Court Affirms Disallowance of Commission Expenses u/s 37 Due to Payments to Inexperienced Directors and Relatives.

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....Disallowing commission expenses u/s 37 - As all the persons to whom commission was paid were either Directors of the Company or their relatives. None of them is shown to have any expertise in procuring IOF from the Indian markets for enabling the Appellant to meet the purchase order placed on it for IOF. The amounts paid as commission were also not insubstantial. In the facts of the case, it cannot be said that the AO’s decision to disallow part of the payment towards commission was unreasonably arrived at. - HC....