Circular No.98 – Income Tax In the case of Indian Aluminium Co. Ltd. v. CIT [1972] 84 ITR 736, the Supreme Court virtually overruled its earlier decision in Travancore Titanium Products Ltd. v. CIT [1966] 69 ITR 277 and held that wealth-tax paid by an assessee in respect of business assets is deductible as a business expense in computing the assesseeýÿs income from business. With a view to restoring the position in this behalf as it obtained earlier, the President was pleased to promulgate the Income-tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 1972, on
