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1990 Supreme(All) 709

B. P. JEEVAN REDDY, V. N. MEHROTRA
ADDL. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX – Appellant
Versus
DURGA PRASAD KAMTA PRASAD – Respondent


B. P. JEEVAN REDDY, CJ.

( 1 ) UNDER Section 256 (2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal has stated the following question :

"whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was justified in law in reversing the finding of the Appellate Assistant Commissioner that the assessee can claim deduction only for actual payments made in one financial year less realisations from the customers ?"

( 2 ) THE assessee is a registered firm. The assessment year concerned is 1969-70. The assessee is engaged in purchase and sale of motor oil and motor parts. The relevant previous year was April 1, 1968 to March 31, 1969. For the past few years, the assessee was collecting sales tax and making a provision for sales tax but was actually paying a lesser amount to the Sales Tax department. Since the petitioner was maintaining his accounts on mercantile basis and since the tax liability was already there, the difference amount was not added to his income. But, for this assessment year, the Income-tax Officer added the difference amount in the income on the ground that it was not paid to the Sales Tax Department. His order was confirmed by the appellate As






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