Amount settled under premature payment option, leading to future sales tax not payable, is revenue income

Background

The Mumbai Tribunal has recently held in the case of  Schenectady Specialities Asia Pvt. Ltd. that the difference between the sales tax collected but not deposited by the assessee with the Government under a sales tax deferral scheme, and the amount settled by the assessee under the premature payment option, is to be treated as income of the assessee, for the assessment year in which such sales tax liability is discharged.

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