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Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s ₹12.54 Crore Gift from Husband Lands Before ITAT & What Every Taxpayer Must Know

Income Tax : A large spousal gift exemption was denied due to failure in proving genuineness, creditworthiness, and source of funds. The ruling...

April 13, 2026 1158 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Deduction on Manpower Supply Services – Section 194C or 194J? New Amendment

Income Tax : The amendment explicitly includes manpower supply services under contractual provisions, making 1–2% TDS applicable instead of 1...

February 17, 2026 6510 Views 0 comment Print

Section 194C: TDS on Payments to Contractors & Sub-contractors

Income Tax : Learn when and how TDS applies to payments for contractual work, including rates, thresholds, exemptions, and recent amendments....

November 21, 2025 13524 Views 1 comment Print

TDS on Common Area Maintenance Charges – Section 194I or 194C

Income Tax : Delhi High Court rules CAM charges are contractual payments under Section 194C, not rent under Section 194I, clarifying TDS obliga...

August 31, 2025 7698 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 194C TDS on Gold Wastage during Ornament Manufacturing

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai ruled that gold wastage during ornament manufacturing isn't considered a payment for making charges, so TDS under Sec...

August 1, 2025 1371 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Section 194C: Non-Deductibility on Certain Manufacturing & Section 194J Payments

Income Tax : From October 2024, payments under Section 194J (professional fees) will be excluded from TDS under Section 194C (payments to contr...

July 24, 2024 4590 Views 0 comment Print

Section 194C-: TDS on auto rickshaws and/or buses used for transportation of goods

Income Tax : Section 194C(6) provides exemption to small good carriage contractor/transporter (owning not more than 10 goods carriage at any ti...

January 19, 2018 9945 Views 0 comment Print

SC asked Samsung to reply why it is not liable to deduct tax in respect of goods outsourced for manufacturing

Income Tax : The Supreme Court has sought a reply from Samsung India Electronics on the I-T department plea that the firm is liable to deduct ...

March 5, 2010 1474 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Expand Definition of Professionals

Income Tax : The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) expanded the scope of professional services to cover sportspersons, umpires and referees,...

September 2, 2008 18982 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 194C TDS Cannot Create Tax Liability on Dissolved Firm if Receipts Already Offered to Tax

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that contractual receipts reflected in the PAN of a dissolved partnership firm could not be taxed again when t...

May 7, 2026 288 Views 0 comment Print

Year-End Provisions Trigger TDS – ITAT Upholds Default but Grants Relief Window

Income Tax : ITAT holds TDS applies on year-end provisions where payee, amount, and nature are identifiable—assessee treated in default u/s 2...

May 5, 2026 735 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Upholds ₹5.97 Cr Addition Due to Non-Disclosure of TDS-Linked Contract Receipts

Income Tax : The case examined whether contract receipts reflected in Form 26AS but not disclosed as income could be taxed. The Tribunal upheld...

April 28, 2026 255 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore Remands ₹49L Sec 68 Addition & ₹3.74L TDS Disallowance for Fresh Verification

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore remanded ₹49.43 lakh sundry creditor addition and ₹3.74 lakh TDS disallowance, holding that lack of proper evid...

April 18, 2026 408 Views 0 comment Print

No TDS on Foreign Commission as Income Not Taxable in India: ITAT Rajkot

Income Tax : The Tribunal rejected the Revenue’s argument that taxpayers must seek AO determination under Section 195(2) in all cases. It hel...

April 10, 2026 426 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


TDS on payments for procuring or canvassing for advertisements

Income Tax : Law Related to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on payments by television channels and publishing houses to advertisement companies f...

February 29, 2016 9202 Views 0 comment Print

TDS on payments for production of content or programme for telecasting

Income Tax : Law Relating to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on payments by broadcasters or television channels to production houses for product...

February 29, 2016 91663 Views 0 comment Print

No TDS on transportation of gas if it is carried out in furtherance of contract for sale of gas- CBDT

Income Tax : Circular No. 9/2012 Representations have been received from various sections of the Industry on the difficulties faced in the matt...

