Disallowance of professional fee paid - genuineness of expenses ...

Court Questions Validity of Consultant Fees Due to Lack of Documentation; Assessee Fails to Justify Payments.

November 9, 2022

Case Laws Income Tax AT

Disallowance of professional fee paid - genuineness of expenses - Even a layman will not convince that after paying crores of rupees over the period to consultant assessee is not in possession of any document in the form of report/advice/road map/blueprint about the project, company, HR matters, Legal matters, financial matters, Engineering Services etc. Assessee’s counsel vehemently argued the matter but despite of bench’s specific reference about the reports of deliverables his reply was not satisfactory. - AT

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Disallowance of professional fee paid - genuineness of expenses ...

Court Questions Validity of Consultant Fees Due to Lack of Documentation; Assessee Fails to Justify Payments.

November 9, 2022

Case Laws Income Tax AT

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