Deduction u/s 80P(2)(i)(a) - Additions u/s 68 - For a reason...

Deduction u/s 80P(2)(i)(a) - Additions u/s 68 - For a reason recorded and accepted by all the authorities, the 5% of the expenditure booked against interest paid to depositors is disallowed and once disallowed portion is accepted by all the authorities, the said disallowed portion forms part of the interest earned by the Society on the amount lent by the Society to its members, vis-a-vis in other words, income earned from business carried on by the Society. Therefore, the Society is entitled to deduction u/s 80P(2)(i)(a) of the Income Tax Act. Section 68 of the Act in terms is not applicable to an entry warranted consequent to the disallowed expenditure by the Assessing Authority. - HC

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