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Nature of expenditure - expenditure towards purchase of software ...


Software Purchase for Business Efficiency Classified as Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital: No Enduring Capital Benefit Found.

January 8, 2022

Case Laws     Income Tax     AT

Nature of expenditure - expenditure towards purchase of software - We hold that advantage of an enduring benefit, need not be on capital account. If the advantage consists merely in facilitating the assessee's trading operations or enabling him to manage and conduct his business more efficiently or more profitably while leaving the fixed capital untouched, the same cannot be regarded as on capital account. In order to treat any expenditure as capital expenditure, the same should result in accrual of advantage of enduring benefit and such benefit should accrue to the assesses in the capital field. - the expenditure in question has to be regarded as revenue expenditure. - AT

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