https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101559 Unclaimed student caution money held by a charitable trust was treated as a refundable security deposit and not as a trading liability or an amount on which deduction had earlier been allowed. As the amount was neither forfeited nor written back and the trust continued to recognise it in its books, there was no remission or cessation of liability; mere lapse of time did not extinguish the debt, so the addition under section 41(1) failed. On interest paid to specified persons, the Tribunal upheld the finding that the rate was excessive, and the surviving disallowance under section 40A(2) was sustained. en-us Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:39:09 +0530 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:39:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101559 Unclaimed student caution money held by a charitable trust was treated as a refundable security deposit and not as a trading liability or an amount on which deduction had earlier been allowed. As the amount was neither forfeited nor written back and the trust continued to recognise it in its books, there was no remission or cessation of liability; mere lapse of time did not extinguish the debt, so the addition under section 41(1) failed. On interest paid to specified persons, the Tribunal upheld the finding that the rate was excessive, and the surviving disallowance under section 40A(2) was sustained. Highlights Income Tax Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:39:09 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101559