Deduction u/s 57 available only when it is established that expense is expended wholly and exclusively for earning income

D D & Co. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai)

ITAT Mumbai held that for claiming deduction u/s. 57 of the Income Tax Act, it is important to establish that the expenditure is laid out or expended wholly and exclusively for the purpose of making or earning such income. Accordingly, matter remanded to consider the movement in the FD account and the loan account to understand the nexus.

Facts- In the present case, AO held that the assessee could not establish the nexus between the fixe

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