Income Tax : Explains when food and hospitality expenses qualify as business deductions and outlines the tests under Section 37(1) to distingui...
Income Tax : Explains how Section 37(1) restricts deductions to expenses exclusively for business and highlights gray-area items like home offi...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held settlement payments in foreign civil cases are deductible under Section 37(1) as compensatory, not penal, and ...
Income Tax : Summary of Section 37(1) IT Act for business expenditure deduction. Covers "wholly and exclusively" test, commercial expediency, ...
Income Tax : Examines the tax implications of employer-funded education, covering employer deductions and employee taxation. Includes analysis ...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court held that interest paid on borrowed funds was deductible under Section 36(1)(iii) because the loan was used for ...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court held that grants disbursed by a statutory corporation formed part of its core business functions and qualified a...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that although foreign commission expenditure was non-genuine and liable for disallowance, amounts already written...
Income Tax : ITAT Chennai held that before the 2016 amendment, DSIR approval under Section 35(2AB) related to the in-house R&D facility and not...
Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT allowed deduction of professional fees paid for facilitating remittances relating to Iranian-origin imports affect...
ITAT Hyderabad deletes a ₹10.10 Cr TP adjustment on AE consultancy fees to Virinchi Ltd, holding TPO cannot question commercial expediency of services when ALP is proven.
The ITAT Ahmedabad quashed a PCIT order, ruling that revisional power cannot be invoked for mere verification, and a specific error must be proven to show prejudice to revenue.
ITAT Chennai allows a partnership firm to claim a bad debt deduction of ₹23.10 lakh, ruling that losses from employee fraud are a genuine business loss. The decision highlights that an FIR and book entries are sufficient evidence.
ITAT rules that a co-op bank’s dealings with nominal members do not violate mutuality, allowing a deduction under Section 80P. It also clarifies rules for interest income from deposits.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Kolkata allowed QLAR India Pvt. Ltd.’s appeal, ruling that the Assessing Officer’s disallowance of warranty provisions through rectification proceedings under Section 154 was invalid
Examines the tax implications of employer-funded education, covering employer deductions and employee taxation. Includes analysis of key judicial precedents and practical advice.
ITAT Jaipur deletes ₹6.26 Cr. addition u/s 68, stating it would be double taxation. Tribunal also rules that the CIT(A) exceeded jurisdiction by remanding the case for verification of already submitted documents.
The ITAT Delhi dismissed the revenue’s appeal, ruling that interest on External Development Charges (EDC) is a deductible revenue expense, not a penal or capital one.
ITAT Chennai held that adhoc disallowance of expenses merely on the basis of suspicion without adequate evidence and cogent reason is not tenable in law. Accordingly, adhoc disallowance under repair and maintenance and sundry expense set aside.
Madras High Court held that provisions of section 16(2)(c) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with rule 36(4) of the Central Goods and Services Rules, 2017 are not violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. Accordingly, writ petition dismissed.
