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The Culinary Conundrum: Tax Deduction for Food or Business Meal Expenses: A RARE Practical Analysis

Income Tax : Explains when food and hospitality expenses qualify as business deductions and outlines the tests under Section 37(1) to distingui...

December 8, 2025 1980 Views 0 comment Print

Hidden Traps in Claiming Business Expenses: A Practical Guide to Section 37(1)

Income Tax : Explains how Section 37(1) restricts deductions to expenses exclusively for business and highlights gray-area items like home offi...

December 4, 2025 1797 Views 0 comment Print

Settlement of Foreign Civil Litigation & Section 37(1) Disallowance: A Doctrinal Analysis

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held settlement payments in foreign civil cases are deductible under Section 37(1) as compensatory, not penal, and ...

November 10, 2025 777 Views 0 comment Print

Section 37 of Income-Tax Act: Business Expenditure Deduction & Case Law

Income Tax : Summary of Section 37(1) IT Act for business expenditure deduction. Covers "wholly and exclusively" test, commercial expediency, ...

October 3, 2025 4167 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Treatment of Employer-Sponsored Education and Scholarships

Income Tax : Examines the tax implications of employer-funded education, covering employer deductions and employee taxation. Includes analysis ...

September 16, 2025 4059 Views 0 comment Print


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SC: Interest on Borrowed Funds Allowed Even for Investment Through Group Concerns – Commercial Expediency Prevails

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 ...

May 21, 2026 318 Views 0 comment Print

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...

May 20, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

No Double Taxation Allowed Even if Expense Claim Found Non-Genuine: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that although foreign commission expenditure was non-genuine and liable for disallowance, amounts already written...

May 15, 2026 240 Views 0 comment Print

DSIR’s Partial Approval Cannot Restrict Pre-2016 R&D Deduction Claim: ITAT Chennai

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...

May 15, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes ₹6.75 Crore Professional Fee Disallowance Linked to Iran Sanction Banking Issues

Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT allowed deduction of professional fees paid for facilitating remittances relating to Iranian-origin imports affect...

May 13, 2026 132 Views 0 comment Print


Payments Made to Retiring Partners: taxable income Vs. applications of firm income

July 3, 2024 2280 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the ITAT Mumbai’s decision on payments to retiring partners by Deloitte Haskins and Sells LLP. Understand why it’s not considered income under tax law.

Section 14A disallowance applies only to investments yielding exempt income

June 9, 2024 1734 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules no disallowance under Section 14A for investments not yielding tax-free income. Detailed analysis of DCIT vs Paranjapee Schemes case.

ITAT allows deduction of CENVAT Credit written off

June 4, 2024 759 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT ruling favors G-Tekt India Pvt. Ltd., allowing deduction for CENVAT Credit written off. Detailed analysis of the case and implications.

Letters of Comfort will construe as an International Transaction u/s 92B

May 13, 2024 1413 Views 0 comment Print

Issuance Of Letters Of Comfort/Support will Construe As International Transaction U/s 92B considering corporate guarantee issued by assessee could not be compared with the letters of comfort and therefore agreed with the computation of arm’s length rate of 0.04%.

Expenditure u/s 37(1) should be disallowed to the extent not in line with existing business

May 11, 2024 2541 Views 0 comment Print

Expenditure incurred by assessee should be disallowed to the extent that expenditure which had been incurred for evaluation of business opportunities that could not be said to be in line with the existing business or an extension of the existing business of assessee of manufacturing of paints and enamels.

Allowability of medical camp expenses: ITAT directs re-adjudication 

April 14, 2024 1656 Views 0 comment Print

In Med-Link Devices Pvt Ltd vs DCIT case, ITAT directs re-adjudication as taxpayer fails to provide detailed expenditure of Rs. 35.2 lakhs claimed as business promotion expenses.

Expenditure towards ESOP is allowable u/s 37(1) of Income Tax Act: ITAT Mumbai

April 2, 2024 2685 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that the ESOP expenses claimed by the assessee is an allowable expenditure under section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act.

Section 43B Doesn’t Apply where payment precedes claim of expenditure

March 31, 2024 5745 Views 0 comment Print

Read a detailed analysis of the case of DCIT vs. Flax Apparels Pvt. Ltd. where ITAT Ahmedabad ruled that Section 43B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 doesn’t apply when payment precedes the claim of expenditure.

NSE’s Core SGF Contribution is allowable expense, not Contingency Reserve

March 28, 2024 1146 Views 0 comment Print

Discover the detailed analysis of the case National Stock Exchange of India vs. DCIT where ITAT Mumbai ruled that NSE’s contribution to Core SGF is not considered a contingency reserve.

Allowability of Out of Court Settlement & Legal Expenses: ITAT Directs Re-adjudication

March 28, 2024 1566 Views 0 comment Print

AC Chokshi Share Brokers Pvt Ltd appeals against disallowed legal expenses for out-of-court settlement & defense. ITAT Mumbai orders readjudication. Details here.

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