Interest on delayed payments to MSMEs is penal and not deductible u/s 37 of the Income Tax Act.

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....Disallowance of interest expenditure payable to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises - Once the payment of interest on delayed payment to MSME is regarded as a penal in nature then the said expenditure is otherwise not allowable under Section 37. - AT....