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2017 (11) TMI 1068 - AT - Income TaxAddition u/s 41 - assessee had not written back the said amount and had still shown as advance received in its books, the Ld. AO and CIT (A) still held that it amounts to cessation/ remission of liability within the scope of section 41(1), therefore, the same has to be taxed - Held that:- Provisions of section 41(1) has been specifically incorporated in the Act to cover a particular fact or situation where a trading liability was allowed in earlier year in computing the business income of the assessee and assessee has obtained benefit in respect of such trading liability in later year by way of remission or cessation of the liability, then whatever benefit has arisen to the assessee in the later year by way of remission or cessation of the liability will be brought to tax in that year. The apprehension as intended by the Legislature by incorporating the said provision is to ensure that assessee does not get away with a double benefit, once by way of deduction in an earlier assessment year and again by not being taxed on the benefit received by him in later year with a reference to the liability earlier allowed as deduction. The section does not envisage this situation when there is no allowance or deduction and that to be in the nature of loss, expenditure or trading liability. Here in this case we have already held that no such allowance or deduction of trading liability has been allowed in earlier year in the case of the assessee while computing the business income and such a writing off by Air India cannot be reckoned as any benefit to the assessee within the terms and scope of section 41(1), because there is no question of any double deduction or double benefit derived to the assessee. Thus, we hold that no amount can be taxed under section 41(1) and therefore, the amount is directed to be deleted. - Decided in favour of assessee.
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