2009 (12) TMI 1034

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....ellant. Piyush Kaushik for the Respondent. ORDER Vimal Gandhi, This appeal by the Revenue and cross-objection by the assessee for asst. yr. 2004-05 are directed against order of CIT(A)-VI, New Delhi. Cross-objection of assessee merely supports the impugned order and is not maintainable. The same is accordingly dismissed. 2. We proceed to consider appeal of the Revenue in which follo....

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....4 relating to service-tax provisions. The AO treated above amount as a penalty and disallowed the same. However, on appeal, learned C1T(A) held that payment made was of compensatory nature and therefore, permissible as a business deduction. He deleted the disallowance. 4. In the appellate proceedings before us, the learned Departmental Representative submitted that payment of interest on delaye....

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..... After considering relevant statutory provisions, it was held that it was compensatory and therefore, a permissible deduction. We have examined relevant provisions of section 75 and are of the view that interest paid for the delayed payment of service-tax is compensatory and has the same character as service-tax. There is no dispute that service-tax is a permissible deduction. In our opinion, the....

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....ayment in question, the assessee has acquired any enduring benefit. On facts and evidence on record, we are of the view that finding recorded by learned CIT(A) is unassailable. It would be relevant to reproduce confirmation issued by Messee Dusseldorf GmbH for the use of logo (p. 8 of the paper book). It is as under : "Dear Mr. Schmidt, As you know, Messee Dusseldorf GmbH owns th....