Forex Contract Cancellation Loss Deemed Business Loss u/s 37(1) as Per AS-11, Not Speculative.

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....Forex loss - allowable business loss u/s 37(1) or not? - The assessee company has entered into transactions of buying and selling of forex and incurred a loss on the cancellation of the said contract and claimed the same as business loss and debited to P&L A/c as forex loss under the head ‘manufacturing administration expenditure’. - As per accounting standard AS-11, the assessee has rightly, claimed the forex loss as business loss u/s 37(1) - The losses claimed by the assessee are not speculative loss as alleged by the AO - AT....