1998 (12) TMI 62

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....92-93 and 1995-94. The brief facts leading to the filing of this original petition are as follows : The petitioner as a member of the Cochin Stock Exchange made contributions to the Stock Exchange building fund. This amount though claimed by the petitioner as a revenue expenditure incurred wholly, necessarily and exclusively for carrying on business, was not accepted by the Assessing Officer and from exhibit P-1 assessment it could be seen that the petitioner himself ultimately agreed for treating this amount as capital expenditure. Accordingly, the said contribution amounting to Rs. 1,07,461 was added to the assessee's total income. For the year 1993-94, a sum of Rs. 42,539 was added on the same basis to the assessee's total income. The....

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....t the same. The allegation of compulsion or coercion cannot be accepted on a mere statement. It is too late in the day to claim any compulsion. The present stand is nothing but an afterthought self-serving and appears to have been made to suit the convenience. The petitioner himself has signed it on March 13, 1995. Therefore, it will not be permissible to allow the petitioner to go back on his own stand before the authorities below. Such a stand is permissible and will not go against any law. The second question is whether this contribution is a revenue expenditure that can be deductible. Section 37 of the Income-tax Act allows any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses of the assessee laid out or....