Amendment to Section 14A is Prospective; No Disallowance if Interest-Free Funds Exceed Investments.

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....Disallowance u/s 14A read with Rule 8D - The assessing officer's reliance on CBDT Circular No. 5 of 2014 to make disallowance u/s 14A is legally untenable and liable to be deleted. The amendment to Section 14A by the Finance Act, 2022 is applicable prospectively only, as held by the Guwahati High Court. Where the assessee's interest-free own funds exceeded investments in tax-free securities, no proportionate disallowance is warranted u/s 14A, as per the Supreme Court's decision. Mandatory to record dissatisfaction u/s 14(2) - Disallowance invoking Rule 8 without recording dissatisfaction by the assessing officer is against Section 14(2), and the addition is liable to be deleted. MAT computation on Section 14A addition - Provisions of Sectio.........