Employees’ contribution to EPF allowable, if paid before due date of return

CIT, Udaipur Vs Udaipur Dugdh Utpadak Sahakari Sangh Limited (Rajasthan High Court) While completing the assessment under Section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961  the Assessing Officer (AO) noticed that the assessee had deposited payment of Rs.14,60,412/- in the PF fund and Rs.973/- in the ESI fund with delay that is the said payments were deposited after the due dates i.e. after 15th next month and, therefore, added the said amount to the income of the assessee as per the provisions of Section 36(1)(va) read with Section 2(24)(x) of the Act. Aggrieved by the assessment order dated 26.12.2...