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...
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.
ITAT Delhi’s decision in the case of Grand Venezia Commercial Towers Pvt. Ltd. regarding hearings notice sent to wrong address. Detailed analysis and conclusion.
Payments made as part of a settlement agreement regarding relinquishment of partnership interests are capital expenditures ITAT Pune in ITO Vs Sarsan Developers
Read about the ITAT Delhi’s direction to submit sales tax documents within 6 months. Analysis of the case between Jay Polychem India Ltd and ACIT.
