Expenses having no nexus with earning of income u/s 57 not allowed

Brief of the Case

ITAT Chennai held In the case of M/s. M.R.M. Plantations P. Ltd. vs. DCIT that u/s 57 only expenditure incurred in connection with earning of income was allowable as deduction. The assessee admitted that the entire income is by way of interest from the bank deposits. It was seen that the expenditure made by the assessee towards salary, remuneration, commission, building maintenance etc, these expenses have no nexus with earning of interest on bank deposits and cannot be allowed

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