Loss of stock on account of fire at business place is allowable

P.H. Kumar & Co. Vs ITO (Delhi High Court) Court is of the view that the plea of the Assessee ought to have been accepted in the first instance by the AO. The Assessee placed on record the agreement under which it was obliged to bear the loss for shortage of stock. The Assessee also placed on record the statement of account in terms of which it had to pay the company Rs.2 lakhs towards shortage of stock. It is not as if the Assessee did not make an effort to ascertain the details. It was informed that on account of fire, those details could not be provided as the records had been destroyed...