October 17, 2012 16908 Views 0 comment Print

Cooling Charges Paid are not covered U/s. 194I but are covered U/s. 194C

Income Tax : CIRCULAR NO. 1/2008-Income Tax Representations have been received from various quarters regarding applicability of the provisions ...

January 10, 2008 3319 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 715-Income Tax dated 8-8-1995

Income Tax : Circular No. 715-Income Tax Clarifications on various provisions relating to tax deduction at source regarding changes introduced...

August 8, 1995 166508 Views 3 comments Print


No TDS on Land Acquisition from Illegal Occupants by MMRDA

November 5, 2018 3252 Views 0 comment Print

CIT (TDS) Vs M/s Mumbai Metropolitan Regional (Bombay High Court) Section 194LA of the I.T.Act, 1961 inter alia deals with payment of compensation on acquisition of certain immovable property. Section 194LA of the I.T.Act, 1961 was brought into force with effect from 1st October, 2004. Section 194L of the I.T.Act, 1961 deals with payment of […]

TDS not deductible on by-product retained by millers, as same was not passed on as Milling Charges

October 30, 2018 5925 Views 0 comment Print

ITO (TDS) Vs. M/s Punjab State Warehousing Corporation (ITAT Chandigarh) The main contention of the Department is that by-product retained by the millers have considerable market value and further that a sum of Rs. 15/- paid as ‘milling charges’ is a nominal cost which is insufficient to meet even the actual cost of services rendered […]

Expense can’t be disallowed for Wrong Statement given by truck owner

October 12, 2018 1188 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Anil Khandelwal Vs ITO (ITAT Indor) Once the condition of further proviso of Section 194C(3) of the Act are satisfied, the liability of the payee to deduct tax at source would cease. Examining the facts of the instant appeal we find that the assessee received Form 15I from the truck owner namely Shri Kishorilal Birla […]

No TDS on mere facilitating transportation of goods by hiring lorries

October 11, 2018 2838 Views 0 comment Print

I.T.O. Vs Bajaj Roadways (ITAT Kolkata) Assessee had merely hired the lorries and there was no contract between assessee and the concerned payees, i.e., truck owners. Since the assessee did not delegate its liability of transportation of goods to the truck owners by way of any contract or sub-contract, therefore, the payments made by the […]

Applicability of TDS U/s. 194C on Payment made to truck owners

September 19, 2018 6054 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Shri Anil Kumar Nevatia (ITAT Kolkata) The ld. DR vehemently argued that the assessee had used the same truck numbers for transporting its goods and hence explanation of the assessee that payments were made only to the truck drivers and that no oral or written contract was entered into with the truck owners […]

TDS U/s. 194C deductible on charges towards installation of set top boxes

August 30, 2018 114606 Views 0 comment Print

Installation of set-top box amounted to works contract and no technical expertise was required so as to make the assessee liable to deduct tax under section 194J.

TDS not deductible on payments on behalf of clients as C&F Agent

August 28, 2018 22086 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. KGL Network (P) Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Assessee-company made payments on behalf of its clients as Clearing and Forwarding (C&F)Agent which were reimbursed to the assessee-company. The  assessee-company did not make claim of deduction in the P & L A/c. Similar claim of assessee-company has been allowed in earlier and subsequent year, therefore, rule […]

Don’t Take TDS Lightly

July 24, 2018 44803 Views 30 comments Print

Nowadays delay in payment of TDS and in TDS return Filing makes an assessee liable to Late Payment Interest, Late Payment Penalty, Late Filing Fees, Late Filing Penalty and Further makes him liable to prosecution under the provision of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

TDS on Electricity Bill reimbursement to landlord

July 10, 2018 86178 Views 4 comments Print

Issue: Whether the TDS provisions are applicable on payment of electricity reimbursement to landlord in case of there is no mark-up? Opinion The opinion is based on the following two questions: Whether the invoice from landlord as same from Electricity Department? Whether the invoice from landlord is composite supply? The first question here is to […]

Merely nomenclature of expense does not conclusively determine character and nature of expense

June 24, 2018 1674 Views 0 comment Print

Moreover, it has to be kept in mind by the AO that merely because nomenclature of expense is given as ‘Labour Charges Paid’ does not conclusively determine the character and nature of the expense claimed.

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