Commissioner of Income-tax v. Atlas Export Enterprise
[Citation -2015-LL-0317-1]
Citation | 2015-LL-0317-1 |
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Appellant Name | Commissioner of Income-tax |
Respondent Name | Atlas Export Enterprise |
Court | HIGH COURT OF MADRAS |
Relevant Act | Income-tax |
Date of Order | 17/03/2015 |
Assessment Year | 2005-06 |
Judgment | View Judgment |
Keyword Tags | manufacture or production • additional depreciation • separate business • power industry • new machinery • plant |
Bot Summary: | The assessee filed a return of income claiming additional depreciation on windmill. The Assessing Officer disallowed the assessee's claim of additional depreciation on windmill under section 32(1)(iia) of the Income-tax Act holding that the assessee failed to satisfy one of the condition, namely, the assessee should be engaged in the business of manufacture and production of an article or a thing. As against the same, the Revenue preferred an appeal before the Incometax Appellate Tribunal, which dismissed the appeal following the decision of this court in the case of CIT v. VTM Ltd. It is stated by the Tribunal that as against the said decision of this court, the Revenue preferred an appeal before the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court dismissed the same in the special leave petition stage itself. The Tribunal held that no material has been brought on record to show that the said decision of this court in the case of CIT v. VTM Ltd. has been either modified or reversed by the Supreme Court. In the decision reported in CIT v. Hi Tech Arai Ltd. 2010 321 ITR 477, this court, while considering the scope and application of section 32(1)(iia) of the Income-tax Act held as follows: As far as application of section 32(1)(iia) of the Act is concerned, what is required to be satisfied in order to claim the additional depreciation is that the setting up of a new machinery or plant should have been acquired and installed after March 31, 2002, by an assessee, who was already engaged in the business of manufacture or production of any article or thing. During the assessment year 2006-07, the assessee had entered into the business of generation of power and installed one windmill. Since the assessee has treated the windmill division as separate business, the claim of additional depreciation has to be seen in the context of generation of power through windmill only and the production of textiles and its export has nothing to do with the generation of power for the purpose of considering additional depreciation. |