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1 - 10 of 25 (0.38 seconds)Section 36 in The Income Tax Act, 1961 [Entire Act]
Section 30 in The Income Tax Act, 1961 [Entire Act]
Section 37 in The Income Tax Act, 1961 [Entire Act]
Section 80VV in The Income Tax Act, 1961 [Entire Act]
The Income Tax Act, 1961
Commissioner Of Income-Tax, Baroda vs Navsari Cotton & Silk Mills Ltd. on 23 March, 1981
In order to claim deduction of expenditure under section 37(1) of the
Act, at the relevant point of time and in the light of the judgments in Indian
Molasses Co. P. Ltd. v. CIT [1959] 37 ITR 66 (SC); CIT v. Indian Molasses
Co. (P) Ltd. [1970] 78 ITR 474 (SC); Sassoon J. David and Co. P. Ltd. v.
CIT [1979] 118 ITR 261 (SC); Madhav Prasad Jatia v. CIT [1979] 118 ITR
200 (SC); CIT v. Ballarpur Industries Ltd. [1976] 119 ITR 817 (Bom); CIT
v. Navsari Cotton and Silk Mills Ltd. [1982] 135 ITR 546 (Guj) and Chenab
Forest Co. v. CIT [1974] 96 ITR 568 (J&K), the following conditions should
be satisfied: (i)The expenditure in question should not be of the nature
described under the specific provisions of sections 30 to 36 and 80VV
(section 80VV was omitted with effect from April 1, 1986); (ii)The
expenditure should not be of the nature of capital expenditure; (iii)It should
not be a personal expenditure; and (iv) The expenditure should have been
laid out or expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the business
or profession. It is thus clear that conditions at (i), (ii) and (iii) above are
negative conditions whereas the condition at (iv) above is a positive
condition. If the expenditure satisfies the negative conditions, it has to satisfy
the positive condition in order to be eligible for deduction under section
37(1) of the Act. Thus, section 37(1) allows deduction of any "expenditure"
Chenab Forest Co. vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 8 February, 1974
In order to claim deduction of expenditure under section 37(1) of the
Act, at the relevant point of time and in the light of the judgments in Indian
Molasses Co. P. Ltd. v. CIT [1959] 37 ITR 66 (SC); CIT v. Indian Molasses
Co. (P) Ltd. [1970] 78 ITR 474 (SC); Sassoon J. David and Co. P. Ltd. v.
CIT [1979] 118 ITR 261 (SC); Madhav Prasad Jatia v. CIT [1979] 118 ITR
200 (SC); CIT v. Ballarpur Industries Ltd. [1976] 119 ITR 817 (Bom); CIT
v. Navsari Cotton and Silk Mills Ltd. [1982] 135 ITR 546 (Guj) and Chenab
Forest Co. v. CIT [1974] 96 ITR 568 (J&K), the following conditions should
be satisfied: (i)The expenditure in question should not be of the nature
described under the specific provisions of sections 30 to 36 and 80VV
(section 80VV was omitted with effect from April 1, 1986); (ii)The
expenditure should not be of the nature of capital expenditure; (iii)It should
not be a personal expenditure; and (iv) The expenditure should have been
laid out or expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the business
or profession. It is thus clear that conditions at (i), (ii) and (iii) above are
negative conditions whereas the condition at (iv) above is a positive
condition. If the expenditure satisfies the negative conditions, it has to satisfy
the positive condition in order to be eligible for deduction under section
37(1) of the Act. Thus, section 37(1) allows deduction of any "expenditure"
Commissioner Of Income-Tax, U.P vs Nainital Bank Ltd on 25 September, 1964
"Expenditure" is thus what is "paid out or away" and is something which is
gone irretrievably. The apex court in CIT v. Nainital Bank Ltd. [1966] 62
ITR 638 held that in its normal meaning, the expression "expenditure"
Commissioner Of Income-Tax,West ... vs Calcutta Agency Ltd on 21 December, 1950
The burden of proving that a particular expenditure has been laid out
or expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of business so that the
assessee may be entitled to claim deduction is on the assessee. This position
is well settled by the judgments of the apex court in CIT v. Calcutta Agency
Ltd. [1951] 19 ITR 191 and CIT v. Imperial Chemical Industries (India) (P.)
Ltd. [1969] 74 ITR 17. The mere object of incurring expenditure is not
decisive whether it is of a capital nature or revenue nature. Therefore, the
onus is on the assessee to prove, inter alia, that the item of expenditure in
question for admissibility to deduction is not in the nature of capital
expenditure. Further, mere payment by itself would not entitle the assessee
to deduction of the said expenditure unless the same was proved to be paid
for commercial considerations. The onus of proof is always upon the
assessee. It cannot be said that even if the taxpayer does not produce any
evidence in support of the claim for deduction, the Assessing Officer himself
independently is to collect evidence and decide that the deduction claimed is
baseless having regard to the legitimate business needs of the assessee, as
the Tribunal seems to think in the present case. It is for the taxpayer to
establish by evidence that a particular allowance is justified.