Supreme Court of India in M/s McDowell v. CIT Karnataka held that to ascertain the actual accumulated loses to be set off in the hands of the assesssee first adjust the income that is accruing to it on account of waiver of interest by financial institutions. The Bench of Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan was considering an appeal against the Judgment of Karnataka High Court whereby the appeal of Commissioner of Income Tax (Revenue) was allowed setting aside the order to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal(ITAT) which had granted the benefit of provisions of Section 72A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to the appellant-assessee. In the instant matter, M/s Hindustan Polymers Ltd. (HPL) had become a sick industrial company and was amalgamated with appellant-assesssee company i.e. M/s McDowell and Company Ltd. Since HPL was a sick industrial undertaking it owed a lot of money to banks and financial institutions. The interest was claimed as expenditure by HPL in its return and by the virtue ...