An owner of a building has agreed to rent out his builidng to an Insurance company for a monthly rent of Rs 2.5 lakhs. The insurance company has desired that the intrior of the building i.e, interior decoration, carpenrty, electrical fittings, sitting arrangements etc. be made according to their specification and has made separate agreeement with the landlord for this which says the cost reimbursemened on actual basis. The question is whether the cost reimursed by the insurance company should be a part of the taxable value or it should be costrued that lndlord is acting as a pure agent and hence the cost reimbursed to him should be excluded from the taxable value?
Pure agent-query regarding
SIDDHARTHA SANKAR ROY (Government Servant -MOF) (868 Points)
24 November 2008