Payments to Ex-Trustees for Construction Deemed Genuine, Not Taxable Income, High Court Upholds Tribunal's Decision.

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....Nature of Payment - Construction Activities and Taxability - relinquishment of trusteeship - Another set of appeals revolved around payments made to erstwhile trustees for construction activities and whether these amounts were genuinely for construction or disguised payments for relinquishing trusteeship. The Tribunal had found construction activity to be genuine and the payments for construction not taxable as income from the relinquishment of trusteeship. The High Court upheld the Tribunal's decision, finding no reason to interfere, particularly noting the reliance on audited balance sheets and TDS payments.....