TMI Blog2015 (7) TMI 874X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... It was not shown as liability in their account. In fact this amount which is in the nature of profits and gains, was not immediately required by the assessee for lending money to its members, as there were no takers. Therefore they had deposited the money in a bank so as to earn interest. The said interest income is attributable to carrying on the business of banking and therefore it is liable to be deducted in terms of Section 80P(1) of the Act. In fact similar view is taken by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in the case of Commissioner of Income Tax-III, Hyderabad Vs. Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Bank Ltd., reported in (2011 (6) TMI 215 - ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT). In that view of the matter, the order passed by the appellate author ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... providing credit to members, then the whole of such income is not liable to tax but only the net income after reducing the expenditure incurred to earn such interest income would be liable to tax on the facts and circumstances of the case? 3. The assessee is a Cooperative Society registered under the provisions of Section 7 of the Karnataka Cooperative Societies Act, 1959. It is engaged in the activity of carrying on the business of providing credit facilities to its members. It is governed by the provisions of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959, and the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Rules, 1960. 4. The assessee filed its return of income for the assessment year 2010-11 on 15.10.2010 under the provisions of Section 139( ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... gned order contended that the interest accrued from the deposits made by the assessee in a nationalized bank out of the amounts which was used by the assessee for providing credit facilities to its members and therefore the said interest amount is attributable to the credit facilities provided by the assessee and forms part of profits and gains of business and therefore he submits that the appellate authorities were not justified in denying the said benefit in terms of sub-Section(2) of Section 80P of the Act. In support of his contentions, he relied on several judgments and pointed out that the Apex Court in the aforesaid judgment has not laid down any law. 6. Per contra, learned counsel for the Revenue strongly relied on the said judgm ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... xx (v) xxx (vi) xxx (vii) xxx the whole of the amount of profits and gains of business attributable to any one or more of such activities. 9. The word 'attributable' used in the said Section is of great importance. The Apex Court had an occasion to consider the meaning of the word 'attributable' as supposed to derive from its use in various other provisions of the statute in the case of Cambay Electric Supply Industrial Co. Ltd., Vs. Commissioner of Income Tax, Gujarat-II, reported in ITR VOL. 113 (1978) 84 (at page 93) as under:- As regards the aspect emerging from the expression attributable to occurring in the phrase profits and gains attributable to the business of the specified industry (here gen ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ipts from sources other than the actual conduct of the business. A Co-operative Society which is carrying on the business of providing credit facilities to its members, earns profits and gains of business by providing credit facilities to its members. The interest income so derived or the capital, if not immediately required to be lent to the members, the society cannot keep the said amount idle. If they deposit this amount in bank so as to earn interest, the said interest income is attributable to the profits and gains of the business of providing credit facilities to its members only. The society is not carrying on any separate business for earning such interest income. The income so derived is the amount of profits and gains of business ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t laying down any law. 12. In the instant case, the amount which was invested in banks to earn interest was not an amount due to any members. It was not the liability. It was not shown as liability in their account. In fact this amount which is in the nature of profits and gains, was not immediately required by the assessee for lending money to its members, as there were no takers. Therefore they had deposited the money in a bank so as to earn interest. The said interest income is attributable to carrying on the business of banking and therefore it is liable to be deducted in terms of Section 80P(1) of the Act. In fact similar view is taken by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in the case of Commissioner of Income Tax-III, Hyderabad Vs. Andh ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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