TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2009 (4) TMI 1028
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.... J. 1. The appeal has been preferred by the revenue against the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Madras 'D' Bench, Chennai, dated 5.5.2008 passed in ITA No. 2089/Mds/2006. 2. The material facts culled out from the statement of facts in the memorandum of grounds of appeal are as follows: The assessee private limited Company filed return of income for the assessment year 2004-....
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....dvance tax. On further appeal by the Department to the Tribunal, the Tribunal relying on the decision of Chemplast Sanmar Limited reported in 83 TTJ(Chennai) Page 427 which held that MAT credit should be given in precedence of TDS and advance tax dismissed the appeal filed by the Department. Aggrieved by the order of the Tribunal, the revenue filed the present appeal by formulating the following q....
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....y same issues have been considered by the Division Bench of this Court in T.C.A. Nos. 887 of 2004 etc. batch on 09.04.2009. In respect of the first question of law, the Division Bench has answered in favour of the assessee and against the revenue by observing as follows by concurring with CIT v. Jindal Experts Ltd. (2009) 222 CTR 8 (Del): 7. In respect of the first question of law, the arguments....
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....ent case, the intention of the legislature is to give tax credit to tax and not to the tax and interest. Once the intention is clear, the revenue cannot rely on the Form-I to say that the MAT credit under Section 115JAA should be given only after tax and interest. Further we have answered the first question of law in favour of the assessee i.e. the MAT credit under Section 115JAA should be given e....