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“Section 10(2)(xi)”

Section References (mined)Section 10Section 10(2)(xi)11 judgments

The decision most relied on for Section 10(2)(xi) is Ramchandar Shivnarayan v. CIT (111 ITR 263), cited in 48 judgments on BharatTax.

Leading authorities on Section 10(2)(xi)

Ramchandar Shivnarayan v. CIT
111 ITR 263 · 1978 · Supreme Court
48
citing judgments

A business loss is deductible if it has a direct and proximate nexus with business operations or is incidental to them, applying a commercial standard, even without an explicit statutory provision for its deduction.

A.V. Thomas and Co. Ltd. v. CIT
48 ITR 67 · 1963 · Supreme Court
27
citing judgments

For a bad debt to be allowable as a deduction, it must be a debt that, if good, would have increased the taxable profits. An expenditure for running a school for employees' children in a remote area can be considered an allowable expenditure for the welfare of employees.

Chenab Forest Co. v. CIT
96 ITR 568 · 1974 · High Court
16
citing judgments

Advances made by a forest lessee to sub-contractors for forest operations, which become irrecoverable due to non-renewal of the lease, are deductible as a business loss under Section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act. These advances are considered part of ordinary business expenditure necessary to carry on the business.

CIT v. Anjani Kumar Co. Ltd.
259 ITR 114 · 2003 · High Court
15
citing judgments

Advances given for the acquisition of capital assets, which are subsequently written off, are allowable as a business loss. This also applies to deposits given for lease premises that become irrecoverable.

ACIT v. Apollo Tyres Ltd.
33 Taxmann.com 575 · 2013 · Reported
10
citing judgments

Advances given in the course of business for the purchase of revenue items can be written off as a bad debt under Section 37 of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

Judgments citing Section 10(2)(xi)