1987 (9) TMI 425

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....n providing simple meals, breakfast and tea to its customers, and suppliers etc. coming from outside as customary expenses were in the nature of entertainment expenses and" hence not allowable in view of section 37(2B) of the Income-tax Act, 1964? 2. Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in holding that a sum of Rs. 90,000 incurred by the company for obtaining survey and feasibility report of polythene plant is capital expenditure and not allowable as a business expenditure ? 3. Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in holding that surtax liability is not an expenditure allowable as a business expenditure and not an expenditure wholly....

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.... this situation. 5. In our opinion, necessary facts on the basis of which the aforesaid question No. 2 has to be answered have not been determined by any of the lower authorities including the Tribunal. The test to be; applied for deciding whether this is an allowable expenditure or not was indicated by the Supreme Court in Setabganj Sugar Mills Ltd. v. CIT [1961] 41 ITR 272 as under: "The question whether, on the application of the settled tests, different ventures carried on by an individual or a company from the same business is a mixed question of law and fact. Certain principles are applied to determine whether on the facts found, a legal inference can be drawn that the different ventures constitute separate businesses or v....