Assessing Officer disallowed the advertisement expenditure on ground that such expenses were categorized under unethical acts as per section 6.1.1 of Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002. Commissioner (Appeal) restricted the disallowance to 50 percent of expenditure claimed by the. On appeal by assessee and cross objection by Revenue the Tribunal held that since assessee had violated provisions of Indian Medical Council Act (professional conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002, advertisement expenditure claimed by assessee can not be allowed as business expenditure. Order of the AO is affirmed.(AY. 2018-19)
Chalasani Hospitals (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (2024) 208 ITD 410/232 TTJ 667 (Visakha) (Trib.)
S. 37(1) : Business expenditure-Advertisement expenditure-Hospital-Unethical acts-Violation of provisions of Indian Medical Council Act, (professional conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002-Not allowable as deduction.
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