In the result, all the appeals of the assessee’s for AYs 2014-15 to 2016-17
Bench: Shri S. Rifaur Rahman & Shri Yogesh Kumar U.S., Judicialmember
1o 6.l6 and the same is reproduced below for the sake of convenience: ITA No.6297 & 6298/DEL/2018 … Just because the expenditure was voluntary in nature and was not forced on the assessee by a statutory obligation, it could not cease to be a business expenditure. Therefore, the authorities below indeed erred in law in declining deduction of the expenditure incurred