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Gayatri Balaswamy Judgment: Balancing between finality & autonomy

Corporate Law : Supreme Court clarifies power to modify arbitral awards under Section 34 in Gayatri Balaswamy case, raising questions on finality,...

June 9, 2025 1641 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowed Expenses While Calculating Profits & Gains of Business or Profession

Income Tax : Learn about disallowed expenses under PGBP in India's Income Tax Act. Understand key sections like 37, 40, and 40A, and their impa...

October 7, 2024 11886 Views 0 comment Print

TDS Obligations: Reimbursement of Expenses vs. Fee for Technical Services

Income Tax : Delhi HC rules reimbursements to NRAEs not subject to TDS as "fees for technical services," clarifying scope of Section 9(1)(vii) ...

September 25, 2024 2463 Views 0 comment Print

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

Income Tax : Understand the impact of Section 43B(h) on businesses: Learn about deductions for MSME payments and the importance of timely payme...

April 2, 2024 13503 Views 3 comments Print

Transfer or Assignment of Trademark

Corporate Law : Discover the process and types of trademark assignment. Learn about procedures, required documents, and benefits for a smooth tran...

March 18, 2024 2562 Views 0 comment Print


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Draft Competition Commission of India (General) Amendment Regulations, 2024

Corporate Law : Explore the proposed amendments to Regulations 35, 37, and 50 of the Competition Commission of India (General) Regulations 2009. L...

February 26, 2024 993 Views 0 comment Print

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

Income Tax : Allowability of Interest paid under Incometax Act, 1961: Presently, interest paid by the Government to an assessee is chargeable t...

June 20, 2014 6036 Views 0 comment Print


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Reversal of Previously Disallowed Securitisation Provisions Cannot Be Taxed Again: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT held that reversal of securitisation provisions already disallowed in earlier years cannot be taxed again upon wri...

May 21, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 35(2AB) Disallowance as AO Cannot Override DSIR Approval

Income Tax : The Chennai ITAT held that deductions approved by DSIR under Section 35(2AB) cannot be disallowed merely on the basis of survey st...

May 20, 2026 114 Views 0 comment Print

SC Allows Deduction of Grants as They Were Part of Statutory Business Activity

Income Tax : The Supreme Court held that grants disbursed by a statutory corporation formed part of its core business functions and qualified a...

May 20, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

No 271D Penalty Without Clear Finding of 269SS Violation: ITAT Deletes ₹1 Crore Penalty

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that mere observations about cash transactions are insufficient to levy penalty under Section 271D. A specific ...

May 18, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Software Cost Mark-Up Addition Holding Pure Reimbursement Is Not Profit-Making Service

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi ruled that reimbursement of software costs to foreign AEs on a cost-to-cost basis could not be treated as a profit-...

May 16, 2026 147 Views 0 comment Print


Expenditure towards scholarship to a student not associated with company not allowable

January 21, 2023 2781 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the scholarship to a student who was neither an employee nor associated with the company for any commercial or business purpose doesn’t satisfy the provisions of section 36 and section 37 and hence not allowable as deduction.

Fine for overloading paid to RTO is an allowable expenses under Section 37

January 15, 2023 3255 Views 1 comment Print

Kiran Roadlines Vs ACIT (ITAT Rajkot) The assessee is a registered firm in the business of transportation. It appears that for A.Y. 2004-05 & 2005-06 identical penalty debited to P&L account has been allowed by he Ld. CIT(A). In appeal preferred before the ITAT by the Revenue dated 06.03.2009, the Hon’ble Bench has been pleased […]

Corporate Social Responsibility expenditure is allowable deduction u/s 37

December 27, 2022 3909 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that Explanation 2 was inserted in Section 37 via Finance (No.2) Act, 2004 and is effective from 01.04.2015 [from Assessment Year 2015-2016 onwards] Accordingly expenditure incurred towards Corporate Social Responsibility is allowable as deduction u/s 37 of the Income Tax Act.

Health & Education Cess not allowed as business expenditure – Section 37?

October 15, 2022 6174 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the impact of Finance Act 2022 on Health and Education Cess in business expenditure. Insights on legal provisions, deductibility under Section 37, and retrospective applicability.

Amortization & allowability of Expenses under section 35D & 37- ITAT remands matter back to AO

October 14, 2022 1590 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs L & T Access Distribution Services Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) On the one hand, it is argued by the Ld. A.R. for the assessee before the Ld. CIT(A) that the expenditure of Rs.13.30 crores is for the purpose of setting up of the business of the assessee, but at the same time argued that […]

SEBI Penalty for shortfall in margin money eligible for section 37 Deduction

August 26, 2022 2646 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty charged levied by SEBI related to shortfall in margin money is not for infraction of any law. hence allowable under section 37

CSR expenditure towards education is allowable deduction u/s 37

June 13, 2022 6612 Views 0 comment Print

XINDIA Steels Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) CSR expenditure, for the benefit of public towards education expenses to the schools/villages surrounding the factory of children of the villages where the factory of the assessee is situated, is business expenditure allowable as deduction u/s 37 Facts- The assessee filed return of income declaring Rs.45,62,36,080 as per […]

Foreign Exchange fluctuation loss allowable under section 37: SC

April 23, 2022 2772 Views 0 comment Print

Wipro Finance Ltd. Vs CIT (Supreme court of India) Facts- The appellant submitted ROI on 29.11.1997 for the A.Y. 1997-­1998, mentioning loss of income, amongst others, owing to exchange fluctuation of Rs. 1,10,53,909/­. After processing the return u/s. 143(1)(a), the assessment was completed on 16.3.2000. As against the loss declared by the appellant due to exchange […]

Expenditure for any purpose which is an offence or which is prohibited by law not allowable

February 1, 2022 4548 Views 0 comment Print

Clarifications on allowability of expenditure under section 37 Section 37 of the Act provides for allowability of revenue and non-personal expenditure (other than those failing under sections 30 to 36) laid out or expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of business or profession. Explanation 1 of sub-section (1) of section 37 of the Act […]

Education Cess is mandatory expenditure allowable as deduction u/s. 37

December 10, 2021 6852 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs PC Jewellers Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) Facts- AO disallowed the bank guarantee commission and credit card commission u/s 40(a)(ia) on the grounds that TDS is not deducted. AO rejected the diamond purchase from commission agent and added income @12.5% on the purchase alleging purchase as inflation of purchase price on purchases from accommodation entry […]

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