TMI Blog1947 (12) TMI 8X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . The assessee deals in gold, silver, grain, and cotton etc., and as a result apparently of forward contracts entered into through Messrs. Gangaram Asaram of Bombay he became heavily indebted to that firm. The debt due to Gangaram Asaram was shown in the assessee's accounts, and interest on the debt was credited to Gangaram Asaram in the accounts of each year. For the purposes of income-tax as ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... have held that this item of ₹ 54,225 is a revenue receipt and not a capital receipt. The Income-tax Appellate Tribunal remarked:― The fact therefore remains that a certain remission was granted by the creditor in the account which included revenue items which have been previously claimed by the assessee in his trading account and allowed by the department. It is common knowledge ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s of Rowlatt, J., in British Mexican Petroleum Company, Ltd. v. Commissioners of Inland Revenue [1932] 16 Tax Cas. 570, at p. 583, and it appears to us that these two cases are very similar. The British Mexican Petroleum Company Limited became heavily indebted to other firms, and a large part of the debt was written off. That debt had been set off as against the profits in the previous year, and t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ding receipt in the account for the year in which it is granted. So also Lord Macmillan at page 593:― I cannot see how the extent to which a debt is forgiven can become a credit item in the trading account for the period within which the concession is made. The case on which the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal has relied, In re Union Bank of Bijapur and Sholapur Ltd. [1942] 10 I ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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