Shanti Prime Publication Pvt. Ltd.
Section 22, 28 of Income Tax Act, 1961—Nature of income —In the instant case, appeal is filed by assessee against the order passed by CIT on the ground that CIT erred in upholding the order passed by Id. AO treating income from leasing of warehouse taxable under the head "Income from House Property", instead of "Income from Business" as claimed by appellant, on the basis of dominant object of the rent agreement ignoring the fact the appellant's is primarily engaged in the business of leasing of warehouses.
Held that— Though the ownership has been changed on record but the nature of usage of the warehouse remains the same. Before purchasing the warehouse by assessee, the earlier owner was receiving the income from warehouse as rental income and after change of ownership; the nature of payments made by occupier (Tupperware) remains the same. Thus, the nature of transactions or income generated through this warehouse did not change.
The basis taken by assessee regarding the clauses of memorandum of association also holds no force now after the aforesaid decision of Hon'ble Supreme Court. In view of this, Ld. CIT(A) has rightly held that income from warehouse has to be assessed under the head income from house property not under the head income from business and profession. The computation made by AO under the head income from house property determining the net loss of 1,51,524/- was, therefore, rightly upheld and confirmed by Ld. CIT(A), which does not need any interference on my part, hence, I uphold the action of the Ld. CIT(A) on the issue in dispute and reject the grounds raised by the Assessee.
[NEW HORIZON LOGIWARE (P) LTD. VERSUS ITO, WARD 18 (2) , NEW DELHI] [2018] [7] [ITCD Online] [10] [ITAT DELHI]