Clarification on Section 40(b) of Income Tax Act: No Need to Select Income Head for Partner Remuneration Deductions.

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....Allowable deduction of remuneration paid to the partners u/s 40(b) - selection of the any head of income, more particularly of the head "Profit or gain of business or profession", is nowhere required or envisaged by the Legislature. That is, there is no warrant to select the head of income so far as the computation of the permissible amount of deduction of the remuneration under section 40(b) is concerned. As per Explanation 3 of section 40(b) of the Act, Assessing Officer does not get the jurisdiction to go behind the net profit shown in the Profit & Loss account except to the extent of the adjustments provided in the Explanation 3, nor he is empowered to decide under which head the income is to be taxed. - AT....