A.P. INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION LTD. v. INCOME TAX OFFICER
[Citation -1985-LL-0621]
Citation | 1985-LL-0621 |
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Appellant Name | A.P. INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION LTD. |
Respondent Name | INCOME TAX OFFICER |
Court | ITAT |
Relevant Act | Income-tax |
Date of Order | 21/06/1985 |
Assessment Year | 1977-78 |
Judgment | View Judgment |
Keyword Tags | benefit of enduring nature • test of enduring benefit • capital expenditure • industrial estate • revenue account • capital asset |
Bot Summary: | The first ground in this appeal is against the disallowance of expenditure of Rs. 52,982 in respect of planting of trees in avenues in the industrial estate. The ITO disallowed the same as capital expenditure which was upheld on appeal by the Commissioner. The learned counsel for the assessee submitted that the expenditure incurred did not result in the creation of any asset and it did not derive and benefit of enduring nature. In our view, by incurring the expenditure of Rs. 52,982 on planting of trees in avenues in the industrial estate, no income-yielding asset has been created nor any benefit of enduring nature has been derived. The Supreme Court pointed out that even if expenditure is incurred for obtaining an advantage of enduring benefit, there may be cases where the expenditure may nonetheless be on revenue account and the test of enduring benefit may break down. What is material to consider is the nature of the advantage in a commercial sense and it is only where the advantage is in the capital field that the expenditure would be disallowable on application of this test. Ground No. 2 relating to expenditure on land survey is not pressed. |