Political contribution deductions require assessee-specific proof before cash-back allegations can justify disallowance or unexplained-money additions...
Disallowance u/s 14A - Assessee offered a suo-motto disallowance - By merely stating, that as the assessee was maintaining consolidated accounts, therefore, in the absence of separate accounts for exempt income yielding investments and its other business activities he was precluded from establishing a one-to-one nexus between the expenses and such exempt income yielding investments, in our considered view, by no means can be taken as discharge of the statutory obligation that was cast upon the A.O of recording a satisfaction that as to why the disallowance u/s 14A offered by the assessee was not to be accepted. - AT
Disallowance u/s 14A - Assessee offered a suo-motto disallowance - By merely stating, that as the assessee was maintaining consolidated accounts, therefore, in the absence of separate accounts for exempt income yielding investments and its other business activities he was precluded from establishing a one-to-one nexus between the expenses and such exempt income yielding investments, in our considered view, by no means can be taken as discharge of the statutory obligation that was cast upon the A.O of recording a satisfaction that as to why the disallowance u/s 14A offered by the assessee was not to be accepted. - AT
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