S.68 : Cash credits – Income from undisclosed sources — Ex parte Assessment — Loan —Creditor showing very low income not a determinative factor for determining creditworthiness of creditor — Addition held to be not justified .[ S.144 ]|

S.43B: Deductions on actual payment – Prior period expenses — Depositing Employees’ State Insurance payment for earlier year and for relevant assessment Year —Allowable in year in which actually paid [ S.37(1) ]

S. 40(a)(ii) : Amounts not deductible – Rates or tax – Education cess is allowable as deduction .

S.37(1): Business expenditure — Rent expenses —Allowable as revenue expenditure .

S.28(i):Business loss -Speculative business – Loss on forward booking of foreign exchange — Transaction not speculative in nature -Allowable as business loss [ S.43(5)(a) ]

S.28(i) : Business income -Income from other sources – interest earned from investments with treasuries and banks was part of the banking activity of the assessee, and was eligible to be assessed as income from business [ S.56 ]

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure – Exempt income – Strategic Investment – Own funds more than investments -No disallowance can be made . [ R.8D ]

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure – Exempt income – Shares held as stock-in trade -Interest expenditure – Value its stock at cost or market value, whichever was lower -Matter remanded .[ S. 36(1)(iii), 115JB, R.8D (ii) ]

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes – Micro finance activity — Not charitable in nature — Not entitled to exemption [ S. 2 (15) ]

S. 9(1)(i): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Business connection – Royalty — Fees for technical services —Reimbursement of expenses- Held to be not taxable – DTAA-India – Singapore [ Art 5 (2) 12 ]