Interest Rate on Loans to Related Parties Deemed Reasonable u/s 40A(2) Despite Higher Market Rates.

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....Addition u/s 40A(2) - assessee has paid interest to certain related parties and treated interest rate @ 15% reasonable and disallowed excess rate paid to related parties u/s.40A(2) - different banks/NBFC’s are having different interest rates for business loan if any one require loan in emergency from local money lenders then in that case one has to pay interest rate between 48% to 60%. So in our considered opinion in this case difference of interest which was received by the assessee or paid by it is just 1.25% per annum so same cannot be termed as unreasonable. - AT....