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Circulars and notifications on section 34

16 circulars and 8 notifications on what is now General conditions for allowable deductions. Every one of them was issued under the Income-tax Act, 1961. They appear here because the department’s own concordance carries the provision each one names to section 34 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 — which is an inference about where the ground is now covered, not a holding that the instrument still bites.

Circulars

All 16 of them, newest first.
NumberDateWhat it deals with
Circular No. 05/20121 August 2012Inadmissibility of expenses incurred in providing freebees to Medical Practitioner by pharmaceutical and allied health sector Industry
Circular No. 72727 October 1995372. Instructions regarding extent of expenditure incurred on food or beverages provided to employees by employers to be treat­ed as entertainment expenditure under secti
Circular No. 70818 July 1995372. Instructions regarding extent of expenditure incurred on food or beverages provided to employees by employers to be treat­ed as entertainment expenditure under secti
Circular No. 67127 October 1993368. Whether, where deposit made by an assessee for obtaining new telephone connection under ‘Tatkal Telephone Deposit Scheme’ could be allowed as revenue expenditure und
Circular No. 64415 March 1993371. Whether provision of food or beverages in places other than place of work in respect of low-paid employees can be treated as expenditure on provision of hospitality
Circular No. 57812 September 1990295. Effect of withdrawal of tax concession under section 35C in a case where expenditure has been incurred by sugar factory on cane development programmes and same was f
Circular No. 32818 February 1982Section 37 l Valuation of Shares in Private Company
Circular No. 24721 October 1978370. Calculation of percentage limits of entertainment expenditure under section 37(2A) - Modification to para 24.2 of Circular No. 202, dated 5-7-1976
Circular No. 20316 July 1976Section 37(3) l Expenditure on Advertisement/ Maintenance of Guest House/travelling
Circular No. 20028 June 1976Section 37(3) l Expenditure on Advertisement/ Maintenance of Guest House/travelling
Circular No. 19210 March 1976328. Apprentices training - Expenditure on apprentices covered under the Apprentices Act, 1961 - Whether allowable as business deduction
Circular No. 16923 June 1975Provision for estimated service gratuity payable to its employees -Deduction under section 37(1) and section 40A(7) after its insertion by the Finance Act, 1975, with eff
Circular No. 14626 September 1974Provision for estimated service gratuity payable to its employees -Deduction under section 37(1) and section 40A(7) after its insertion by the Finance Act, 1975, with eff
Circular No. 4721 September 1970Provision for estimated service gratuity payable to its employees -Deduction under section 37(1) and section 40A(7) after its insertion by the Finance Act, 1975, with eff
Circular No. 1618 September 1969355. Professional tax - Whether deductible as revenue expenditure
Circular No. 1913 June 1969Section 37(3) l Expenditure on Advertisement/ Maintenance of Guest House/travelling

Notifications

All 8 of them, newest first.
NumberDateWhat it deals with
Notification No. 38/2025 [F. No 370142/11/2025-TPL] / SO 1838(E)23 April 20252 the Gazette of INDIA : Extraordinary [Part Ii—sec. 3(ii)]
Notification No. 120E27 March 1986A notification under section 37 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 466E18 June 1985A notification under section 37 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 616E23 August 1984A notification under section 37 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 388E2 June 1983A notification under section 37 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 676E1 September 1981A notification under section 37 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 615E27 October 1978A notification under section 37 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 153e25 March 1975A notification under section 37 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
What this page does not tell you. It does not tell you which of these is still operative. A circular can be withdrawn by a later one without either saying so on its face, and a notification can be superseded by the amendment of the provision it was made under. Read the latest one first, then work backwards.

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