1987 (7) TMI 86

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....he Respondents: Chaphekar, Adv. JUDGMENT G.G. Sohani, J. 1. By this reference under section 256(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Indore Bench, has referred the following question of law to this court for its opinion: "Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in holdi....

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.... had computed the actual cost incurred by the assessee even though the assessee bad received a subsidy of Rs. 1,28,616. The Commissioner was of the view that the Income-tax Officer should have reduced the cost of plant and machinery by the capital subsidy of Rs. 1,28,616, for the purpose of computing depreciation and investment allowance. The Commissioner, therefore, set aside the order passed by ....

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....nce and it is at the instance of the Revenue that the aforesaid question of law has been referred to this court for its opinion. 4. A similar question came up for consideration before the Andhra Pradesh High Court in CIT v. Godavari Plywoods Ltd. [1987] 168 ITR 632. We may usefully refer to the following observations of Y. V. Anjaneyulu J. (page 640) : "We have examined the subsidy sch....

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...., that the subsidy granted to the assessee cannot be related to meeting a portion of the cost of the assets so that, for purposes of section 43(1) of the Act, such subsidy can be reduced from the amount of actual cost of the assets to the assessee. It seems to us that the specified percentage of the fixed capital cost taken as the basis for determining the subsidy under the scheme is only a measur....