Interest paid by the assessee, on account of an investment in its sister concern from borrowed funds for the acquisition of shares in a subsidiary company in order to have control over that company, is eligible for a deduction under s 36(1)(iii)

CIT Vs Phil Corporation Ltd. & Anr. (High Court of Bombay) – interest paid on borrowings utilized for the purchase of shares in order to retain managing agency by the assessee company was held allowable as business expenditure. We find that the reasoning of the ITAT that the overdraft was not operated only for investing in the shares of subsidiary company and the fact that it was also used for investment in the shares of the subsidiary company to have control over that company and, therefore, the element of interest paid on the overdraft was not susceptible of bifurcation and therefo...