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April 2026 Tax Compliance Deadlines for Income Tax and GST

Goods and Services Tax : This update highlights all major compliance due dates for April 2026 under Income Tax and GST laws. It helps taxpayers stay on tra...

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Section 194H: TDS on Payment of Commission or Brokerage

Income Tax : Learn about TDS on commission and brokerage under Section 194H, including rates, thresholds, and liability. Key updates for FY 202...

June 19, 2025 5556 Views 0 comment Print

Major Income Tax Amendments applicable from 1st April 2025

Income Tax : Explore major income tax updates for FY 2025-26, including revised tax slabs, TDS/TCS rules, rebates, and benefits for startups. S...

March 3, 2025 38877 Views 0 comment Print

Section 194H Applicability on Commission of E-Commerce Operators

Income Tax : The introduction of Section 194O in the Income Tax Act, 1961 for e-commerce transactions, has created certain overlaps with Sectio...

February 11, 2025 14862 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2025: Amendment to Section 194H TDS on Commission or Brokerage

Income Tax : Section 194H amendment raises TDS threshold for commission or brokerage payments from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000, effective from Apr...

February 2, 2025 9645 Views 0 comment Print


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Budget 2024: Section 194H TDS Rate on commission or brokerage to reduce to 2% WEF October 1, 2024

Income Tax : Understand Section 194H of the Income-tax Act: It mandates a 5% TDS on commission or brokerage payments to residents, soon reducin...

July 24, 2024 20841 Views 0 comment Print


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Commission Disallowance Remanded – 133(6) Non-Response Not Sufficient; Ad-hoc Expenses Cut to 10%

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai remanded ₹95.81 lakh commission disallowance, holding that non-response to Section 133(6) notices alone cannot justi...

April 18, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

AMP expense incurred exclusively for business is revenue expenditure: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that Advertisement, Marketing & Promotion expense [AMP expense] incurred by Make My Trip wholly and exclusively fo...

April 8, 2026 156 Views 0 comment Print

Year-End Provisions Attract TDS – Disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) Does Not Bar Action u/s 201 – Matter Restored for Limited Verification – ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that year-end expense provisions can attract TDS under the IT Act. The matter was restored for limited verific...

March 4, 2026 477 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai – CIT(A) Order Set Aside due to Non-Application of Mind Wrong Assessee Facts

Income Tax : The ruling reiterates that adjudication based on incorrect material vitiates the entire order. The matter was remanded to ensure p...

February 16, 2026 348 Views 0 comment Print

No TDS on Stockist Discounts, ESOP Grants & MSME Interest: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that discounts given to stockists in pharmaceutical distribution are part of sale transactions on a principal-to...

January 29, 2026 3081 Views 0 comment Print


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Changes in accounting of POSB TDS transactions

Finance : All TDS deductions under Sections 194A, 194H, 194EE, and 194N will now be recorded at CPRC, streamlining reporting and compliance....

December 2, 2025 816 Views 0 comment Print

Amendments in TDS Deductions Under Finance Act 2025

Income Tax : Changes in TDS deductions under Finance Act 2025 include revised thresholds for Sections 194A, 194H, and 80CCA. Effective from Apr...

April 4, 2025 7941 Views 0 comment Print

Revision of rate of TDS deduction on Agents Commission w.e.f 01.10.2024

Income Tax : TDS on agents commission reduced from 5% to 2% as per the Finance Bill 2024. New rate effective from October 1, 2024, under Sectio...

October 1, 2024 22293 Views 1 comment Print

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...

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TDS not deductible on incentives in the nature of Discount

September 10, 2018 17415 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs M/s. Creative Technotex (P.) Ltd. (ITAT Kolkata) Assessee contended that during the year commission was paid to the parties and incentive was also paid to several persons, who physically collect the money from different places as per the direction of the team employed. According to the assessee, this is not commission but incentive […]

No TDS required to be deducted U/s 194H on bank guarantee commission

August 24, 2018 1350 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT had held that there is no principal-agent relationship between the bank issuing the bank guaranee of the assessee. The ITAT Mumbai Bench had further noted that while it is termed as |guarantee commission|, the same is not in the nature of commission

Don’t Take TDS Lightly

July 24, 2018 44677 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.

No TDS U/s. 194H on discount on sale of prepaid starter kits/sim cards to distributors

July 19, 2018 1323 Views 0 comment Print

As the sale of starter kits/sim cards is purely a purchase/sale transaction on principal-to-principal basis and there is no relationship of agency, hence no obligation was cast upon the assessee to have deducted tax at source under Sec. 194H in respect of the discounts given to the distributors on the sale of the same.

No TDS U/s. 194H on Commission by sub-broker on Security Transactions

July 5, 2018 12141 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal by the Revenue arises out of the order of the Learned Commissioner of Income Tax(Appeals)-Durgapur [in short the ld CIT(A)] in Appeal No. 08/CIT(A)/DGP/2015-16 dated 31.08.2016 against the order passed by the DCIT, Circle-1, Dgp [ in short the ld AO] under section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act

TDS not deductible on Sim Card & recharge coupon discount

May 26, 2018 1896 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Tarun Sales (ITAT Delhi) ITAT held that Since no dealer or sub-dealer was appointed either by BSNL or by the assessee, for the purpose of marketing the products and/or service of the BSNL, the entire sales were to customers, either directly or through shopkeepers, who rendered services to the customers. The entire sales […]

Dealer need not deduct TDS on Commission directly paid by Mobile Operator to Retailers

May 24, 2018 6606 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee is an Individual and engaged in the business of trading in mobile and accessories including SIM card, pre-paid card etc. During the course of assessment proceedings, the AO noted that the assessee has shown the payment of commission of Rs. 16,41,989/- under section 40(a)(ia) of the Act without deduction of TDS

TDS u/s 194H not deductible on Cash Discounts to Customers for Bulk purchase of Goods

May 14, 2018 4113 Views 0 comment Print

EPCOS India Pvt. Ltd. Vs. ITO (ITAT Kolkata) Briefly stated facts are that the assessee in the present case is a private limited company and engaged in the business of manufacturing and sale of soft ferrite components, DC and AC capacitors, metalized films etc. The assessee in the year under consideration has claimed expenses under […]

Non-compliance of Section 194H by assessee attracts rigor of Section 201

May 8, 2018 1554 Views 0 comment Print

The Director, Prasar Bharati Vs. CIT (Supreme Court Of India) In our considered view, the High Court was right in holding that the provisions of Section 194H are applicable to the appellant because the payments made by the appellant pursuant to the agreement in question were in the nature of payment made by way of […]

TDS deductible on Commission retained by Airline Operators for Collecting Passenger Service Fee

April 19, 2018 5280 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Delhi International Tax Airport Pvt. Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) Once it has been repeatedly held that Airlines Operators are collecting the PSF on behalf of the Airport Authorities/Operators and the PSF is to be paid to the airport authority in terms of the notifications issued by the MOCA at different points of time,the […]

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