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Business expenditure disallowance failed where commission, related-party salary and promotion payments were supported by records and inquiry was inade...
Computation of insurance business profits must follow the statutory method under the Income-tax law and First Schedule, with Rule 5 addressing expenditures inadmissible under statutory heads; management expenses reallocated to shareholders under IRDA regulations remain incurred wholly and exclusively for business and are deductible despite exceeding regulatory ceilings. Explanation to the general deductibility rule does not apply where the excess is an accounting reallocation mandated by insurance regulations rather than an unlawful or non-business purpose. Consequently, tax disallowance of such excess management expenses was deleted and any penalty based solely on that addition was cancelled.
Computation of insurance business profits must follow the statutory method under the Income-tax law and First Schedule, with Rule 5 addressing expenditures inadmissible under statutory heads; management expenses reallocated to shareholders under IRDA regulations remain incurred wholly and exclusively for business and are deductible despite exceeding regulatory ceilings. Explanation to the general deductibility rule does not apply where the excess is an accounting reallocation mandated by insurance regulations rather than an unlawful or non-business purpose. Consequently, tax disallowance of such excess management expenses was deleted and any penalty based solely on that addition was cancelled.
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