Issue Involved/Facts – Whether expenditure incurred for preparing prospectus, payment of underwriting commission and brokerage for issue of redeemable preference shares is deductible as Revenue Expenditure? Arguments in against – 1) Hindustan Gas & Industries Ltd. v. CIT [1979] 1 Taxman 546 (Cal.): Facts of the case: The assessee-company incurred expenditure for payment of solicitor […]
