Interest disallowance Justified if Commercial Expediency not established

DCIT Vs Alok Industries Limited (ITAT Mumbai) Issue raised is with respect to disallowance under Section 36(1)(iii) of the Act. The Revenue contends that assessee did not have adequate interest free funds, and that assessee could not establish commercial expediency. The disallowance in this regard has been done on the same reasoning as in the case of disallowance under Section 14A of the Act. The Assessing Officer has disregarded the assessee’s submission that assessee has sufficient interest free funds to make these investments/advances on the ground that assessee has not submitted the cash...