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

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Disallowed Expenses While Calculating Profits & Gains of Business or Profession

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

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Transfer or Assignment of Trademark

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

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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...

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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...

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

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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...

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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 150 Views 0 comment Print

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

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Penalty / Fine for Traffic Violation not allowable

March 28, 2017 16992 Views 0 comment Print

It is clear from the statutory provisions of the MV Act as well as the law laid down in judicial pronouncements that payments made for any purpose which is an offence or which is prohibited by law and which are not compensatory in nature cannot be allowed as a deduction u/s.37(1) read with Explanation thereto.

Cost incurred in abandoned projects should be allowed : ITAT Mumbai

March 26, 2017 1794 Views 0 comment Print

In CBDT circular no.16 of 6th October 2015, the Board has clearly stated that cost incurred in abandoned projects should be allowed as revenue expenditure under section 37 of the Act.

Advertisement expense post Flilm certification by Censor Board allowable

March 23, 2017 1485 Views 0 comment Print

Advertisement expenditure incurred after certification by Board of Film Censors cannot be included as part of cost of production, hence, provisions of rule 9A, will not apply. It was held, the expenditure incurred in regular course of business has to be allowed under section 37.

Non Contractual/ gratuitous Compensation to family of deceased employee allowable

March 15, 2017 3165 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Adsun Offshore Diving Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) Given facts of the present case that whatever test may be applied in deciding whether any expenditure is allowable as a deduction under section 37, the essential requirement must in every case be as to whether the expenditure was either in reality or as a […]

Allowability of Interest / Service Charges on Funds raised to Subscribe Debentures for acquiring controlling interest

February 14, 2017 1428 Views 0 comment Print

In this case, the expenditure clearly is not towards acquisition of the capital nor is it an integral part of it, it is only the service alone. It is of a similar kind that would otherwise have been permitted under Section 37 of the Income Tax Act.

Compensation paid for damage to environment is allowable

July 19, 2016 6988 Views 0 comment Print

The compensation was paid because the assessee had failed to install the pollution control device within the time prescribed. Therefore, payment of the sum of Rs.12,50,000/- is not hit by Explanation-1 to Section 37 of the Act. The Hon’ble judges of the Kolkata High Court by setting aside the orders of ITAT held that payment was und

Discount on ESOP being in the nature of employee cost, allowed u/s 37 subject to adjustment for lapsed /unvested options

December 15, 2015 2455 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held In the case of ACIT vs. People Interactive India Private Ltd. that the issue in hand is squarely covered by the decision of Hon’ble Special Bench-Bangalore Tribunal in (2013) 35 taxmann.com 335(SB) Biocon Limited v. DCIT (LTU) in favour of the assessee company whereby the Hon’ble Special Bench has held that the discount under ESOP is in the nature of employees cost

Commitment charges paid towards foreclosure of business agreement are allowable u/s 37

November 26, 2015 2622 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of D.C.I.T. vs Autoline Industries Ltd, Pune Tribunal held that foreign exchange cover taken by the assessee from DBS Bank was in order to prevent itself from future currency rate fluctuations. Later, it had to close its agreement with DBS Bank in view of the offer made by the principal lender i.e. Citi Bank.

Expense on medical treatment of eyes is Personal Expenditure: HC

October 29, 2015 2051 Views 0 comment Print

Dhimant Hiralal Thakar vs CIT (Bombay High Court)- Eyes are thus essential not only for the purpose of business or profession but for purposes other than these which are so many. It is therefore clear that the said expenditure as claimed by the applicant is not in the nature of the expenditure wholly

Liability to pay additional duty allowable in the year in which such liability arises

July 23, 2015 1939 Views 0 comment Print

Even though the excise duty was for manufacturing activity that occurred earlier, the liability to pay such additional duty did not exist in the previous years and as a result, could not have been claimed by the assessee as expenditure in the concerned previous years.

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