Flipkart VS Revenue : Analysis on Capital vs Revenue Expenditure

Overview: It has been reported that e-commerce giant Flipkart (“Tax Payer”) has lost an appeal against Income-tax department (“Tax Authority”) for issue regarding classification of marketing expenditure and discounts. The First appellate authority (Commissioner of Income-tax) opined that such marketing expenditure and deep discounts cannot be treated as revenue expenditure as it was incurred to build brand […]