Expenditure incurred on modification and renovation of a building before commencement of business is neither allowable U/s. 30(a)(ii) nor section 37

RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 6. We have heard both the parties and gone through the material available on record. The assessee company was incorporated on 5th October. 2005 with the object to carry on business of restaurant and hotels etc. The company entered into agreement on 10th October. 2005 with M/s. Aggarwal Motels P. Ltd. [AHPL] for a period of 18 months to manage and operate their AHPL business of hotel and bar which they were carrying on for the several years under the name and style as “Tavern on the Greens”. The assessee also entered into supplementary agreement for the purpose of...