Penal interest on delayed lease payments can be capitalized as project expenses, says tax authority.

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....Nature of expenses - Allowability of Penal Interest paid to NOIDA - CIT(A) correctly allowed the assessee to capitalize the interest paid by the assessee to Noida Authority. CIT(A) also observed that the said interest amount have been incurred towards project expenses and not liable to be reduced from the project expenses, being part and parcel of the project cost as additional interest payment due to delay in payment of lease charges. - AT....