Section 40(b) Clarified: Partnerships Can Include Karta of HUF or Individuals in Representative Roles.

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....Partnership firm - deduction u/s 40(b) - AO observed that partnership firms could not exist with artificial persons alone - there is nothing in that section to conclude that a partnership could not be formed by a karta of an HUF in his individual capacity with other persons. The same, in our opinion, would also apply where an individual who joins partnership in a representative capacity - AT....