21 January 2010
As per Section 40A(3, if following conditions are satisfied then 100% expenditure gets disallowed. ï‚§ The assessee incurs any expenditure which is other wise deductible under other provisions of the Act for computing Business/ Profession. ï‚§ A payment in respect of such expenditure, or part thereof exceeds Rs. 20,000/- in a day to a person ï‚§ The payment mentioned in condition two is made in CASH or BEARER CHEQUE.
However, the above provision has certain specific exceptions defined in Rule 6DD.
Reasons:- In order to avoid assesses from charging fictitious expenses.