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Income Tax : Live Webinar with Book on Section 43B(h) (Financial Fitness) on 10th May 2024, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. CA Manoj Lamba will break down ...
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The Tribunal held that Section 43B cannot be invoked where the assessee has not claimed the GST liability as a deduction. Since the amount was not debited to the profit and loss account, the disallowance was deleted.
ITAT Delhi held that deduction under Section 80G cannot be denied merely because donations were made as part of CSR obligations. The Tribunal ruled that contributions to eligible institutions remain deductible when statutory conditions are satisfied.
Periodic or annual fees paid to a sports governing body to sustain annual league participation rights qualify as operational revenue expenses, not capital investments. Hospitality, travel, and boarding expenses incurred on celebrities and VIPs were fully deductible if they were used strategically to amplify brand visibility, ticket distribution, and corporate sponsorships.
State Bank of India Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal decided cross-appeals filed by a public sector bank and the Revenue for Assessment Year 2010-11. The case involved a large number of recurring banking-taxation issues including pension provisions, depreciation on securities, bad debts, section 14A disallowance, taxation of […]
The assessee sought deduction for property tax paid during the relevant financial year but failed to claim it in the return. The ITAT granted another opportunity and ordered verification of the claim on merits.
Mumbai ITAT held that disallowance under Section 40(a)(ia) cannot be made where expenditure remains part of work-in-progress and is not claimed in the profit and loss account. The Tribunal upheld adjustment of WIP instead of direct addition to income.
The Delhi High Court held that duty drawback accrues only upon passing of the order by the competent authority and not merely in the year of export.
Eempt income, which were disallowed under Section 14A could not be automatically added back to compute the book profit for Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) under Section 115JB without pinpointing real, actual expenditures recorded in the books of accounts by tax authorities that possess a direct nexus with the tax-free earnings.
Bangalore ITAT held that deduction under Section 43B cannot be denied merely because Form 3CD reflected GST payable on the audit report date. The Tribunal directed verification of subsequent payment made before the due date of filing the return.
The Kolkata ITAT held that the Assessing Officer cannot make arbitrary 10% expense disallowances without identifying specific defects or inflated claims. The Tribunal upheld deletion of ₹2.23 crore addition after finding the disallowance was based purely on guesswork and suspicion.
