Interest expenses disallowed for abandoned projects u/s 36(1)(iii) of Income Tax Act; treated as revenue expenditure.

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....Disallowance of interest expenses u/s.36(1)(iii) - Once project is abandoned, it seizes to become eligible asset to capitalize borrowing cost to the work in progress account, till such asset is put to use in business of the assessee. In this case, since, project of the assessee was abandoned, expenditure incurred on said project, including interest, if any, on borrowed capital would be in the nature of revenue expenditure, which needs to be allowed as deduction. - AT....