2022 (5) TMI 155

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....sue in all the appeals are common, therefore we clubbed all of them together for the sake of brevity and convenience. However, we are taking ITA No.318/Del/2022 as a lead case wherein assessee has raised the following grounds: 1. "That having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, Ld. CIT(A) has erred in law and on facts in confirming the action of Ld. DCIT/CPC in making aggregate addition of Rs.87,65,323/- on account of employee's contribution to ESI and EPF and that too by recording incorrect facts and findings and without observing the principles of natural justice and without appreciating the facts and circumstances of the case and latest law in this regard. 2. That in any case and in any view of the matter....

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....wards PF/ESIC by the assessee from its employees was not deposited before the due date. He submitted that though there has been delay in deposit of PF/ESIC Contributions but all the contributions received by the assessee from its employees have been deposited with the appropriate authorities before the filing of return of income by the assessee. He therefore submitted that since the amounts have been deposited before the filing of return of income, no disallowance is called for and for aforesaid proposition, he relied on the decision in the case of Azamgarh Steel & Power vs. CPC in ITA No.1626/Del/2020 dated 31.05.2021 and CIT vs. AIMIL Ltd. [2010] 188 Taxman 265 (Delhi) and various other decisions. 6. Learned DR on the other hand suppor....

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....ntent and objective is to treat belated payment of Employee's Provident Fund (EPD) and Employee's State Insurance Scheme (ESI) as deemed income of the employer under section 2(23)(x) of the Act." 8. As far as reliance by Learned DR on the amendment brought out by Finance Act 2021 is concerned, "notes on clauses" to the Finance Bill 2021 clearly states that the amendment will take effect from 1st April 2021 and will apply in relation to the assessment year 2021-22 and subsequent assessment year. In such a situation, we are of the view that the amendment brought out by Finance Act 2021 does not apply to the assessment year under consideration. 9. Before us, Revenue has not placed any material on record to demonstrate that the aforesaid ....