Income tax deduction
Dipen
(Querist) 17 February 2013
This query is : Resolved
Can time barred loan be taken as income tax deduction? i.e. loan given but defaulted by borrower...
ajay sethi
(Expert) 17 February 2013
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C. P. CHUGH
(Expert) 17 February 2013
In case the Loan was given in pursuance of Business Objectives then it can be claimed as Bad debt and is allowable expenditure u/s 37 of the Act. If it is a personal loan not related to business, then it cannot be claimed as deduction out of income chargeable to tax.