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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 6474 Views 0 comment Print

Section 194J TDS Does Not Automatically Attract Section 44ADA – A Practical Perspective

Income Tax : ITAT rulings clarify that deduction of tax under Section 194J does not automatically classify income as professional income under ...

February 14, 2026 2514 Views 0 comment Print

Union Budget 2026-27 – Corporate Tax Wishlist

Income Tax : Businesses are seeking a cap on dividend taxation for resident shareholders to address double taxation concerns. The proposal aim...

January 29, 2026 5508 Views 0 comment Print

Consultant doctors with no PF/ESIC or fixed schedule cannot be treated as employees

Income Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled on a hospital's TDS obligations for consultant doctors and equipment maintenance contracts, upholding ...

September 23, 2025 1509 Views 0 comment Print

Section 44AD vs 44ADA: Tax Scrutiny on Content Creators and Consultants

Income Tax : Indian freelancers, consultants, and creators face tax scrutiny over TDS mismatches and the use of presumptive taxation provisions...

September 22, 2025 4824 Views 0 comment Print


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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 4587 Views 0 comment Print

Suggestion /representation on 7 Important Direct Tax Issues

Income Tax : Following is the summary of Suggestion /representation on behalf of the taxpayers/professionals in connection with the Direct tax ...

September 7, 2020 12207 Views 1 comment Print

Representation to reduce TDS rate on Professional Fees to 2%

Income Tax : A representation is been made to CBDT Chairman by leading accounting and CA Organisations of India  and it is been requested that...

May 1, 2020 7944 Views 1 comment Print

Enhancement Limits for TDS U/s. 194J on professionals to Rs. 1 Lakh: ICAI

Income Tax : It is suggested that the TDS limit for payment of professional or technical fees under section 194J may be increased from Rs. 3000...

January 18, 2018 8898 Views 0 comment Print

No reopening of Cases Prior to 01.04.2012 & Circular to avoid multilevel TDS on software u/s 194J -FM

Income Tax : On the issue of retrospective amendment, Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that he had given a commitment in ...

May 31, 2012 1815 Views 0 comment Print


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Notional Interest Addition Deleted Because Only Real Income Can Be Taxed: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi confirmed deletion of addition on alleged diversion of interest-bearing funds, holding that hypothetical or notional in...

May 10, 2026 315 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 726 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: No Ad-hoc Disallowance Without Rejecting Books; Section 40(a)(ia) Relief If TDS Paid Before Return Due Date

Income Tax : The case examines whether estimated expense disallowances can be made without rejecting books of account. ITAT held such additions...

April 13, 2026 417 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 282 Views 0 comment Print

No TDS on Payment for serving food in restaurant in normal course of its business

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that no TDS is liable to be deducted when payment is made for serving food in a restaurant in the normal course o...

March 28, 2026 771 Views 0 comment Print


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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 91657 Views 0 comment Print

Deduction of Tax at source on Service Tax on professional and technical fees

Income Tax : Circular No. F. No.275/73/2007-IT(B) Service Tax component to be considered for deducting tax on any sum paid as professional and...

June 30, 2008 4128 Views 0 comment Print


TDS on fee for Professional and Technical Services

December 13, 2021 52344 Views 0 comment Print

Section 194J of The Income Tax Act 1961, pertains to deduction of tax at source in case of fees for professional or technical services. It applies to TDS on payment of any sum by way of – a) fees for Professional services b) fees for Technical services c) Remuneration or fees or commission paid to […]

No TDS on payment towards lease line charges under section 194I

August 31, 2021 87171 Views 0 comment Print

TDS on payment towards lease line charge was liable to deduct under section 194J as against under section 194I as lease line services were standard automatic services which were availed by any telecom service provider for the transmission of data and was not under any exclusive arrangement.

Payment to advertising agency attracts TDS under Section 194C

August 9, 2021 223341 Views 5 comments Print

It is held that, TDS has to be deducted u/s 194C of Income Tax Act, 1961 (the IT Act) on payment made to advertising agency even if there is no written contract.

Section 194C TDS deductible on Advertisement expense for Business purpose

August 8, 2021 27483 Views 0 comment Print

Perfect Probuild P. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) A reading of section 194C with Explanation (iv) thereof makes it clear that any person responsible for paying any sum to any resident for carrying out the work of advertising, broadcasting and telecasting shall deduct an amount equivalent to 1% where the payment is being made to […]

Consultant Doctors cannot be treated as employee for TDS deduction

July 14, 2021 6354 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Hospital & Research Centre (ITAT Mumbai) Going by the factual matrix as enumerated in the preceding paragraphs, it could be noted that the terms of arrangement with consultant Doctors was different from employee-doctors. The consultant doctors were paid based on the services rendered by them and on the basis of doctors’ […]

Complete Analysis of Section 194J of Income Tax Act, 1961

July 8, 2021 5064 Views 0 comment Print

Section 194J of Income Tax Act, 1961 Every person other than individual/HUF who are not required to do tax audit in preceding year, who is responsible for paying to a resident any sum by ways of :- A. Fees for Professional fees or B. Fees for technical services or C. Remuneration paid to directors excluding […]

Surrogacy charges paid to surrogate mothers not liable to TDS u/s 194J & liable to TDS U/s. 194C

April 8, 2021 4128 Views 1 comment Print

We first of all advert to the impugned Section 40(a)(ia) r.w.s.194C and 194J issue of surrogacy payments in case of Shri S.Sesha Sai since the other recipient has never appeared to support the impugned claims till date. The CIT(A)’s identical lower appellate discussion affirming the Assessing Officer’s action disallowing assessee’s summary of payments made to surrogate mothers reads as under:

TDS not deductible on Fee to Offshore CA Firm having no PE in India for return filing services

March 19, 2021 2781 Views 0 comment Print

Sundaram Business Services Limited Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) As regards professional charges paid to M/s. TWB Pty Ltd., a company of Chartered Accounts, although payment made to said company is not covered under Article 14, but said payment is covered under Article 7 of DTAA between India and USA because the business profits of an […]

Amendment In Section 194J W.E.F. 01.04.2020 – 2% & 10% Conundrum

February 1, 2021 53262 Views 2 comments Print

AMENDMENT IN SECTION 194J W.E.F. 01.04.2020 – INTERPRETATION OF ‘FEES FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES (FTS)’ AND ‘FEES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (FPS)’ Prior to the amendment by Finance Act, 2020 in section 194J distinguishing a payment whether it is in the nature of professional or technical fees or a royalty did not have any significance since the […]

No TDS on discount/commission on sale of prepaid sim cards & Roaming Charges

January 20, 2021 1794 Views 0 comment Print

Vodafone Idea Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) At the outset, we find merit in the contention of the Ld. Counsel of the Assessee that in the absence of any adverse judgment by the Hon’ble Jurisdictional High Court, i.e., the Hon’ble High Court of Punjab & Haryana, there being divergence of judicial opinion on the subject […]

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