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2017 (2) TMI 70 - AT - Income TaxAddition on account of expenditure of repair and renovations - revenue OR capital expenditure - Held that:- The authorities below had acted on the presumption that a part of the building had been demolished and that the items had actually been used for erection of a new structure. However, we find from the records of the case that for this conclusion, the Department could not bring on record any evidence to justify the stand that the expenditure was actually for erection of a new building or asset. We find that the contention of the assessee that it had undertaken major repairs to put the dilapidated columns, beams, roofs, etc., in its original position, which had become dangerous and unsafe for the workmen and hindered the normal operation of the business, was not controverted by the Departmental representative nor had any evidence to the contrary been produced before the Tribunal or the authorities below. Accordingly, we are of the view that the assessee had incurred the said expenditure only to preserve and maintain the existing asset and that the expenditure was not of a nature which brought into being a new asset or created a new advantage of an enduring nature. Consequently, the expenditure is revenue in nature and has to allow as deduction. We allow the claim and reverse the orders of the lower authorities. - Decided in favour of assessee
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