Subsidy as octroi duty refund to promote industrialization is a capital receipt

DCIT Vs Sudal Industries Limited (ITAT Mumbai) The assessee has received incentive in the form of Octroi refund under Govt. of Maharashtra Package Scheme of Incentives, 2007. We find that the Coordinate Bench of the Tribunal in the case of ACIT Vs. M/s. Universal Construction Machinery and Equipments Ltd. in an identical set of facts has held subsidy received by the assessee under Package Scheme of Incentives, 2007 as capital in nature. Relevant extract of the order of Tribunal reads as under: “5. We have heard the submissions made by Id. DR and have perused the material available on rec...