PRAMOD LAKRA,DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CIRCLE 11(1), KOLKATA, KOLKATA vs. PHILLIPS CARBON BLACK LTD., KOLKATA

In the result, all the appeals of the revenue are dismissed and the appeal filed by the assessee is partly allowed for statistical purposes

Bench: Shri Pradip Kumar Choubey&Shri Sanjay Awasthi]

charitable trusts, which were disallowed in terms of Explanation 2 to section 37(1), but alternatively claimed u/s 80G of the Act. The AO disallowed the same stating that the CSR donations were not voluntary in nature and hence would not qualify for deduction u/s 80G of the Act. On appeal, the Hon'ble ITAT Kolkata has allowed the same