ITAT on Exclusion of Interest and Rent for computing remuneration allowable to partners

ACIT Vs M/s. Asian Food Industries (ITAT Ahmedabad) This is a settled principle of law that the interest income for the purpose of ascertaining ceiling on the basis of book profit, the profit shall be in the profit and loss account. The interest income, thus, cannot be notionally be excluded for the purpose of determining the allowable of deduction of remuneration paid to the partners u/s 40(b) of the Act. In the case in hand both the shed rent and the interest income assessed as business income for the purpose of computing admissible deduction u/s 40(b). FULL TEXT OF THE ITAT JUDGEMENT The i...