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TaxTMI 
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2015 (2) TMI 995
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....ailed in law to appreciate that the interest earned on short- term deposits were only investment in the course of activity of providing credit facilities to members and that the same cannot be considered as investment made for the purpose of earning interest income and consequently passed a perverse order?" 3. The assessee is a Cooperative Society registered under the provisions of Section 7 of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959. It is engaged in the activity of carrying on the business of providing credit facilities to its members. It is governed by the provisions of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959, and the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Rules, 1960. The assessee filed its return of income for the assessment....
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....o the Tribunal which has dismissed the appeal following the judgment of the Apex Court in the aforesaid case. Aggrieved by the said order, this appeal is preferred by the assessee. 4. The learned counsel for the assessee assailing the impugned order contended, the interest accrued in a sum of Rs. 1,77,305/- is from the deposits made by the assessee in a nationalized bank out of the amounts which was used by the assessee for providing credit facilities to its members and therefore the said interest amount is attributable to the credit facilities provided by the assessee and forms part of profits and gains of business and therefore he submits the appellate authorities were not justified in denying the said benefit in terms of Sub-sec.(2) o....
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....ance with and subject to the provisions of this section, the sums specified in sub- section (2), in computing the total income of the assessee. (2) The sums referred to in sub-section (1) shall be the following, namely: (a) in the case of co-operative society engaged in - (i) carrying on the business of banking or providing credit facilities to its members, or (ii) xxx (iii) xxx (iv) xxx &n....
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....ss of generation and distribution of electricity. In this connection, it may be pointed out that whenever the legislature wanted to give a restricted meaning in the manner suggested by the learned Solicitor- General, it has used the expression "derived from", as, for instance, in section 80J. In our view, since the expression of wider import, namely, "attributable to", has been used, the legislature intended to cover receipts from sources other than the actual conduct of the business of generation and distribution of electricity." 8. Therefore, the word "attributable to" is certainly wider in import than the expression "derived from". Whenever the legislature wanted to give a restricted meaning, they have used the expression "derived fro....
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....mbers. The sale consideration received from marketing agricultural produce of its members was retained in many cases. The said retained amount which was payable to its members from whom produce was bought, was invested in a short-term deposit/security. Such an amount which was retained by the assessee - Society was a liability and it was shown in the balance sheet on the liability side. Therefore, to that extent, such interest income cannot be said to be attributable either to the activity mentioned in Section 80P(2)(a)(i) of the Act or under Section 80P(2)(a)(iii) of the Act. Therefore in the facts of the said case, the Apex Court held the assessing officer was right in taxing the interest income indicated above under Section 56 of the Act....