Unascertained liability can be claimed as expense if estimated reasonably in mercantile system of accounting

Brief of the Case Delhi High Court held In the case of M/s. Aggarwal And Modi Enterprises (Cinema Project) Co. Pvt. Ltd Vs. CIT that whether a liability is ascertained or contingent is dependent on the facts of each case. Merely because a liability may be contractual or non-statutory would not make it incapable of being ascertained. Where an Assessee follows the mercantile system of accounting it is not necessary that the liability must have actually been incurred during the AY in question to enable the Assessee to claim it as an expense or deduction as the case may be. The crux of the matter...