Tribunal Overturns Deduction Disallowance for 2019-2020, Citing Non-Retroactive Application of Tax Provision.

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....Disallowance u/s 80P - claim disallowed u/sec. 143(1)(a)(ii) by way of “processing” as an instance of “incorrect claim if such incorrect claim is there from any information in the return” - ITAT noted that this provision was applicable prospectively from April 1, 2021, while the assessment year in question was 2019-2020. Thus, the Tribunal concluded that this provision could not be applied retroactively to disallow the assessee’s deduction claim. - Relying on the principle of stricter interpretation as established in Commissioner vs. Dilip Kumar And Co. & Ors., the Tribunal concluded that the disallowance of the deduction claim by the lower authorities was not justified.....