The Tribunal held that the purpose of giving the incentive in the form of interest subsidy under the technology upgradation fund scheme was to encourage capital investment by the eligible unit in the form of specified machinery in order to induct State-of -the-Art or Near-State-of -the-Art Technology or at least a significant step up from the present technology level to a substantially higher one. The amount of interest subsidy received by the assessee was a receipt of capital nature. The Assessing Officer was to verify the issue of utilisation of the subsidy if the purpose of meeting the interest Liability on loans and advances taken by it to set up its plant and machinery, the subsidy incentive could be considered as a capital receipt not chargeable to tax , otherwise, it had to be treated as a revenue receipt.( AY.2008-09)
Dy. CIT v. BSL Ltd. (2020)78 ITR 348/ 183 ITD 675 (Kol) (Trib)
S. 4 : Charge of income-tax – Capital or revenue – Interest subsidy – Technology upgradation fund scheme- Encourage capital investment by eligible unit in form of specified machinery- The AO is directed to verify issue of utilisation of amount of subsidy. [ S.28(i), 254(1) ]