Electronic WhatsApp evidence without authentication or independent corroboration cannot sustain an unexplained-investment addition based on third-part...
Mutual current-account transactions excluded from deemed dividend treatment where no fresh borrowing arose; unsupported unsecured-loan addition also f...
ITAT held that customs duty paid under protest is a statutory liability allowable as deduction u/s 43B in the year of actual payment, irrespective of the year in which the liability was incurred. Once customs authorities order clearance of goods, the liability is deemed to have accrued in the year of payment. The Tribunal noted that the assessee had offered to tax, in AY 2020-21, the refund received pursuant to such payment, and sustaining the disallowance would result in double taxation. Accordingly, the adjustment u/s 143(1)(a)(iv) was deleted and the assessee's appeals were allowed.
ITAT held that customs duty paid under protest is a statutory liability allowable as deduction u/s 43B in the year of actual payment, irrespective of the year in which the liability was incurred. Once customs authorities order clearance of goods, the liability is deemed to have accrued in the year of payment. The Tribunal noted that the assessee had offered to tax, in AY 2020-21, the refund received pursuant to such payment, and sustaining the disallowance would result in double taxation. Accordingly, the adjustment u/s 143(1)(a)(iv) was deleted and the assessee's appeals were allowed.
Note: It is a system-generated summary and is for quick reference only.
TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
of 4827 
Join Channel 
