Income Tax : Section 40A of the Income-tax Act restricts the deduction of specified business expenses where statutory conditions are not fulfil...
Income Tax : Understand nuances of claiming tax deductions on payments to relatives in business. Learn how Section 40A(2) of Income Tax Act, 19...
Income Tax : The issue under consideration in this write up is whether disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia), 40A & 43B of Income Tax Act, 1961 are at...
Income Tax : Introduction Section 40A(2) of Income Tax Act, 1961 deals with payments to relatives and associated persons. It provides that wher...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that a transfer pricing adjustment under Section 80-IA(10) cannot be sustained without proving the statutory conditi...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that disallowance under Section 14A must be computed only with reference to investments that actually yielded exe...
Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT upheld deletion of a ₹14.20 crore addition under Section 68, holding that the AO relied on old search findings an...
Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT ruled that transfer of professional fees between branches through journal entries did not attract TDS liability. The T...
Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that NIL taxable income disclosed by an Alternative Investment Fund does not automatically negate its creditwo...
Income Tax : Notification No. 8/2020-Income-Tax- CBDT has notified Other electronic modes by inserting New Income TAx Rule 6ABBA. It also amend...
ITAT states that, in the present case, it is an admitted position that the AO made the addition by invoking the provisions of Section 40A(2)(b) of the Act which are applicable to the expenses considered to be excessive or unreasonable having regard to the fair market value of the goods/services or facilities for which the payment is made.
Laxmi Ventures (India) Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) The issue under consideration is whether disallowance made against the foreign expense incurred for the foreign travelling of the officer is justified in law? ITAT states that, the assessee had debited a sum on account of foreign travelling expenses for Europe visit and a sum on account […]
whether the disallowance u/s 40A(3) of the Act for the alleged payment in cash in excess of the limit prescribed u/s 40A(3) of the Act for making payment for purchase of land is justified in law?
DE Diamond Electric India Pvt Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) One of the ground taken by the AO for invoking section 40A(2)(b) is the agreement between the parties has not been registered. In our opinion, an unregistered agreement cannot be a ground for invoking provisions of section 40A(2)(b) of the Act in absence of requirement […]
Even though assessee had made payments to related parties, yet in view of fact that there was no material on record to demonstrate that payment made was excessive and unreasonable having regard to market rate, disallowance made under section 40A(2) by AO was to be deleted.
Notification No. 8/2020-Income-Tax- CBDT has notified Other electronic modes by inserting New Income TAx Rule 6ABBA. It also amended marginal heading of rule 6DD and in rule 6DD for the words ‘account payee bank draft, exceeds twenty thousand rupees’, the words, figures and letters ‘account payee bank draft or use of electronic clearing system through […]
Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited Vs JCIT (ITAT Pune) The issue under consideration is whether the disallowance made for commission paid to director u/s. 40A(2) is justified? ITAT states that, the assessee is against disallowance of commission paid to Shri Atul Kirloskar u/s. 40A(2) of the Act. It is an undisputed fact that in earlier assessment […]
Kay Dee Industries Vs JCIT (ITAT Delhi) Since it was not the first year of the payment of commission to the party and the recipient of the commission income was also not related party in terms of section 40A(2), therefore, revenue was only authorized to see whether the expenditure was laid out or by the […]
Further, the remuneration paid to managing director in the previous year cannot be a criterion for invoking the provisions of section 40A(2) of the Act as the assessee’s turnover stood at ₹ 283 lakhs as compared to ₹ 99 lakhs in immediately previous year. This has resulted into rise of 185% in turnover.
ITO Vs Media Satellite & Telecom Ltd, (ITAT Delhi) In this cse AO could not show that the expenditure incurred by the assessee is excessive or unreasonable providing market comparative price with respect to the fair market value of the goods. The ld AO could not show that without offering the discount the goods are […]
