2010 (6) TMI 65 - HC - Income Tax

Exemption u/s 10A – manner of computation – treatment of interest income for the purpose of section 80HHC – exclusion of interest and not gross interest for the purpose of section 80HHC – Impact of disallowance of expenses in computation of deductions / exemptions– Held that: a receipt such as freight and insurance which does not have any element of profit cannot be included in the total turnover - Freight and insurance do not have an element of turnover - these two items would have to be excluded from the total turnover particularly in the absence of a legislative prescription to the contrary - The plain consequence of the disallowance and the add back that has been made by the Assessing Officer is an increase in the business profits of the assessee. The contention of the Revenue that in computing the deduction under Section 10A the addition made on account of the disallowance of the Provident Fund / ESIC payments ought to be ignored cannot be accepted. No statutory provision to that effect having been made, the plain consequence of the disallowance made by the Assessing Officer must follow. - exemption u/s. 10A to be granted on foreign exchange gain earned (due to fluctuation of foreign exchange) on realization of export receipts in the year of export