https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=102871 Commodity-trading receivables written off as bad debts qualify for deduction where they were previously included in income and written off in the books; a possible future recovery does not justify disallowance. Characterising the transactions as speculative or the amount as capital investment does not displace fulfilment of those conditions. The bad-debt disallowance was deleted, subject to taxation of any later recovery in the year received. For windmill-profit deductions, head-office expenses and depreciation on common assets require factual examination of their components, use and allocation to eligible operations. That computation was remanded for fresh adjudication. en-us Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:14:28 +0530 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:14:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=102871 Commodity-trading receivables written off as bad debts qualify for deduction where they were previously included in income and written off in the books; a possible future recovery does not justify disallowance. Characterising the transactions as speculative or the amount as capital investment does not displace fulfilment of those conditions. The bad-debt disallowance was deleted, subject to taxation of any later recovery in the year received. For windmill-profit deductions, head-office expenses and depreciation on common assets require factual examination of their components, use and allocation to eligible operations. That computation was remanded for fresh adjudication. Highlights Income Tax Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:14:28 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=102871