Corporate Tax Win: CSR Expenses, Commodity Trading Losses, and Section 14A Disallowance Resolved in Assessee's Favor

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....ITAT adjudicated multiple taxation issues in favor of the assessee. The tribunal held that CSR expenses are governed by specific statutory provisions and cannot be disallowed during book profit computation under Section 115JB. Regarding NSEL commodity trading losses, the tribunal accepted the CIT(A)'s findings that the losses were genuine business-related bad debts. For Section 14A disallowance, the tribunal followed the Special Bench ruling in Vireet Investments case, confirming that Rule 8D(2) cannot be applied for book profit computation, and only actual expenses debited in profit and loss account should be considered. The decision comprehensively upheld the assessee's claims across different taxation aspects, rejecting revenue's contentions due to lack of cogent evidence.....