Dismissing the appeal of the revenue the Court held that interest earned by assessee on its surplus funds was taxable as business income and same could not be assessed as income from other sources and accordingly the expenditure incurred is held to be allowable as business expenditure.
PCIT v. NTPC SAIL Power Co. (P.) Ltd. (2020) 117 taxmann.com 135 (Delhi)(HC) Editorial : SLP of revenue is dismissed due to low tax effect, PCIT v. NTPC SAIL Power Co. (P.) Ltd. (2020) 272 Taxman 92 (SC)
S. 28(i) : Business income-Income from other sources-Interest earned from surplus fund assessable as business income-Expenditure is held to be allowable as business expenditure. [S. 37 (1), 56, 260A]