2018 (4) TMI 645

lar payments were made by the assessee against purchase of liquor by depositing the cash directly in the bank account of the supplier in the sums exceeding ₹ 20,000/- and the disallowance made for the same under section 40A(3) was deleted by the Tribunal as held the payments made by the assessee for purchase of country spirit and country liquor is to the government as per the notification issued by the government and is in legal tender specified by the notification - the payment made by the assessee for the purchase of country liquor and country spirit from the territorial licensee bottling plant is protected by the exemption in terms of Rule 6DD(b) of the I.T Rules 1962 - the addition as made by the AO and as confirmed by the CIT(A) .....

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ain any exceptional circumstances as specified in Rule 6DD of the Income Tax Rules, 1963 for making such payments, he made a disallowance of ₹ 1,29,53,207/- under section 40A(3) of the Act. On appeal, the Ld. CIT(A) confirmed the said disallowance. Aggrieved by the order of the Ld. CIT(A), the assessee has preferred this appeal before the Tribunal. 3. We have heard the arguments of both the sides and also perused the relevant material available on record. It is observed that the issue involved in this appeal of the assessee relating to the disallowance under section 40A(3) is squarely covered in favour of the assessee by the various orders of this Tribunal. In one of such orders passed in the case of M/s. Amrai Pachwai & C.S. Shop .....

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e that the expenditure in relation to such warehouse is borne by the State Government or by the licensee to whom the exclusive privilege is granted u/s 22 of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909. Hence there could be no doubt that the warehouse is established by the State Excise Commissioner. Hence it could be safely concluded that the warehouse so established by the State Excise Commissioner is a State Government establishment. It would also be pertinent to note that the said warehouse has been specifically established for supply of country spirit to retail vendors (assessee herein) only and not to anybody else. It would be pertinent to look into the definition of 'Wholesale licensee" as per Rule 2(viii) of the Excise Rules 2005 as below.- .....

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overnment establishment, established and controlled by the Excise Commissioner. It would be relevant to reproduce Rule 6DD(b) of the IT Rules at this juncture;- (b) where the payment is made to the Government and, under the rules framed by it, such payment is required to be made in legal tender. In the instant case, the assessee (retail vendor) had made cash payments for purchase of country spirit by depositing cash directly into the bank account of M/s ABPL as per Rule 6(2) of the Excise Rules 2005 , it has to be construed as payment made to the State Government authority and accordingly falls under the exception provided in Rule 6DD(b) of the IT Rules. 22. It is not in dispute that M/s Asansol Bottling & Packaging Co. Pvt. Ltd have be .....

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