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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 2538 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 2064 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 834 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 5442 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 5028 Views 0 comment Print


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Receipt of interest by foreign banks on foreign currency loans to Indian concerns was taxable on gross basis

Income Tax : Interest income earned by a foreign bank from foreign currency loans extended to Indian corporates was taxable on a gross basis. S...

July 6, 2026 108 Views 0 comment Print

Section 37(1) Business Expenditure Cannot Be Disallowed Without Adverse Findings: ITAT Jodhpur

Income Tax : ITAT Jodhpur held that Section 37(1) business expenses cannot be disallowed without specific findings on genuineness. All appeals ...

July 5, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

Accrued Business Liability Deductible Despite Future Payment: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that an accrued business liability supported by evidence is deductible under Section 37(1) despite future payment...

July 4, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

Section 80G Deduction on Eligible CSR Donations Cannot Be Denied Solely Due to CSR Nature: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that eligible CSR donations qualify for Section 80G deduction if statutory conditions are met, despite disallowan...

July 4, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print

Higher Employee Remuneration Cannot Be Rejected Solely Due to Lower Revenue

Income Tax : ITAT held that increased employee remuneration cannot be disallowed merely because business revenue declined where the expenditure...

July 3, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print


Revision order u/s 263 without satisfying two essential condition is unsustainable

October 14, 2023 723 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that invocation of revisionary power u/s 263 of the Income Tax Act without satisfying two conditions i.e. order was erroneous and it was prejudicial to the interest of revenue is unsustainable in law and liable to be quashed.

Expenditure towards brand reminder, customer gifts, purchase of medical books and journals not allowable u/s 37(1)

October 12, 2023 1248 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that expenditure towards brand reminder, customer gifts, purchase of medical books and journals is not allowable expenditure u/s 37(1) of the Income Tax Act as such expenses are in the nature of free bees and prohibited.

Deduction u/s 37(1) not allowable on interest paid on late payment of TDS

October 6, 2023 7515 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that interest payment on late payment of TDS is not compensatory in nature and is not allowable as deduction u/s 37(1) of the Income Tax Act.

Interest on TDS being compensatory in nature is allowable u/s 37(1)

October 3, 2023 5277 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that interest paid on TDS is compensatory in nature and is a business expenditure allowable u/s 37(1) of the Income Tax Act

Donations to Specified Institutions for CSR Compliance Qualify for Sec. 80G Deduction

October 3, 2023 3531 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that donations given for compliance with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) u/s. 135 of Companies Act to institutions mentioned in Section 80G are qualified for deduction u/s. 80G of the Income Tax Act.

TP Adjustment relating to receipt of brand royalty from AE deleted as brand not owned by assessee

October 2, 2023 1029 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that the fee paid by the assessee i.e. Tata Consultancy Services towards the brand to Tata and Sons Ltd. is not capital in nature for the reason that the brand is not owned by the assessee. Hence, there cannot be any TP adjustment towards the amount that ought to have been received by the assessee towards brand royalty.

Employee Stock Option Expense Disallowance Unsustainable as it is revenue in nature

September 30, 2023 1248 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that disallowance of employee stock option expenses alleging it to be capital expenditure is unsustainable in law in as much as such expenditure are revenue in nature and hence allowable.

Defect Rectified Under Section 139(9) Validates Original Return from its filing date

September 29, 2023 4236 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that when original return filed was defective and such defect is removed u/s. 139(9) of the Income Tax Act, the return filed u/s. 139(1) becomes a valid return from the date when it was originally filed. Accordingly, set off business income with carry forwarded business loss allowed.

Deletion based on evidences produced before CIT(A) without giving opportunity to AO violates rule 46A

September 28, 2023 951 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that CIT(A) deleted the additions/ disallowances on the basis of information/ evidences filed before him without providing any opportunity to AO is in violation of rule 46A of the Income Tax Rules. Accordingly, matter restored back to CIT(A).

Deduction u/s. 80G available on corpus contribution to donee relating to CSR activities

September 25, 2023 6165 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that deduction u/s 80G of the Income Tax Act duly available irrelevant of the fact that corpus contribution to the donee relates to the CSR activities.

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