♣ Who does not want money in advance? – Everyone. Significant amendments are made every year in Income tax Act while declaring budget and major amendments are made in TDS section because government wants payment of taxes in advance and TDS is tool which aims to collect tax from the very source of income. TDS allows govt. to receive taxes in advance and also helps in regulating filing of income tax returns.
♣ The scope of TDS/TCS has been increased mainly to all the sources of income, be it salary, rent, capital gains on sale of property, interest, technical and professional services and many more. In budget 2020, it has also been extended to e-commerce transactions and foreign tax remittances also.
♣ In normal course liability to deduct TDS is imposed on person making payment for consumption of services or goods i.e. deductor. If deductor does not deducts TDS than he shall face interest, penalty and prosecution proceedings.
♣ But assessee is also not relieved from payment of taxes if TDS has not been deducted by deductor. Every person has to do his work with honesty whether other person does or not. You are always required to declare correct income whether TDS has been deducted by other person or not.
♣ Section 191 provides that assessee shall pay tax directly where TDS has not been deducted by deductor. If assessee does not pays taxes directly than assessee shall also be treated as assessee in default u/s 201 and interest shall be levied subsequently.
♣ For Eg: Ms. Divya works as Manager in M/s. XYZ Private Limited. Company pays her salary of Rs.10,00,000/- yearly. Here company is required to deduct TDS at the time of making payment of salary to Ms. Divya and issue Form-16. But if company does not deducts TDS than Ms. Divya is under obligation to declare income and pay taxes even if employer does not deducts TDS. It is therefore necessary that taxpayer should always declare correct income and file return.
♣ Case law-To declare a deductor who has failed to deduct tax at source, as an assessee in default condition precedent is that assessee-deductee has also failed to pay tax directly.
OUR COMMENTS
The concept of TDS was introduced with an aim to collect tax from the very source of income. In many cases it have been seen that person does not files return of income because they think that tax has already been deducted and deposited to credit of Central Govt. due to which they receive income tax notice for not filing return of income. It is therefore necessary that every person should declare income and file return of income timely with the help of an expert.
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if employer is not deducted the TDS what should do the employee to for the same ?
In case the company has not paid the salary of the FY and also not deducted the TDS on salary, in that case is the director has to file his NIL income tax return?
suppose the total directors salary was Rs 50,00,000/- and same has been booked in the profit and loss account- tds not deducted, and salary also not paid till 31-3-2022 for the FY 21-22, is such expenditure to be allowed or disallowed in profit and loss account?
Where a TDS has been made, not paid by the employer, the employee is asking refund of TDS so that he can pay his Income Tax directly by himself. Kindly advise Company liability in such case & issue of Form 16
the liability to pay tds lies with employer. It is well established in case of kingfisher airlines where kingfisher airlines has not paid tds deducted from employee. You are not liable to pay such tds
Dear Ma’am. Request if you could please share this “Kingfisher” tax liability judgement name if you have it. I will be much obliged. Thanks
Employee has given paid advance tax challan and the time of tds deduction and told not to deduct TDS… what to do in this case ?
If buyer not deducted the TDS in case of Flat purchase and paid all the amont except the Bank loan part.Can buyer request the Lender(Bank) to deduct the TDS of 1% and disburse balance amount.
Bank should disburse a portion of loan to you directly as reimbursement towards the cost incurred by you
As opposed to usual pattern 2021 March Month’s salary was credited on 2021 March 31st itself …so it was not included in Anticipated Income tax statement for FY 2020-2021 . So TDS for the same was not deducted from my salary. By which chalan / section I have to pay income tax?
One has to make sure whether TDS has been deducted or not. If not deducted than he will have to see whether there is requirement to pay advance tax. At the year end after computing income he will have to pay self assessment tax, if required and file return necessarily.
Not Clear. Is one to pay monthly or as Advance Tax or Self assessment tax when TDS is not deducted?