Allowable business expenditure u/s 37 - Offence for...

Allowable business expenditure u/s 37 - Offence for non-compliance of fire safety provisions is heinous which may result into breakage of fire putting risk to life and limb of residents as well as other public at large. Any payment made by the assessee as compounding fees for such an offence has rightly been disallowed by the lower authorities. The assessee in this case right from the Assessing Officer to the level of the Tribunal has tried to misguide authorities about the nature of payment which act of the assessee is highly deprecable. - AT