Deduction under section 80P(2)(a)(i) for commission income treated as banking activity, entitlement affirmed and claim allowed.

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....Commission income earned for collecting bills, dues and charges on behalf of a public utility is treated as akin to banking activity and, being incidental to the society's main objects, qualifies for the cooperative-society deduction under the relevant 80P provision; accordingly the claim for deduction in respect of commission received from the public utility was allowed and the appeal permitted. The note emphasises applicability of prior Tribunal precedent equating collection-of-dues activity with banking activity as determinative of entitlement.....