TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
1982 (2) TMI 94
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....TO was of the view that as a loan was raised by the partners of the firm, the payment of interest to LIC on behalf of the partners could not be allowed. He, therefore, added Rs. 2,126 while computing the assessee's income. 2. The AAC has confirmed this order. 3. Before us, it has been submitted by the learned counsel for the assessee that the lower authorities have not considered the facts of the case properly. It was submitted that this loan has been in existence for several years and originally the loan of Rs. 50,000 had been raised from the LIC against the security of insurance policies of certain persons some of whom were the partners of this firm. The total value of the policies which was given as security was as under: ------....
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....p; Rs. Shri Mitter Pal Aggarwal 22265102 5,000 Shri Manohar Pal Aggarwal 22217516 20,000 Shri....
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....d out of this now a loan of Rs. 30,000 or so remains to be payable back to the LIC. It was pointed out that many of these persons were no more partners in this firm and only Shri Mitter Pal Aggarwal was a partner of this firm. He pointed out that Shri Jagdish Kumar Aggarwal and Shri Manohar Pal Aggarwal ceased to be partners in 1977. Shri B.M. Aggarwal was representing the family trust and was not a partner himself in his individual capacity. It was contended that the interest was paid by the firm to the LIC and not to the partners and the loan which had been taken was credited in the account of the LIC and no part of it was credited to the capital account of any of the partners. It was, therefore, contended that the firm has never paid any....
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....ly considered the facts of the case and the rival arguments. In computing the income of an assessee, interest paid on capital borrowed for the purpose of business is an allowable deduction. In the case of a firm any payment of interest, salary, bonus, commission, or remuneration paid by the firm to another partner of the firm is not deductible in computing the income chargeable in the hands of the firm. This provision makes an exception to the general rule regarding the deduction to be allowed in computation of income. It is true that section 40(b) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 ("the Act"), is absolute in its terms and makes no distinction between the payment by way of interest, etc., made to a partner as a partner and such payment made to hi....
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.... partners of this firm. One of the partners Shri Mitter Pal Aggarwal who has 25 per cent share in the firm's income has given a security of his policy of Rs. 5,000. The lower authorities have disallowed the whole interest without consideration of these facts. The interest can be said to be paid to a partner when in any way it benefits him. Here neither the money comes to the partner nor in his account. It cannot, therefore, be held that the firm had paid any interest to the partner merely because the policies, which have been offered as security, belonged to the partners. In the present case, we also find that the interest paid to partners is not reflected in their share income and the disallowance has gone to increase the share income of e....