Deduction on account of bad debts written off - after ...

Taxpayers Can Deduct Bad Debts by Simply Writing Them Off in Accounts, No Proof of Irrecoverability Needed.

October 13, 2020

Case Laws Income Tax AT

Deduction on account of bad debts written off - after 01.04.1989, it is not necessary for the assessee to establish that the debt, in fact, has become irrecoverable. It is enough if the bad debt is written off as irrecoverable in the accounts of the assessee. - AT

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Deduction on account of bad debts written off - after ...

Taxpayers Can Deduct Bad Debts by Simply Writing Them Off in Accounts, No Proof of Irrecoverability Needed.

October 13, 2020

Case Laws Income Tax AT

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