Dismissing the appeal of the Revenue the Court held that retention money retained by contractee being deferred payment and contingent upon satisfactory completion of contract work, assessee would have no vested right to receive same in year in which it was retained; income was to be booked in year of actual receipt (AY. 2014-15).
PCIT v. EMC Ltd. (2022) 289 Taxman 29 / (2023) 450 ITR 691 (Cal)(HC)
S. 4 : Charge of income-tax-Retention money-Income to be booked in the year of actual receipt [S. 5, 145]