Assessee who was reflecting income under head Income from House property and therefore could not claim maintenance charges of Rs. 3.20 crore allowed to change the head of Income by filing revised computation of Income before AO by ITAT Mumbai in Peepul Tree Properties (P.) Ltd. [2016] 71 taxmann.com 332 (Mumbai – Trib.) MAY 20, 2016

ITAT in para 5.4 of the Judgement said that:

“……..there is no dispute on the proposition that tax liability of assessee has to be determined strictly in accordance with law. But a claim can be allowed to assessee which is valid as per law and made by the assessee in accordance with law and in a complete and rightful manner. In case the assessee wants its income to be assessed under different head as per the provisions of law, then, the minimum duty expected from the assessee is to at least file a revised computation sheet of income offering the income in proper heads and making appropriate claims against each and every head separately. This exercise is not expected to be done by the AO on behalf of the assessee. But nonetheless, with a view to meet the ends of justice and in view of these peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, we find it appropriate to give an opportunity to the assessee to file revise computation sheet of income before the AO making out its claim in an appropriate and complete manner………..”

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