7.What is a inadmissible expenses?
Inadmissible expenses are costs a business cannot subtract from its earnings to reduce its taxes. Even if you pay for these costs from your business account, you must "add them back" to your net profit. Common examples include personal bills, government fines, and illegal payments. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Think of your net profit as a cake. The government lets you deduct "ingredients" (admissible expenses) used strictly to bake your business product, but you cannot deduct the cost of ingredients you ate for dinner (personal expenses). [1, 2, 5]
Here are the most common examples:
- Personal Expenses: Groceries, family vacations, or personal clothing.
- Penalties and Fines: Traffic tickets or legal penalties for breaking the law.
- Capital Expenditures: Big, permanent purchases like a new building. Instead, you deduct these slowly over time using a concept called depreciation.
- Large Cash Payments: Business purchases made in cash that exceed legal limits (such as ₹10,000 in a single day in India).
- Unpaid Taxes: Income taxes or specific local taxes that are not paid before your return deadline. [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
For a complete look at these rules, you can review the guidelines provided by the Income Tax Department of India . [7]
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