1 Business expenditure : Disallowance u/s. 43B of Income-tax
Act, 1961 : A.Y. 2001-02 : Contributions to Provident Fund and Employees’ State
Insurance within two to four days after grace period but before filing return :
Amount deductible.
[CIT v. Dharmendra Sharma, 297 ITR 320 (Del.)]
Dealing with the scope of S. 43B of the Income-tax Act, 1961
for the A.Y. 2001-02, the Delhi High Court held as under :
“Contributions made towards Provident Fund and Employees’
State Insurance within 2 to 4 days after the grace period, but before filing
the return are entitled to the benefit provided u/s. 43B.”