No tax deduction on freebies to doctors: Pharma firm disallowed booking Rs 21 lakh as expense by ITAT - Video

Holding that freebies to medical practitioners are prohibited by law, the Chennai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has disallowed expenditure of over Rs 21 lakh incurred by Chennai-based private drug manufacturing company for freebies as deduction in terms of section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act,1961.

According to section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act,1961 (the Act), any expenditure (not being expenditure of the nature described in sections 30 to 36 and not being in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses of the assessee), laid out or expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the business or profession shall be allowed in computing the income chargeable under the head "Profits and gains of business or profession".

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No Tax Deduction On Freebies To Doctors: Pharma Company Disallowed Booking Rs 21 Lakh As Expense By ITAT