Severance fees for ending IP and trade name use are prior period revenue expenses, not capital, per ICAI standards.
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....Expenses towards severance fees - prior period revenue expenditure - severing the tie from using intellectual property as well as trade name - severance fee not covered under any specific head of capital expenditure as per accounting standard (AS) issued by ICAI - claim of expenditure allowed.....
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