Taxpayer's Business Judgment Prevails: Section 40A Protects Against Unwarranted Scrutiny of Interest Payments to Sister Concerns.

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....Addition u/s 40A - payment of interest to the business creditors that too sister concerns - once the assessee establishes that there was a nexus between expenditure and the purpose of business, the Revenue cannot justifiably claim to put itself in the armchair of a businessman or in the position of the Board of Directors and assume the said role to decide how much is a reasonable expenditure having regard to the circumstances of the case - AT....