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Supreme Court of Pakistan 2021 Income Tax Ordinance (XLIX of 2001)

2021 PTD 299

Income from business/ Deductible expenses
MESSRS SHAHID GUL AND PARTNERS
Appellant
VS
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, AUDIT-V, RTO, PESHAWAR
Respondent

Case Laws / Head Notes / Paras

Income from business---Deductible expenses---Burden of proof-Scope---Right has been vested in the taxpayer to claim deductible expenses for the purposes of computing his income---Onus to dispute the said expense, so claimed by a taxpayer, had been cast upon the Revenue department, thus, it was for the Revenue department to show that the expenditure so claimed by the taxpayer was not permissible, or was excluded from deduction under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, and in particular, S. 21 thereof.