Developers Denied Tax Deductions for Future Costs Without Actual Expenditure u/ss 36 & 37 of Income Tax Act.

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....Deduction u/s 36 or 37 - provisions for claims and compensation - A developer of a building could claim it as an expenditure in the year in which such expenditure is actually incurred or the advance is written off and its right to claim the refund of such security is completely waived off. Nothing of this sort has happened in the present case and merely by making a book entry for creating a provision for future expenditure or compensation, the Assessee cannot be permitted to claim deduction under Section 36 or 37 of the Act. - HC....