Deduction claim for airport fuel farm under Section 80-IA upheld where fuel farm is integral and agreement with statutory authority satisfied

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....Claim for deduction under Section 80-IA is rejected by Revenue because agreement was with a corporate and the fuel farm lay outside airport premises; court finds the agreement was with a statutory airport authority and that the fuel farm is an integral component of airport operations, so the requisite conditions for the 80-IA benefit are satisfied and the deduction is allowable. On interest deductibility under Section 36(1)(iii) for hedge (swap) transactions, the Tribunal's application of the controlling Supreme Court precedent supports allowance of the interest expense, and Revenue does not contest that applicability.....