It is clear from the statutory provisions of the MV Act as well as the law laid down in judicial pronouncements that payments made for any purpose which is an offence or which is prohibited by law and which are not compensatory in nature cannot be allowed as a deduction u/s.37(1) read with Explanation thereto.
Provisions contained in section 40A(7)(b) that provision made by the assessee for the purpose of payment of any gratuity, that has become payable during the year is allowable which means that the liability which has actually accrued during the year is allowable.
It is crystal clear proposition of law that when there is no element of income and there is mere reimbursement made there is no question of deduction of TDS.
Whether interest paid by assessee on loan taken for repaying the loan earlier borrowed for acquisition of the property is allowed as deduction u/s 24(b) of the Income Tax Act,1961?
Thus, section 2(22)( e) of the Act covers only such situations, where the shareholder alone benefits from the loan. In the instant case the company benefits from the said transaction, it will take the character of a commercial transaction and hence will not qualify to be dividend.
Amount withdrawn from General Reserve on account of reinstatement of employees benefit obligation is allowable while computing Book Profit u/ s 115JB as same is an obligation of the assessee as an employer and is an ascertained liability.
Assessee pointed out that the property in question was intended to be purchased for the purpose of constructing office premises and was directly related to the business of the assessee and therefore the deduction claimed should be allowed. As in the present case the Assessee did not acquire any capital asset and merely paid advance […]
Retention money is not in the nature of income till such time the contractual obligations are fully performed to the satisfaction of the customer by the Assessee. Therefore the retention money cannot be regarded as income even for the purpose of book profits u/s.115JB of the Act though credited in the profit and loss account […]
The debentures whether convertible or non convertible are in the nature of loan at the time of their issuance and any expenditure incurred on issue of such debentures or bonds had to be regarded as part of the borrowing cost and have to be allowed as a deduction and as a revenue expenditure. This expenditure cannot be regarded as capital.
Whether the term literary work as mentioned in the definition of royalty in the treaty would include software or not? As per the provisions of section 2(o) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, the term literary work includes computer programs, tables and compilations including computer data base.
