Commissioner Of Income-Tax vs State Farming Corporation Of Kerala ... on 27 July, 1989
That decision was confirmed by the Supreme Court in M. K. Brothers P. Ltd. v. CIT [1972] 86 ITR 38. In that case, under a contract between the British India Corporation and the assessee, the Corporation became liable to pay and the assessee became entitled to receive commission at a certain rate every year. The disputed amount was part of the commission earned by the assessee for the previous year relating to the assessment year and it was after it had been earned by the assessee that it became liable to be retained by the Corporation for the adjustment of the debt due to the Corporation from S and Co., the sole selling agent. It was, therefore, a case of application of income after it was earned by the assessee and the amount in question was hence assessable as income of the assessee.