2020 (4) TMI 624

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....y are being disposed of by this common order, for the sake of convenience. 2. The common issues urged in both the appeals relate to following: a) Addition made u/s 80JJAA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter called as 'the Act'). b) Disallowance of expenditure incurred in lease hold premises treating the same as capital expenditure. c) Claim of MAT credit. 3. In assessment year 2012-13, assessee has raised issues relating to assessment of interest u/s 244A of the Act and non-granting of TDS credit. 4. We heard the parties and perused the record. The assessee is engaged in the business of developing computer software. 5. The first issue relates to disallowance of deduction claimed u/s 80JJAA of the ....

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....mining the eligibility of the assessee to claim this deduction. Accordingly, we set aside the order passed by Ld. CIT(A) on this issue and restore the same to the file of the A.O. with the direction to apply with the provisions of section 80JJAA of the Act as applicable to the years under consideration. 7. The next issue relates to disallowance of claim of repair expenses incurred on lease hold building, treating the same as capital expenditure. The Ld. A.R. submitted that the assessee has incurred certain expenses on lease hold premises and claimed the same as revenue expenditure. However, in the books of accounts, the above expenditure has been capitalized by the assessee. The Ld. A.R. submitted that the entries made in the books of....

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....visions of explanation 1 to section 32(1) of the Act shall apply. It is the case of the assessee that most of the expenditure incurred by it on lease hold premises are revenue in nature. We notice that the tax authorities have not examined the nature of expenditure incurred by the assessee. We also notice that the assessee has furnished the various details of expenditure incurred by it on lease hold premises. Accordingly, we are of the view that this issue requires fresh examination at the end of the A.O., since the nature of expenditure incurred by the assessee is required to be examined in order to apply the provisions of Explanation 1 to section 32(1) of the Act. Accordingly, we set aside the order passed by the Ld. CIT(A) on this iss....