax Vs. Punjab Stainless Steel Industries & Ors. (2014). The appeals were allowed accordingly.