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Fringe Benefit Tax Dispute: Tribunal Rules Business Promotion Expenses Not a Fringe Benefit for Employees.

February 23, 2024

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Fringe Benefit Tax (“FBT”) - business promotion expenses treated as fringe benefit accorded by the assessee to its employees - the expenses are incurred by field staff for giving various gifts, travel facilities, etc. to the Doctors for promoting the products of the assessee - The tribunla held that, in the present case, no material has been brought on record by the Revenue to show that the Doctors were employees of the assessee, therefore, addition made by the AO u/s 115WB(2)(d) and section 115WB(2)(o) of the Act is deleted.

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