TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2000 (2) TMI 50
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....e case, the interpretation sought to be put on section 115J of the Income-tax Act by the Appellate Tribunal is correct on law ? (2) Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Appellate Tribunal was justified in law in holding that 'loss' as it appears in section 205(1), first proviso, clause (b) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with section 115J of the Income-tax Act, 1961, means 'including depreciation' ?" The assessment year concerned is 1989-90. The assessee is a domestic company in which the public are not substantially interested. During the relevant period it was engaged in the business of printing newspapers and journals. For the assessment year in question, the assessee filed a return showing a loss of Rs.....
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....nbsp; Companies Act 1,19,521 --------- Book profits 2,23,345"  ....
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....bsp; 2,38,938 Less : Net profit as per P&L a/c for the second period 1st July, 1988 to 31st March, 1989 35,055 &nbs....
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....nbsp; 29,330 --------- Balance profit &nb....
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....ppeal. Further, when a reference was sought for, the same was accepted and the questions set out above have been referred for opinion. The word "loss" in the proviso clause (b) to section 205(1) would include "depreciation". In accounting parlance and in the commercial sense, the word "loss" is always taken as including "depreciation". If depreciation were to be excluded, the Legislature would have used the term "cash loss". A comparison may be made with the language employed in section 3(o) of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (in short "the Sick Industrial Act"), wherein a distinction is made between "accumulated loss" and "cash loss". In Garden Silk Weaving Factory v. CIT [1991] 189 ITR 512, the apex court h....