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Earned surplus, it represents a specific account into which are added the net profits of the year and appropriations are made out of it and the balance is regarded as 'earned surplus' at the end of the year. This account is specifically allocated for utilisation for the purpose of business year after year. It is an account in which the net profits less the appropriations are added, and the account is intended for application in extending the business of the assessee company. The amounts entered in the account 'earned surplus' cannot be regarded as mere unallocated profits at the end of the accounting year, CIT v. Standard Vacuum Oil Company, AIR 1966 SC 1393: (1966) 2 SCR 367. [Business Profits Tax Act, 1947, Sch. II, R. (2) and (3)]