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S.37(1): Business expenditure -Distribution of gift articles – Accommodation entries- Bogus purchases – Disallowance was restricted to 30 % of the claim .

DCIT v. Laboratories Griffon (P.) Ltd. (2018) 170 ITD 387/ 65 ITR 317 /193 TTJ 855/ ( 2019) 178 DTR 355(Kol) (Trib.)

S.37(1): Business expenditure- Foreign tour expenses of Research manager of export is held to be allowable as the turnover has increased in succeeding years .

DCIT v. Laboratories Griffon (P.) Ltd. (2018) 170 ITD 387/ 65 ITR 317 /193 TTJ 855 ( 2019) 178 DTR 355(Kol) (Trib.)

S.37(1): Business expenditure -Legal expenses – Merely because the payment was made cheque and TDS was deducted expenses cannot be allowed , in the absence of any documentary evidence connecting expenditure incurred for business auxiliary service with business of assessee.

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

S.37(1): Business expenditure- Professional fees paid to retired employees of assessee who were expert in this field is held to be allowable as deduction .

DCIT v. Laboratories Griffon (P.) Ltd. (2018) 170 ITD 387/ 65 ITR 317/193 TTJ 855/( 2019) 178 DTR 355 (Kol) (Trib.)

S.36(1)(iii): Interest on borrowed capital- Work in progress- Expansion of existing business – interest on capital work-in-progress representing amount incurred on installation of new towers, is held to be not allowable as deduction .Matter was seta side to AO to verify if investment was made from interest free funds no disallowances can be made .

DCIT v. Vodafone Essar Digilink Ltd. (2018) 170 ITD 430 / 193 TTJ 150/ 166 DTR 233 / 64 ITR 392 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 36(1)(iii) :Interest on borrowed capital -Interest on loan taken for renovation and modernisation of factory premises is allowable as deduction .

DCIT v. Laboratories Griffon (P.) Ltd. (2018) 170 ITD 387/ 65 ITR 317 /195 TTJ 855/( 2019) 178 DTR 355 (Kol) (Trib.)

S.32: Depreciation- Lease premises -Notionally estimated cost and capitalised for restoration of office spaces for setting up of cell site towers – Depreciation is held to be not allowable [ S.43(1) ]

DCIT v. Vodafone Essar Digilink Ltd. (2018) 170 ITD 430 / 193 TTJ 150/ 166 DTR 233/ 64 ITR 392 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S.28(i): Business loss -Derivatives- loss at end of year on mark to market basis could not be disallowed on ground that same was contingent in nature [ S.37(1) ]

Edel Commodities Ltd. v. DCIT ( 2018) 170 ITD 402/166 DTR 289/194 TTJ 86 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 263 : Commissioner – Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue -Deduction allowed u/s 10A allowed before adjustment unabsorbed depreciation or losses is held to be valid- Revision was held to be not valid . [ S.10A ]

Vision Iknowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd v PCIT ( 2018) 64 ITR 85 ( Delhi) (Trib)

S. 245D : Settlement Commission -Broker – Search and seizure- Failure to substantiate that entire unaccounted income from seized documents did not belong to him in respect of off market commodity transactions and hedging transaction -Rejection of application was held to be justified [ S. 69A, 153A, 245C ]

Manojkumar Babulal Agarwal v. Secretary, ITSC ( 2017) 83 taxmann.com 139/( 2018) 406 ITR 481 ( Guj) (HC) Editorial: SLP is granted to the assessee , Manojkumar Babulal Agarwal v. Secretary, ITSC ( 2018) 255 Taxman ( 2018) 255 Taxman 170 (SC)/ 403 ITR 311 ( St.)