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Understanding Section 43B(h) | Impact on MSME Payments

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Business Expenditure Allowability under Section 37 of Income Tax Act, 1961

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Allowability of write off of CWIP expenses

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Allow deduction of Interest Paid to Government under Income Tax Act – ICAI

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Historical and empirical data must be examined prior to approving provision of expenditure: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that CIT(A) without examining the historical/ empirical data of expenditure incurred by the assessee for recti...

August 13, 2024 69 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowance u/s. 14A unjustified as own funds are in excess of investments made in funds yielding excempt income: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that disallowance of interest under section 14A unjustified as assessee’s own funds are far in excess of the...

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TPO has no jurisdiction to question commercial expediency or genuineness of need

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Section 80C Deductions Should Not Be Disallowed Without Justification

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Subsidiary Cannot claim Expenses Related to Holding Company’s Project

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ITAT explains CSR expenditure Allowability under section 37

January 12, 2021 4374 Views 0 comment Print

 Addl. CIT Vs Rites Limited (ITAT Delhi) AO has disallowed claim of the assessee company qua CSR expenditure by misinterpreting the provisions contained under section 37(1) of the Act by observing that since CSR expenditure is not incurred for the purpose of carrying on the business, such expenditure cannot be allowed under the existing provisions […]

Expenditure on R&D for manufacture of aircrafts to be sold allowable U/s. 37

December 9, 2020 648 Views 0 comment Print

The fact that a certain payment constitutes income or capital receipt in the hands of the recipient is not material in determining whether the payment is revenue or capital disbursement qua the payer. It has further been held that whether a transaction is capital expenditure would have to be determined having regard to the nature of the transaction and other relevant factors.

Bad Debt cannot be claimed as deduction unless written off in Books

December 4, 2020 3576 Views 0 comment Print

Landmark judgment on claimed compensation & business expenditure. High Court rules against Assessee in Allu Arvind Babu vs ACIT case.

CSR expenses incurred before 01.04.2015 deductible as business expenses

November 20, 2020 903 Views 0 comment Print

The amendment brought about by way of Explanation 2 to section 37 by Finance Act, 2014, was only with effect from 01.04.2015. ITAT held that the amendment in question is not retrospective. Expenditure incurred in CSR in accordance with guidelines issued by the Govt. of India is allowable as a deduction for both A.Y. 2013-14 and A.Y. 2014-15. In the result, both the appeals of the assessee are allowed.

Foreign Exchange Fluctuations allowable as Revenue Expense- Section 37

September 30, 2020 3771 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs. Coffee Day Global Ltd. (ITAT Bangalore) The issue under consideration is whether foreign exchange fluctuations are allowed as revenue expense u/s 37 of Income Tax Act? ITAT states that, the Supreme Court in the case of CIT vs. Woodward Governor India Pvt. Ltd. (2009) 312 ITR 254 had already held that the actual […]

Foreign Exchange Fluctuation Loss arising out of Re-Statement of ECB Allowed

September 18, 2020 2313 Views 0 comment Print

Whether CIT(A) was justified in confirming the disallowance of foreign exchange fluctuation loss arising out of re-statement of External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) at the year end rates in accordance with AS-11?

MCI Code of Conduct not Applicable to pharma companies; Freebies to doctors allowed

August 2, 2020 5022 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT states the code of conduct prescribed by the Medical Council is applicable only to medical practitioners/ doctors registered with the MCI and does not apply to pharmaceutical companies & the healthcare sector in any manner.

General Deductions of Expenditure Under Section 37(1)

July 28, 2020 107193 Views 3 comments Print

We know that there are five heads of income, in which income of any assessee has been taxed. There may be different types of income an assessee earned during previous year such as income from salary, House Property, Profit and gain from business or profession, Capital Gain and Income from other sources.  Section 28 is […]

Stamp Duty to obtain Business Premises on Lease is Revenue Expense

July 12, 2020 15429 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the stamp duty paid for obtaining the business premises on lease is deductible under section 37 of the Income Tax Act, 1961?

Expense crystallized during the year allowable as Prior Period Expense

July 3, 2020 6546 Views 0 comment Print

According to ITAT, the claim of assessee on account of Pay anomaly of employee crystallized during the year should have been accepted and he, therefore, granted relief to the assessee. Further, they observed that in the order dated 24.12.2009 for assessment year 2006-07 in assessee’s own case, the Tribunal decided that the liability crystallized during the year has to be allowed. Hence, now they do not find anything improper in the approach of the CIT(A) to allow the expenses in respect of which the liability crystallized during the year.

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