TDS deductible on year-end provisions debited to profit & loss account

Tata Sky Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) Assessee made year-end provisions in respect of sale promotion, legal and professional fees, interest and programming costs. Further, these provisions were debited to the profit and loss account and not added back to the computation of total income by the assessee. Once, the assessee has claimed these expenses by debiting into profit and loss account, it needs to deduct TDS on such expenditure, even if not credited to respective parties account. Since, the assessee has not deducted TDS, the expenses claimed are liable to be disallowed under section 40(a)(...