CA Final
326 Points
Joined August 2007
Mr. Hussain
That case used to hold good prior to amendment made by Finance Act 2008 where sec 40A(3) got amended to provide that even if payments are made in a day at different times for a particular expenditure & aggregate of that payments exceed Rs. 20,000.Even in that scenario the expenditure would get disallowed....This amendment was bought just to nullify abovesaid judgement.This amendment was effective from F.Y 2008-09.
One thing which has to be remember now is that Sec. 40A(3) has been further amended by Finance Act 2009, where it has been provided that Rs. 20,000 will be substituted by Rs. 35000 w.r.t payment made to Transport operators engaged in the Business of Plying, Leasing and Hiring good carriages. For all other payments, Rs. 20,000 limit still applies. This further amendment is applicabe either from 1st april 2009 or 1st October 2009.....I am not so sure.....Do check it from the Budget....