Section 14A | Disallowance under Section 14A of Income TAx Act, 1961

Evolution of Section 14A & Rule 8D of Income Tax

Income Tax - Section 14A of the Income-tax Act read with Rule 8D of Income-tax Rules which provide for disallowance of expenditure incurred in relation to income which does not form part of the total income, had been subject matter of a number of controversies. Various High Courts and Benches of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal have on numerous [&hel...

Taxation of Cooperative Societies under Direct & Indirect Tax

Income Tax - U/s 2(19) of the Income Tax Act 1961, ‘cooperative society’ means a cooperative society registered under the Cooperative Societies Act, 1912 (2 of 1912), or under any other law for the time being in force in any State for the registration of the cooperative societies....

Lacuna In Section 14A And Rule 8D

Income Tax - Allowance of expenditure incurred in relation to exempted income during the assessment or otherwise would be prejudicial to the revenue that’s why Section 14A was introduced by the Finance Act 2001 with retrospective effect from 1st April 1962 in Chapter IV of the Income Tax Act 1961 which inter-alia provides for the disallowance of the...

Taxation of dividends – Change of hands!

Income Tax - The Union Budget 2020 (‘Budget 2020’) was presented by the Honorable Finance Minister on 1 February 2020. All had set their eyes to witness what this Budget would unveil for reviving Indian economy. At the introduction of the speech, the Honorable FM mentioned that the existing Government wishes to open up vistas for a vibrant [&helli...

Section 14A, 36(1)(iii) and 36(1)(va) of Income Tax Act,1961

Income Tax - Section 14A of Income Tax Act,1961 Legislative History Section 14A was inserted by Finance Act ,2001 with retrospective effect from April 1,1962. The object was to disallow expenditure that had been incurred in relation to income which did not form part of the total income under the Act (Sec 10 ) and to overcome certain […]...

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6 Suggestions for Amendments in Income Tax Act by BCAS

Income Tax - Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society has made a Representation on 'Suggestions for Amendments in the Income Tax Act', on 24th May, 2019, to the Joint Secretary TPL, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance, Government of India....

Stop Mechanical disallowance of expenditure u/s 14A r.w. Rule 8D: ICAI

Income Tax - The mechanical disallowance u/s 14A r.w. Rule 8D is also being added to the book profit by the AO irrespective of the fact whether assessee has actually debited any such expenditure in its P&L Account which is against the pronouncements given by various Judicial authorities in the recent past....

Easwar Committee Recommendations For Income Tax Reforms Through Administrative Instructions

Income Tax - 1. IMPLEMENTATION OF IND-AS AND THEIR IMPACT ON TAXABLE INCOME IND-AS (Indian version of IFRS) accounting standards are being implemented with effect from previous year commencing on 1st April, 2015 based on fair value, permitting recognition of unrealised income and anticipated unrealised losses and various other implications on book pro...

Simplify Section 14A to remove ambiguity

Income Tax - Amendments to Section 14A to provide that (i) dividend received after suffering dividend-distribution tax and share income from firm suffering tax in the firm’s hands will not be treated as exempt income and no expenditure will be disallowed as relatable to them; (ii) expenditure disallowed shall not exceed the amount claimed. Recom...

Bombay high court to hear petition challenging Constitutional validity of Rule 8D

Income Tax - As earlier intimated to you, Writ Petition bearing No. 50 of 2010 (Indian Exporters Grievances Forum & Other vs. CIT) challenging the constitutional validity of Rule 8D has been admitted on 12.1.2010 by Hon’ble Shri Justice Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud and Hon’ble Shri Justice J.P. Devadhar of the Bombay High Court. ...

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No section 14A disallowance if there is no exempt income in that year

DCIT Vs JSW Limited (ITAT Mumbai) - DCIT Vs JSW Limited (ITAT Mumbai) The issue under consideration is whether A.O. is correct in restricting the disallowance under section 14A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, without appreciating the fact that the appellant company has not earned any tax-exempt income during the relevant assessment year?...

Section 14A Disallowance cannot be made if no expenditure was incurred to earn exempt income

CIT Vs Syndicate Bank (Karnataka High Court) - No deduction shall be allowed in respect of the expenditure incurred by the assessee in relation of the income which does not form part of his total income under the Act. As assessee had not incurred any expenditure in relation to dividend income, therefore, no dis allowance could be made under se...

Section 14A / Rule 8D(2) cannot be invoked for making disallowance u/s 115JB

Sri Vishnu Shankar Mill Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) - Sri Vishnu Shankar Mill Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) Section 14A read with Rule 8D(2) of the 1962 Rules cannot be invoked for making disallowance u/s 115JB of the 1961 Act but disallowance of expenses incurred relatable to earning of an exempt income is to be computed in accordance with Explanation 1(f) ...

AO cannot reject Section 14A disallowance made by assessee without recording his satisfaction

ACIT Vs Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) - AO cannot reject suo-moto disallowance made by assessee under Section 14A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 without recording his satisfaction as required under Section 14A(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961....

Section 14A disallowance not warranted in absence of tax-free income

PCIT Vs Greenland Infracon P. Ltd. (Gujarat High Court) - PCIT Vs Greenland Infracon P. Ltd. (Gujarat High Court) Section 14A of the Act can be invoked only if the assessee seeks to square off the expenditure against the income which does not form part of the total income under the Act, and in such circumstances, Section 14A of the Act could not have been ...

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Section 14A disallowance cannot exceed total expense: CBDT

Notification No. 43/2016-Income Tax - (02/06/2016) - 2) The expenditure in relation to income which does not form part of the total income shall be the aggregate of following amounts, namely:- (i) the amount of expenditure directly relating to income which does not form part of total income; and (ii) an amount equal to one per cent of the annual aver...

CBDT Circular No. 5/2014 Dated: 11.02.2014

Circular No. 5/2014-Income Tax - (11/02/2014) - Circular No. 5/2014-Income Tax Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of its powers under section 119 of the Act hereby clarifies that Rule 8D read with section 14A of the Act provides for disallowance of the expenditure even where taxpayer in a particular year has not earned any exempt income....

Notification No. 45/2008-Income Tax Dated: March 24, 2008 on Section 14A

Notification No. 45/2008-Income Tax - (24/03/2008) - INCOME TAX NOTIFICATION NO-45/2008, DT: March 24, 2008 Method for determining amount of expenditure in relation to income not includible in total income. 8D(1) Where the Assessing Officer, having regard to the accounts of the assessee of a previous year, is not satisfied with-(a) the correctness of ...

Proceedings U/s. 144A & 144B of Income Tax Act, 1961- Procedural Instructions

DOMS-CIRCULAR NO. 11 - (31/12/1977) - The provisions of Sections 144-A and 144-B of the Income-tax Act have come into force with effect from 1st January 1976. Instructions explaining the legal provisions contained in these sections have been issued already in Board’s Instruction No.907, dated the 24th December 1975. The following furt...

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