Benefit of s 43B(a) cannot be denied to the assessee on the ground that the excise duty was paid in advance in accordance with the mercantile system of accounting

Paharpur Cooling Towers Ltd. Vs CIT (High Court of Calcutta)- It was never the intention of the legislature to deprive an assessee of the benefit of deduction of tax, duty etc. actually paid by him during the previous year, although in advance, according to the method of accounting followed by him. If we accept the reasoning given by the Tribunal, an advance payer of tax, duty etc. payable in accordance with the method of accounting followed by him will not be entitled to get the benefit even in the next year when liability to pay would accrue in accordance with the method of accounting follo...