In the case of Jonas Wood Head and Sons Vs. CIT,
117 ITR 55, it was held that the question regarding capital or
revenue expenditure depends on the terms of agreement in
each case.
In the case of Jonas Woodhead v CIT ( 224 ITR 342) the
Hon'ble Supreme Court held Tribunal having considered the
different clauses of the agreement and having come to the
conclusion that under the agreement with the foreign firm what
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was set up by the assessee was a new business and the foreign
firm had not only furnished information and the technical know-
how but rendered valuable services in setting up of the factory
and even after the expiry of the agreement there was no embargo
on the assessee to continue to manufacture the product in
question, it was difficult to hold that the entire payment made was
a revenue expenditure merely because the payment was required
to be made on a certain percentage of the gross turnover of the
products as royalty. In the facts and circumstances of the case,
High Court was fully justified in answering the reference in favour
of the revenue and against the assessee.
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Respectfully following the above decision, we hold that
royalty has to be allowed as revenue outgo for the impugned
assessment year."
26. The learned CIT, DR has relied upon the judgment of Hon'ble Madras High Court in the case of T. V. Sundaram Iyengar & Sons Ltd. (supra) also and argued that for the purpose of attracting liability to tax on capital gains it was not necessary that the assessee should have actually received the profits and it was sufficient that the assessee had a right to receive the profit. There is no doubt as to the general proposition that provisions of Section 45 relating to capital gains come into operation on accrual basis and not on actual receipt basis. Accrual, as rightly stated by the learned CIT, DR pre-supposes right to receive. The learned CIT, DR has, therefore, referred to Clause 6 of the agreement between the assessee and the credit institutions and argued that the assessee had a right to receive the profit from the sale of shares if there was any balance left after appropriation of the debt by the credit institutions. The learned CIT, DR has, however, not noticed that on the facts and in the circumstances of the case the assessee did not receive a single paisa because the entire sale proceeds were consumed in appropriation of the debt owed by Pertech and Swati and there was no balance left. Thus, on the facts and circumstances of the case the assessee neither received nor had any right to receive any part of the sale proceeds of the shares in question.
The other judgment is reported as Jonas Woodhead and Sons Pvt. Ltd. v. CIT 224 ITR 342 (SC). In that case also, the technical knowhow was obtained for use by assessee but it was to be used in setting up of the plant.
In Jonas Woodhead & Sons Ltd. Vs. CIT, 224 ITR 342 (SC);
the Income-tax Officer disallowed 1/4th of the Royalty claimed by
the assessee company as revenue expenditure. The Royalty was
in terms of the collaboration agreement between the assessee &
foreign company. It was a composite payment for supply of
technical know-how and services for setting up plant and
manufacture of products. There was no embargo on manufacture
even after the expiry of agreement. The High Court confirmed the
order of the Income-tax Officer stating that the assessee acquired
a benefit of enduring nature and any sum paid towards it would
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13.2. We have considered the issue and rival submissions of the learned
Counsel for the assessee and learned DR. Since the assessee has raised this
issue as additional ground before the learned CIT(A), this is not an additional
ground before us and therefore, it has to be considered on its merits. The
assessee relied upon the decision of Hon'ble Bombay High Court in the case of
RamgopalGanpatrai& Sons Ltd. vs. CIT 24 ITR 362 (Bom.).It was submitted
that the relevant releif under Sec.90 of IT Act ought to be granted in respect of
income taxed in Belgium which was also included in the total income in the
impugned assessment year. In support of the same, a copy of the note filed by
Belgium Accountant for payment of tax in Belgium, a copy of the assessment
note received from Overseas Control Department, Antwerp and proof of
payment of tax were filed, in addition to written submissions filed before the
CIT(A). Since the amounts were already included in the assessee's income and
stated in the computation of income, this issue has to be examined by the
Assessing Officer and necessary relief has to be granted as per the provisions of
the Act. For this purpose, we remit the issue to the file of the Assessing Officer
for detailed examination of the contentions and take necessary decision while
giving credit to the amount of tax paid in Belgium as per law. With this
direction, the ground is considered as allowed.