Lawful expense cannot be disallowed merely for claim under wrong head

ACIT Vs Uniworth Textiles Ltd. (ITAT Kolkata) We find that during the year the assessee has written off the sum of Rs. 84,56,692/- on account of sundry balance written off which was charged to the account of profit and loss account. We note that the substantial part of the amount represented the stock written off in respect of garment stock and stock of trims and only a small portion of the total represented sundry debtors written off. The Ld. Counsel of the assessee vehemently argued before us that this is mere claim of genuine nature made by the assessee under the wrong head which represente...