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S. 37(1) : Business expenditure – Mobile handsets to employees , dealers and sales personal etc ,at free of cost – Allowable as business expenditure .

Nokia India Pvt. Ltd. v. Add. CIT (2020) 82 ITR 16 ((SN)(Delhi) Trib)

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure – Distributor – Trade price protection- Commercial expediency – Allowable as deduction .

Nokia India Pvt. Ltd. v. Add. CIT (2020) 82 ITR 16 ((SN)(Delhi) Trib)

S. 37(i) : Business expenditure —Provident fund- Contribution made after expiry of due date provided under Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952 — Not allowable as deduction

Balji Electrical Insulators P. Ltd. v Dy. CIT (2020)82 ITR 39 (SN) (Ahd) (Trib)

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure – Education Cess — Not a tax- Allowable as business expenditure .

Agrawal Coal Corporation Pvt. Ltd. v. ACIT (2020) 82 ITR 8 (Trib) (SN) (Indore) (Trib )

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure – Set up of business – Interest , administrative and other expenses is held to be allowable as deduction – Interest income is to be assessed as business income and interest expenditure to be set off against it. [ S.28(i) , 56 , 57 ]

Jindal Reality Pvt. Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2020)82 ITR 19 (SN) (Delhi) (Trib)

S. 36(1)(iii) :Interest on borrowed capital -Inventories held as current assets —Method of accounting – Accounting Standard 2 — Interest expenses allowable as deduction .[ S.145A ]

Dy. CIT v. Thermo King India Pvt. Ltd. (2020)82 ITR 42 (SN)(Bang) (Trib)

S. 36(1)(iii) :Interest on borrowed capital – Reasonableness of expenditure has to be decided by assessee and not department – Sufficient interest-free funds- No disallowance can be made .

Balji Electrical Insulators P. Ltd. v Dy. CIT (2020)82 ITR 39 (SN) (Ahd) (Trib)

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure – Exempt income -Not recording the satisfaction- No disallowance can be made [ R.8D ]

WM India Technical and Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2020)82 ITR 37 (SN)(Delhi) (Trib)

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure – Exempt income – Own interest-free funds deployed in business much higher than average investment held by assessee during Year — Disallowance not sustainable [ R. 8D (2) (ii) ]

Sundaram Business Services Ltd. v . ITO (2020) 82 ITR 12 (SN)(Chennai) (Trib)

S. 12AA : Procedure for registration –Trust or institution- No specific findings on genuineness of activities carried on by Trust- Matter remanded to Commissioner for re adjudication [ S. 2(15), 11 ]

Shree Govindanand Shreeram Mandir v. CIT(E ) (2020) 82 ITR 3 (SN)(Pune) (Trib)