Duty drawback taxable on receipt basis under section 145B(3), not on accrual basis despite mercantile accounting.

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....Duty drawback is specifically governed by section 145B(3), which deems it taxable as income of the previous year in which it is actually received, if not charged in an earlier year. Applying that statutory rule, the Tribunal held that taxing sanctioned duty drawback on an accrual basis during the year under consideration was unsustainable, even though the assessee followed the mercantile system. The addition was deleted and the appeal was allowed.....