(1.) BOTH the matters are disposed of by this single order since the question of law involved is common.
(2.) IN D. B. INcome-tax Reference No. 9 of 1992, the following question of law has been referred by the INcome-tax Appellate Tribunal in respect of the assessment year 1987-88 under Section 256(1) of the INcome-tax Act, 1961 :
(3.) SECTION 43B was inserted by the Finance Act, 1983, and is applicable with effect from April 1, 1984, i.e., assessment year 1984-85. While interpreting the provisions of SECTION 43B, the Andhra Pradesh High Court in the case of Srikakollu Subba Rao v. Union of India [1988] 173 ITR 708 held that the provisions of SECTION 43B are not applicable to the market cess and the tax payable under the appropriate law after the close of the accounting year. In order to overcome this problem amendment was made by the Finance Act, 1988, by which the words "cess or fee, by whatever name called" were inserted in Clause (a) with effect from April 1, 1989. By the Finance Act, 1989, Explanation 2 was added retrospectively from April 1, 1984, which read as under :