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...
Delhi High Court held that Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR] expenses incurred by assessee are allowable as deduction under section 37(1) of Income Tax Act.
Understand the intricacies of CSR expenditure deduction under Section 80G. Explore recent clarifications and legal standpoints for a comprehensive view.
PCIT Vs Steel Authority of India Ltd. (Delhi High Court) Undisputedly, the departmental authorities have disallowed the CSR expenses, firstly, on the reasoning that it is of capital nature, and secondly, it is not incurred wholly and exclusively for the purpose of business. As per section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, every company having […]
ITAT Chennai held that permit charges paid to Government to operate buses in the state is revenue expenditure. Accordingly Pondicherry permit charges paid to Government of Pondicherry to operate buses in the state of jurisdiction of Pondicherry is allowable revenue expenditure.
ITAT held that the interest paid on belated payments of service tax is allowable for deduction under Section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961
SC held that the provisions of section 43B would not apply to the provisions of section 36(1)(va) of the Act in respect of employees contribution.
BBG Metal Syndicate Pvt Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Cuttack) Admittedly, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Checkmate Services Pvt Ltd(supra) has categorically held that the employees contribution to PF and ESI to the extent it is not paid within due date prescribed under the PF Act, is not allowable u/s.36(1)(va) of the Act. […]
After the decision of SC in Check mate Services Pvt. Ltd. vs. CIT order dated 12.10.22, the legal position is now settled that the delayed deposit of employees contribution shall be held as deemed income u/s. 2(24) of the income tax act.
ITAT Bangalore held that expenditure of ESOP cross-charge is wholly and exclusively for the purpose of business, said amount remitted by the assessee to ultimate holding company, and hence allowable expenditure u/s 37(1) of the Income Tax Act.
CSR expense disallowance is restricted to expenses incurred by assessee under statutory obligation u/s.135 of companies Act 2013 and it doesn’t apply to expenditure incurred in discharge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on voluntarily basis.
