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 Chennai held that disallowance of interest u/s 36(1)(iii) of the Income Tax Act on loans and advances given to subsidiary company unjustified as investment in subsidiary is purely for commercial expediency.
ITAT Delhi held that incentive / subsidy given by state Governments on account of development of new Multiplexes in the state is capital receipt.
ITAT Kolkata held that education cess is not allowable expenditure under section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act.
Orissa High Court held that since the investment in Government of India Fertilizer Bonds [GoI Bonds] was made under commercial expediency it did not bring an asset of a capital nature and the diminution in the value of the said bond are allowable as revenue loss.
Read the detailed analysis of DCIT vs. Agni Estates & Foundations Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Chennai) case. ITAT upholds deletion of disallowance of sponsorship expenses and interest under Income Tax Act.
ITAT Kolkata rules on upfront lease premium, corporate guarantee fee, and royalty income. Key points from ACIT Vs Britannia Industries. Full order analysis.
ITAT Delhi held that amount advanced to subsidiary companies out of commercial expediency, accordingly, disallowance of interest claimed under section 36(1)(iii) of the Income Tax Act unsustainable.
Delhi High Court held that the computer software which are necessary and integral for the working of hardware are eligible for depreciation at the rate of 60% instead of 25%.
ITAT Ahmedabad has allowed a review petition in the Swing Infraspace case, overturning disallowances of expenses. Read the full text of the order here.
ITAT Mumbai decision in Hari Mittar Yadav vs. ITO: Confirmation of addition on LTCG under Section 50C based on unregistered deeds entered on judicial stamp papers.
