Assessing Officer Must Disallow Expenses Individually, Not Arbitrarily, If Lacking Clear Business Connection or Proper Documentation.

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....Disallowance of various expenses on ad hoc basis - While scrutinizing the expenditure if the expenses claimed are not having any nexus to the business of the assessee or if there is deficiency in the vouchers or there is no bills supporting the incurrence of an expenditure, at the most expenses to the extent that are not supported by the vouchers can be held to be non-genuine and can be disallowed by the AO; and item-wise the AO could have disallowed the expenditure rather than going for adhoc disallowance of percentage basis of the expenses claimed by the assessee which action of the AO is arbitrary in nature and cannot be sustained.....