TaxTMI 
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2015 (5) TMI 610
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....umstances of the case and in law, the Hon'ble CIT(A) erred in appreciating the provisions of section 145 of the I.T. Act, 1961, in its correct perspective. 4. On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law, the Hon'ble CIT(A) erred while delivering the judgment has allowed the appeal of the assessee bank by placing reliance on its own decision in the ACIT, Circle -3f Nanded Vs. Osmanabad Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd. in ITA No. 795/PN/2011 vide order dated 31/08/2012. However, the above decision has not been accepted by the Department and an appeal u/s. 260A has been filed by the CIT, Aurangabad with the Hon'ble High Court of Bombay Bench at Aurangabad, vide lodging No. 1613/2013 dated 15/01/2013. 5. The order of the CIT(A) be vacated and that of AO be restored. 6. The appellant craves to add, alter, amend, substitute or delete any of the grounds urged herein above as and when found necessary. 3. Despite service of notice, none appeared on behalf of the assessee nor any application was moved for adjournment. Hence, we proceed to decide the present appeal after hearing the learned Departmental Representative for the Revenue. 4. The only issue raised in the....
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.... of the assessee for the year under consideration. 6. The CIT(A), in turn relying on the ratio laid down by the Pune Bench of the Tribunal in ACIT Vs. Osmanabad Janta Sah. Bank Ltd., in ITA No.795/PN/2011, relating to assessment year 2007-08, order dated 31.08.2012, held that the income from NPAs should not be assessed on mercantile basis. Despite the assessee maintaining mercantile system of accounting, it also held that the provisions of section 43D of the Act were applicable only to the extent the interest was actually received. The assessee for the year under consideration had directly taken the interest receivable on NPAs to interest receivable account on the asset side of the Balance Sheet and corresponding liability was created by debiting interest overdue reserve account and since the same was not included in the interest shown as received in the Profit & Loss Account, the Assessing Officer was directed to delete the addition made on account of interest receivable on NPAs amounting to Rs. 25,83,045/-. 7. The Revenue is in appeal against the order of CIT(A). 8. We find that the issue is squarely covered in favour of the assessee by the ratio laid down by the Pune Bench of....
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....nk Ltd. (supra) has considered an identical controversy. The assessee before the Visakhapatnam Bench was a Co-operative Bank operating under a license issued by RBI but was not a 'scheduled bank' so as to fall within the scope of section 43D of the Act. The issue related to taxability of interest income relating to NPAs, which as per the Revenue was liable to be taxed on accrual basis in line with mercantile system of accounting adopted by the assessee therein. The assessee, on the other hand, contended that having regard to the guidelines issued by RBI regarding accounting of interest on NPAs, no interest income accrued in respect of NPAs and that the same was to be taxed only on receipt basis. The Tribunal observed that the question of taxability of interest on NPAs classified by RBI, was considered by the Hon'ble Delhi High Court in the case of M/s Vasisth Chay Vyapar Ltd. (supra) wherein after considering the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Southern Technologies Ltd. (supra) it was held that interest income relatable to NPAs was not includible in total income on accrual basis since the same did not accrue to the assessee. The following discu....
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....centives, interest etc., revenue recognition is postponed to the extent of uncertainty involved. In such cases, it may be appropriate to recognize revenue only when it is reasonably certain that the ultimate collection will be made. Where there is no uncertainty as to ultimate collection, revenue is recognized at the time of sale or rendering of service even though payments are made by installments. 9.3 When the uncertainty relating to collectability arises subsequent to the time of sale or the rendering of the service, it is more appropriate to make a separate provision to reflect the uncertainty rather than to adjust the amount of revenue originally recorded. 9.4 An essential criterion for the recognition of revenue is that the consideration receivable for the sale of goods, the rendering of services or from the use of others of enterprise resources is reasonably determinable. When such consideration is not determinable within reasonable limits, the recognition of revenue is postponed. 9.5 When recognition of revenue is postponed due to the effect of uncertainties, it is considered as revenue of the period in which it is properly recognized". 8.2 The Delhi High Court also con....
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.... the Reserve Bank of India Act, their Lordships of the Apex Court observed that in so far as the permissible deductions or exclusions under the Act are concerned, the same are admissible only if such deductions/exclusions satisfy the relevant conditions stipulated therefore under the Act. To that extent, it was observed that the Prudential Norms do not override the provisions of the Act. However, the Apex Court made a distinction with regard to "Income Recognition" and held that income had to be recognized in terms of the Prudential Norms, even though the same deviated from mercantile system of accounting and/or section 45 (sic. 145) of the Income Tax Act. It can be said, therefore, that the Apex Court approved the 'real income' theory which is engrained in the Prudential Norms for recognition of revenue by NBFC". 9. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of M/s Southern Technologies Ltd (Supra) dissected the matter into two parts viz., a) Income Recognition and b) permissible deduction/exclusions under the Income Tax Act. In so far as income recognition is concerned, the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that Section 145 of the Income Tax Act has no role to play and the A....
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....le to the assessee as it is applicable to the companies registered under the Companies Act. The Hon'ble Supreme Court has held in the case of Southern Technologies Ltd (Supra), that the provision of 45Q of Reserve Bank of India Act has an overriding effect vis-à-vis income recognition principle under the Companies Act. Hence Sec.45 Q of the RBI Act shall have overriding effect over the income recognition principle followed by cooperative banks also. Hence the Assessing Officer has to follow the Reserve Bank of India directions 1998, as held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. 10.1 Based on the prudential norms, the assessee herein did not admit the interest relatable to NPA advances in its total income. The Hon'ble Delhi High Court in the case of Vasisth Chay Vyapar Ltd (Supra) has held that the interest on NPA assets cannot be said to have accrued to the assessee. In this regard, the following observations of Hon'ble Delhi High Court in the above cited case are relevant: "What to talk of interest, even the principle amount itself had become doubtful to recover. In this scenario it was legitimate move to infer that interest income thereupon has not "accrued". Th....