Interest Deduction Clarified: Section 36(1)(iii) Allows Loan Interest Deduction Despite No Rent Paid This Year.

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....Addition u/s 36(1)(iii) - deduction towards interest paid on loans borrowed for business purposes - Merely for the reason that there is no rental payment for current financial year, genuine rental agreement and consequent rent advance paid cannot be considered as diversion of funds for non-business purposes so as to disallow interest expenses paid on loan borrowed for the purpose of business. - AT....