TP Adjustment - Disallowance of expenditure u/s 40(a)(ia) - any...

TP Adjustment - Disallowance of expenditure u/s 40(a)(ia) - any expenditure not for the purpose of business, the A.O. can certainly re-characterize the same as not allowable expenditure u/s 37 - as mentioned earlier, the A.O. nor DRP has not examined whether the said expenditure is allowable business expenditure u/s 37 - A.O. held that provision disallowed by the assessee u/s 40(a)(ia) of the Act cannot be allowed as deduction in the subsequent assessment year, since, the expenditure does not pertain to the subsequent year. DRP did not adjudicate the issue by observing that there is no variation to the returned income on this count. Therefore, the matter needs to be reconsidered by the AO afresh. - AT

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