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1987 (9) TMI 113

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.....                                                   ------------ Balance Income                                              Rs.    Nil"                                                             ------------ The assessee sought carry forward of balance of loss of Rs. 39,673. In completing the assessment, the income was computed as under by the ITO : "Business : Income returned      & .....

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..... nbsp;                                       ------------ and he directed carry forward of losses as under :        "Loss relating to the assessment year        1979-80                                              Rs.   18,055        1980-81                                              Rs.   17,310" The Commissioner, on a perusal of the records was of the view that the business losses relating to the assessment years 1978-79 to 1980-81 brough .....

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..... nbsp;        Rs. 3.25 lakhs  1971        (3) Construction of Type 9 Quarts 52 Nos. Rs. 9.19 lakhs.  1973        (4) Construction of Hostel Rs. 13,00,000 appxly.  1975        (5) Construction of Type IV Quarts 6.25 lakhs.  1976        (6) Providing finishing works at FBTR, Kalpakkam Rs. 4.45 lakhs.  1977        (7) Construction of Type IV Quarts 6.75 lakhs.  1978        (8)  1979        (9) No fresh contract.  1980                         Tiruchendur Flats 18 Nos. A Block  1981        Construction of  Tiruchendur Apartments 6 Nos. B Block  1982                         Tiruch .....

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..... sessee would have to fulfil the same and whatever surplus or deficit resulted would be the assessee's recompense. This would be either profit or loss from business. The agreement of 10th March, 1980 reads as under : "This agreement entered into this 10th day of March, 1980, between Shri AR. Ramaswami of Pallathur, Ramnad District herein after referred to as Party of the First Part and M/s. Parthi Constructions, by Proprietrix Smt. Parvathi Ramaswamy of 13, Leith Castle Street, Santhome, Madras -28 hereinafter referred to as the Party of the Second Part Witnesseth : Whereas the Party of the First Part has acquired the vacant land measuring 9025 sq. ft. known as "Plot A (in which the 'Block A' is to be constructed consisting of 18 Flats) and 5797 sq. ft. known as Plot B (in which 'Blocks B & C' are to be constructed consisting of 6 Flats and a shopping complex respectively) both situated in T. S. No. 2 in Block No. 6 at door No. 1 Babu Rajendra Prasad Street, in West Mambalam, Madras-33 with a view to construct flats to be sold to various persons, whereas the party of the First Party has been finding it difficult to proceed with the construction due to various reasons. Whereas the .....

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..... that this amount is to be paid for attending to the construction of the flats to the assessee. The husband was to advance money for the construction as and when required by the assessee and finally it was agreed that the assessee proceed with the construction work immediately. There is no finding that the agreement was collusive or did not reflect the true state of affairs in the order of the C. I. T. Therefore, we have to proceed on the basis that this was an agreement entered into between two independent parties in the usual course of commerce though it is between husband and wife. The assessee was carrying out the contract work for which of course she did not have to finance expenditure immediately or ultimately from her pocket because, whatever money was expended was reimbursed by the husband. What the assessee got was a fixed amount with reference to the total expenditure incurred. This was paid on completion of the work. Thus, the expenditure on 'A' Block was Rs. 8,95,850 and the amount received by the assessee at 10 per cent was Rs. 89,585. The expenditure incurred on 'B' Block was Rs. 3,13,593 and what the assessee received was Rs. 31,359. The assessee was the contractor. L .....

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