Deductibility under section 37: payments for non-fulfilment of production quota treated as business expense and allowable. Payments made by producers in lieu of non-fulfilment of prescribed production quotas are not penalties but business options exercised due to business exigencies and are allowable as deduction under section 37; the Board directed withdrawal or concession of pending appeals and instructed Commissioners to withdraw or concede such matters, noting the Gujarat High Court decision as sound in law.
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Deductibility under section 37: payments for non-fulfilment of production quota treated as business expense and allowable.
Payments made by producers in lieu of non-fulfilment of prescribed production quotas are not penalties but business options exercised due to business exigencies and are allowable as deduction under section 37; the Board directed withdrawal or concession of pending appeals and instructed Commissioners to withdraw or concede such matters, noting the Gujarat High Court decision as sound in law.
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