Exotica Housing & Infrastructure Company Pvt. Ltd v . ITO (2020) 82 ITR 46 / 207 TTJ 992 (Delhi) (Trib) www.itatonline.org

S. 2(22)(e):Deemed dividend- Deeming provision should be construed strictly- Advances given for purely temporary financial accommodation for business purposes does not attract the deeming fiction.

Allowing the appeal of the assessee , the Tribunal held that the section uses the expression “by way of advances or loans” which shows that all payments received from the sister company cannot be treated as deemed dividend but only payments which bear the characteristics of loans and advances. Under the law, all loans and advances are debts, but all debts are not loans and advances. The term ‘loans and advances’ is not defined & has to be understood in the commercial sense. Advances given for purely temporary financial accommodation for business purposes does not attract the deeming fiction. (ITA.No.5188/Del./2019 dt .24-06-2020) (AY. 2013 -14)