Welspun Investments & Commercials Pvt. ... vs Ito - 8(3)(4), Mumbai on 28 January, 2019
Only regular income the appellant can
earn from investment in a company is in the form of dividend
which is exempt. Moreover, except for making a verbal claim that
the investment is part of business strategy and commercial
expediency, the appellant has not furnished even an iota of
evidence to show as to how the investment is beneficial/
commercially expedient for the business being carried out by the
appellant. Therefore, I'm of the opinion that investment in the
subsidiaries is required to be considered for the purpose of
making disallowance under section 14A of the IT Act. Reliance in
this regard is placed on the decision of ITAT, Mumbai in the case
of Tata Industries Ltd. Vs ITO [2016] [18] TTJ 600 (Mumbai-Trib)
where it has been held that even in the 'investment and finance
companies whose business is to promote companies, investment
in subsidiaries is to be considered for the purpose of making
disallowance u u/s 14A of the IT Act.