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of <h1>Assessee wins on depreciation timing but loses on simultaneous export profit deductions under Section 80HHC and 80IA</h1> <h3>Atul Limited Versus Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax (OSD)</h3> Atul Limited Versus Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax (OSD) - 2024:GUJHC:70791 - DB 1. ISSUES PRESENTED and CONSIDEREDThe High Court of Gujarat considered the following core legal questions in the judgment:Whether depreciation, whether claimed or not, must be imposed on the assessee prior to the insertion of Explanation 5 to Section 32(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, effective from 1.04.2002, for calculating deductions under Chapter VIA of the ActRs.Whether depreciation on a notional basis, whether claimed or not, must be reduced from the profit of eligible industrial undertakings for the purpose of calculating deductions under Chapter VIA of the ActRs.Whether export profits claimed as deductible under Section 80HHC include profits earned by new industrial units eligible for deductions under Sections 80IA and 80IBRs.Whether deductions under Sections 80HHC and 80IA can be claimed on the same gross total income without reducing each otherRs.Whether the new power plant qualifies as a new industrial undertaking under Section 80IA, thus allowing deductionsRs.2. ISSUE-WISE DETAILED ANALYSISIssue 1: Imposition of Depreciation Prior to Explanation 5Legal Framework: Section 32(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and the insertion of Explanation 5 by the Finance Act 2001, effective from 1.04.2002.Court's Interpretation: The court referenced the Supreme Court decision in ACIT vs. G.E. Lighting (I.) (P.) Ltd, which established that Explanation 5 applies prospectively from 1.04.2002.Findings: The Tribunal's decision to impose depreciation prior to 1.04.2002 was incorrect.Conclusion: The court ruled in favor of the assessee, stating that Explanation 5 does not apply to the assessment year 2001-02.Issue 2: Notional Depreciation DeductionLegal Framework: Chapter VIA of the Income Tax Act and relevant Supreme Court precedents.Court's Interpretation: The court relied on the Supreme Court's decision in Plastiblends India Ltd vs. Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, which held that deductions under Chapter VIA must consider all deductions allowable under Sections 30 to 43D.Findings: The Tribunal's decision to reduce notional depreciation from profits was upheld.Conclusion: The court ruled in favor of the Revenue, requiring notional depreciation to be deducted from eligible profits.Issue 3: Inclusion of Export ProfitsLegal Framework: Sections 80HHC, 80IA, and 80IB of the Income Tax Act.Court's Interpretation: The court referenced the decision in CIT vs. Atul Intermediates, which held that deductions under multiple sections must not exceed the profits of the eligible business.Findings: The Tribunal's decision was consistent with the established legal framework.Conclusion: The court ruled in favor of the Revenue, confirming that export profits must be appropriately accounted for under each section.Issue 4: Concurrent Deductions under Sections 80HHC and 80IALegal Framework: Section 80IA(9) of the Income Tax Act.Court's Interpretation: The court followed the reasoning in the Atul Intermediates case, which emphasized that deductions under different sections cannot exceed the gross total income.Findings: The Tribunal's decision to not allow concurrent deductions was upheld.Conclusion: The court ruled in favor of the Revenue, disallowing concurrent deductions on the same gross total income.Issue 5: New Power Plant as a New Industrial UndertakingLegal Framework: Section 80IA(3) of the Income Tax Act and relevant judicial precedents.Court's Interpretation: The court considered the Tribunal's findings and previous case law, including the decision in Textile Machinery Corporation Ltd.Findings: The Tribunal's decision that the new turbine did not constitute a new industrial undertaking was challenged.Conclusion: The court ruled in favor of the assessee, recognizing the new turbine as a new industrial undertaking eligible for deductions.3. SIGNIFICANT HOLDINGSIssue 1: 'Explanation 5 to section 32 (1) would be applicable prospectively w.e.f. 01.04.2002. Therefore, Assessment year 2001-02 would not be covered by the Explanation 5.'Issue 2: 'The quantum of deduction under section 80IA has to be determined on the total income computed after deducting all deductions allowable under sections 30 to 43D of the Act.'Issue 3 and 4: 'The quantum of deduction under section 80-IA of the Act has to be determined by computing the gross total income from business, after taking into consideration all the deductions allowable under sections 30 to 43D of the Act.'Issue 5: 'The Tribunal was right in law in not allowing deduction under section 80IA of the Act on the installation of the new turbine by the assessee being a new power plant by not treating the same as new industrial undertaking within the meaning of the proviso of section 80IA of the Act.'
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