Section 43B(c)

What section 43B(c) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 does, and where it sits. This library holds no authority that turns on it.

The Income-tax Act, 1961 was repealed on 1 April 2026. It still governs income earned up to 31 March 2026, and every proceeding about those years however late — assessment, reassessment, rectification, penalty, revision and appeal alike. Income earned from 1 April 2026 is governed by the Income-tax Act, 2025. What changed, and which Act governs your year →

No authority in this library turns on Section 43B(c). That is a statement about this library and not about the law: it means no judgment, circular or instruction held here decides a point under it. What the provision does is explained below. If you are looking for a decision on it, say so through the search box — a provision people search for and we hold nothing on is the most useful thing we can be told.

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What section 43b(c) does, in plain English, before you read what the courts made of it.

section 43B: deductions allowed only on actual payment

I keep my books on the mercantile basis and I have provided for GST, provident fund, a bonus and interest on my bank loan. The assessing officer has added all of it back because I had not paid it by 31 March. Can he do that, and do I lose the deduction for good?