Empire Jute Co. Ltd vs Commissioner Of Income Tax on 9 May, 1980
7.9 The test of fixed and circulating capital also sometimes breaks down because there are many forms of expenditure which do not fall easily within these two categories. Moreover, there may be cases where expenditure, though referable to or in connection with fixed capital, is nevertheless, allowable as revenue expenditure, e.g., an expenditure for preserving and maintaining capital asset as pointed out in the case of Empire Jute Co. Ltd. v. CIT (supra). Similarly, interest paid on the unpaid purchase price of a capital asset after the commencement of business is allowable as business expenditure.