Tribunal Overturns Disallowance of Contingency Expenses, Citing Lack of Evidence for Bogus Claims by Revenue Authorities.

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....Disallowance of contingency expenses claimed by the assessee. The Assessing Officer (AO) disallowed the contingency expenses despite acknowledging that the total cost figure in the Cost to Completion (CTC) report matched the total cost figure in the books of accounts. The Tribunal held that the contingency expenditure, though initially budgeted, is eventually recorded in the books of accounts as actual expenditure. The Tribunal observed that the AO himself admitted that the total cost figure in the CTC report matched the total cost figure in the books of accounts. Since the contingency figures were recorded against the total expenditure, it is illogical to assume that the assessee booked bogus expenditure and generated cash outflow. The Tri.........