Tax Officer Must Accept Taxpayer's Cost Calculation for Interest Income; Arbitrary 15% Limit Rejected.

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....Deduction u/s 57 while computing interest income - AO / CIT(A) had allowed deduction by restricting the of cost of funds to the extent of 15% on ad-hoc basis of the interest income without any legal basis. The working of the cost of funds as provided by the assessee on facts of the instant case has not been refuted. Therefore, direct the AO to accept the same as cost of funds for earning the interest income which was assessed as ‘Income from Other Sources’. - AT....