State Subsidies for Rural Development Classified as Non-Taxable Capital Receipts, Even with Revenue Concessions.

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....Taxability of the receipt given by way of subsidy - Since all the Notifications issued by the State Government for different reimbursements/ remissions, pursuant to the Scheme and in furtherance of the avowed objectives of the State Government in issuing the Scheme, the incentive/ benefit/ subsidy being made available, it has been stated that, it is clearly in the nature of capital receipt not liable to tax under the Act. Even if any concession/rebate is given in respect of revenue items, the intent of the concession/rebate being the development of the rural economy and upliftment of backward areas, the same would still be in the nature of capital receipt not liable to tax. - AT....