Expenditure on brand building doesn't ensure capital benefit or lasting business value, despite statutory recognition of intangible assets.

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....Just because an expenditure is debited in books towards brand building, which it purportedly is, and statutory recognition has since been accorded to such an intangible asset, as a “brand” would not by itself imply that an advantage in the capital field, or of enduring value to the business has, arisen to the assessee upon incurring the expenditure. - AT....