DCIT v. Anjali Hardikar (Smt.) ( (2018) 170 ITD 398 (Pune) (Trib.)

S. 80GGC : Contribution – Political parties – Payment was made to newspaper for advertisement contending that newspaper was run by political party, matter remanded for verification whether it was donation to political party .

Payment had been made to a newspaper being run by a political party for insertion of some advertisements .-AO disallowed the claim on ground that payment had been made to a newspaper for advertisement and not to a political party or an electoral trust as envisaged under section 80GGC . CIT(A) allowed the   claim observing that receipt issued by newspaper had acknowledged donation received by Rashtrawadi Congress Party and, therefore, payment clearly fell under purview of section 80GGC . On appeal by the revenue the Tribunal held that  none of receipts mentioned that amount received was donation. Accordingly  the matter was remanded for verification . ( AY.2011-12)