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Disallowance of Professional Fees - The claim of the appellant rest on the ground that both the employees worked on retainer-ship basis and were qualified professional. The appointment of both the employees was purely a commercial decision keeping in mind the benefit of the business as a whole as it would be very important that the family persons should be employed in the own family business to control the management, operations, staff etc. so that there should not be any difficulty in running the business. The lower authorities, without questioning the appointment letter of both the persons, questioned the genuineness of the transaction. - AT
Disallowance of Professional Fees - The claim of the appellant rest on the ground that both the employees worked on retainer-ship basis and were qualified professional. The appointment of both the employees was purely a commercial decision keeping in mind the benefit of the business as a whole as it would be very important that the family persons should be employed in the own family business to control the management, operations, staff etc. so that there should not be any difficulty in running the business. The lower authorities, without questioning the appointment letter of both the persons, questioned the genuineness of the transaction. - AT
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