Interest Paid for late payment of GST


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This discussion explores whether interest paid for late GST payments is considered an allowable expense for income tax purposes. While some experts suggest disallowing it, recent judgments indicate that even late fees and penalties, being integral to business operations, may be allowable for deduction during income tax assessment.

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10 July 2020 Sir
Whether interest paid for late payment of GST is allowable expenses or not under income tax act?
Some of the experts saying to disallow the same.
Regards
P.Saravanan.

10 July 2020 interest paid is allowed but late fee or penalty paid is disallowed under income tax act.

05 November 2021 As per recent judgement, even late fees & penalty, being part and parcel of business, is allowed for deduction under IT assessment.


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