Disallowance of interest expenditure - Corresponding to interest ...
Income Tax
January 24, 2022
Disallowance of interest expenditure - Corresponding to interest on debit balance of partner - amounts withdrawn by the partner for the payment of income-tax from the partnership firm - Although, it is a settled proposition that the tax paid in respect of income is not a deductible expense, it is not the case here. Both the lower authorities below to have entirely misconstrued the factual matrix and have proceeded on an assumption that the assessee / partner was claiming expenditure in respect to income tax / advance tax paid, whereas, the assessee has only claimed expenditure in respect of interest on excess withdrawals made, which were utilised for the purpose of paying income tax / advance tax. - AT
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