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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 1725 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 12669 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 2589 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 13638 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 2682 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 1032 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 6066 Views 0 comment Print


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Receipt of interest by foreign banks on foreign currency loans to Indian concerns was taxable on gross basis

Income Tax : Interest income earned by a foreign bank from foreign currency loans extended to Indian corporates was taxable on a gross basis. S...

July 6, 2026 105 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Quashes Reassessment as Warranty Provision Was Scientifically Estimated

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court held that a scientifically determined warranty provision qualified for consideration under settled legal pr...

July 3, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

Higher Employee Remuneration Cannot Be Rejected Solely Due to Lower Revenue

Income Tax : ITAT held that increased employee remuneration cannot be disallowed merely because business revenue declined where the expenditure...

July 3, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

Section 43CA Inapplicable to Property Transactions Initiated Before 1 April 2014: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT held Section 43CA did not apply as the flats were booked before the provision became effective, deleting the addition based o...

July 3, 2026 126 Views 0 comment Print

Royalty TP Adjustment deleted as TNMM Accepted as Most Appropriate Method

Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad held that royalty payments should continue to be benchmarked under TNMM by following earlier decisions in the a...

July 1, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print


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

August 2, 2020 5514 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 110871 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 17712 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 7536 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.

Puja Expenses for Smooth functioning of Business allowable

June 30, 2020 7104 Views 0 comment Print

It is noted that the assessee is into the business of truck plying in North-East States and it is common knowledge that the drivers and cleaners before they start their journey on their trucks conduct puja of the God they believe and they incur expenses for buying garlands, bhog etc. for safe and smooth running of the vehicle while they go to the pre-destined location which are located in the remote areas of Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram to deliver/collect goods. The expenses thus it is noted are incurred by the assessee for puja is for the smooth functioning of the business of transport as discussed cannot be disallowed.

Penalty cannot be levied for making a claim which may be erroneous or wrong

June 24, 2020 5175 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the levy of penalty u/s.271(1)(c) of the Act is justified in law for for making a claim which may be erroneous or wrong ?

ATM is considered as Computer hence Higher Depreciation rate allowed

June 16, 2020 3339 Views 0 comment Print

High Court states that so long as functions of the computers are performed with other functions and other functions are dependant on the functions of the computer, ATMs are to be treated as computers and are entitled to higher rate of depreciation.

Question of Deductibility of an Expenditure U/s. 57(iii) of Income Tax Act, 1961

June 10, 2020 136106 Views 7 comments Print

The provisions of the Income-tax Act relating to allowances disclose that the expenditure or outgoing sought to be deducted should bear a character which has a connection with or relation to the particular activity which produces the income or constitutes its source.

Stamp Duty & Registration charges for execution of Lease Deed allowable

May 30, 2020 14625 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether A.O. is correct in disallowing claim of stamp duty and registration charges by considering it as capital expenditure?

Deduction u/s 80G cannot denied merely because such payment forms part of CSR

May 12, 2020 5340 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is that whether the expenditure incurred for CSR will also be qualified for deduction under section 80G?

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