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The ITAT held that the grant received by the assessee company from the UP Government, intended to pay outstanding cane growers' dues, is capital in nature and not a revenue receipt. The grant aimed to protect the intrinsic value of the share capital held by the State Government prior to disinvestment, and its utilization for revenue expenses does not convert it into taxable income. The Tribunal rejected the AO's view that the grant amounted to remission or cessation of liability under section 41(1), as no waiver occurred; the assessee acted merely as a conduit for the government's directed payment. Consequently, the impugned taxation of the grant as income under section 41(1) was quashed, and the appeals were allowed, affirming that the grant is not taxable in the hands of the assessee.
The ITAT held that the grant received by the assessee company from the UP Government, intended to pay outstanding cane growers' dues, is capital in nature and not a revenue receipt. The grant aimed to protect the intrinsic value of the share capital held by the State Government prior to disinvestment, and its utilization for revenue expenses does not convert it into taxable income. The Tribunal rejected the AO's view that the grant amounted to remission or cessation of liability under section 41(1), as no waiver occurred; the assessee acted merely as a conduit for the government's directed payment. Consequently, the impugned taxation of the grant as income under section 41(1) was quashed, and the appeals were allowed, affirming that the grant is not taxable in the hands of the assessee.
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