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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,...

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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...

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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) ...

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

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Transfer or Assignment of Trademark

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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...

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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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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...

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Gujarat HC Quashes Reassessment as Warranty Provision Was Scientifically Estimated

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Higher Employee Remuneration Cannot Be Rejected Solely Due to Lower Revenue

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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...

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Royalty TP Adjustment deleted as TNMM Accepted as Most Appropriate Method

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Is expense incurred for Issue of redeemable preference shares is deductible

September 3, 2018 8688 Views 0 comment Print

Issue Involved/Facts – Whether expenditure incurred for preparing prospectus, payment of underwriting commission and brokerage for issue of redeemable preference shares is deductible as Revenue Expenditure? Arguments in against – 1) Hindustan Gas & Industries Ltd. v. CIT [1979] 1 Taxman 546 (Cal.): Facts of the case: The assessee-company incurred expenditure for payment of solicitor […]

Section 37: Fees paid for enhancement of authorized capital; revenue or capital expense??

August 29, 2018 192467 Views 4 comments Print

This article is about one of the most important things which came out in terms that how to treat fees paid for enhancement of authorized capital to Registrar of Companies. Will it be a revenue expenditure or capital expenditure? Before starting it up and finding the answer let’s just start it with what is Section 37 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 all about.

Penalty levied by IRDA for non-compliance of Regulation is allowable

July 10, 2018 2079 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal filed by the assessee is directed against the order of Ld. CIT (Appeals) – 18, Kolkata dated 15.04.2016 and the solitary issue involved therein relates to the disallowance of Rs. 5,00,000/- made by the A.O. and confirmed by the Ld. CIT(A) on account of penalty charges paid to Insurance Regularly and Development Authority (IRDA).

Consultancy charges Incurred for making investment are allowable

April 16, 2018 9420 Views 0 comment Print

Where dis allowance was made by revenue under section 14A in respect of interest and administrative expenses, it was made clear that where assessee had its own surplus fund, then no question of any estimation of expenditure under rule 8D would arise. Thus, revenue was not justified in disallowing interest and administrative expenses, when the same was made out of interest free fund.

Sales Tax Penalty not allowable as business expense to the extent it is not compensatory

November 25, 2017 41523 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Bokaro Power Supply Co. Ltd. Vs. DCIT (ITAT Delhi) In the case of Swadeshi Cotton Mills Vs. CIT Ltd. (supra) the Hon’ble Supreme Court has held that, ‘where the amount paid is partly penal and partly compensatory, the amount to the extent that it is compensatory could be allowed as deduction’. Further, Hon’ble Jurisdictional […]

Expenses not allowable on Failure to prove that it was incurred for business purpose

May 17, 2017 2769 Views 0 comment Print

These are appeals filed by the assessee-firm directed against the common order of the Commissioner (Appeals), Gulbarga, dated 29-1-2016 for the assessment years 2011-12 and 2012-13. Since common issue is involved in both the appeals, we proceed to dispose of the same by this common order.

Irrecoverable Bad debt in the course of business allowable as trading loss

May 14, 2017 3102 Views 0 comment Print

It has been held that ‘even though the expenditure is not admissible for the computation of the total income either as a bad debt or as an expenditure wholly incurred for the purpose of business, still, it can be allowed as an expenditure as a trading loss if it arises directly from carrying on the business and is incidental to the business.

Penalty / Fine for Traffic Violation not allowable

March 28, 2017 17088 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 1830 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 1545 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.

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