Detailed examination of Loan Disbursed must before denying section 80P deduction

Kechery Service Co-operative Bank Limited Vs ITO (ITAT Cochin) In the instant case, the Assessing Officer had denied the claim of deduction u/s 80P of the I.T.Act for the reason that assessee was essentially doing the business of banking and disbursement of agricultural loans by the assessee was only minuscule. Therefore, the Assessing Officer concluded that the assessee cannot be treated as co-operative society. The Assessing Officer after perusing the narration of the loan extracts in the statutory audit report for assessment years under consideration, came to the conclusion that out of the ...