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 : Interest income earned by a foreign bank from foreign currency loans extended to Indian corporates was taxable on a gross basis. S...
Income Tax : ITAT Jodhpur held that Section 37(1) business expenses cannot be disallowed without specific findings on genuineness. All appeals ...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that an accrued business liability supported by evidence is deductible under Section 37(1) despite future payment...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that eligible CSR donations qualify for Section 80G deduction if statutory conditions are met, despite disallowan...
Income Tax : ITAT held that increased employee remuneration cannot be disallowed merely because business revenue declined where the expenditure...
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.
Subsequently asserted that the twin conditions under Section 263 were absent as the AO had conducted due inquiry. Revenue contended that Section 37(1) disallowed CSR expenses which were not wholly and exclusively for the purpose of business.
ITAT Jaipur held that disallowance of professional fees merely for the reason that notice under section 133(6) of the Income Tax Act remained unserved is not justifiable since assessee has placed various evidences on record. Accordingly, appeal is allowed.
ITAT Mumbai holds that payments for foreign bandwidth do not attract TDS; also upholds deduction u/s 80G for CSR donations not claimed under Section 37.
