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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 6462 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 1506 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 4821 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 309 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 279 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 765 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


No Section 194J TDS on IUC charges paid to other telecom companies

August 27, 2020 1407 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Vodafone India Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) We find that for installation / setting up / repairing / servicing / maintenance capacity augmentation are require human intervention but after completing this process mere interconnection between the operators is automatic and does not require any human intervention. The term Inter Connecting User Charges (IUC) also signifies […]

Analysis of amendment to Section 194J of Income-tax Act 1961

August 2, 2020 20706 Views 1 comment Print

1. Background: Finance Act 2020, has reduced withholding tax rates for fees for technical services under Section 194J of the Act to 2 percent from the existing rate of 10 percent.  Memorandum to Finance Bill 2020, clarified that this amendment is introduced to reduce existing litigation on account of classification of services under section 194J […]

No Section 194J TDS on IUC charges paid by Telecom Operators

June 27, 2020 7827 Views 0 comment Print

Whether interconnection usages charges (IUC) is in the nature of fees for technical services and whether the assessee is liable for TDS under section 194J of Income Tax Act, 1961?

Difference between Professional & technical services | Section 194J

June 12, 2020 239550 Views 10 comments Print

Difference between Professional & technical services in the preview of section 194J of Income tax act, 1961 Section 194J of Income tax act, 1961 speaks about the applicability of TDS provisions on Professional and Technical services. Before understanding the difference between both these services, below is key highlights of this section 194J. Applicability – This section is […]

No TDS u/s 194H for Prepaid SIM & 194J for Roaming Charges

June 5, 2020 5103 Views 0 comment Print

AO considered assessee as assessee in default in respect of non-deduction of TDS under Section 194H and 194J of the Act on payment of commission and fees for professional or technical services and passed an order under Section 201(1) & 201(1A) of the Act.

TDS Rate Chart for Financial Year 2020-21

June 1, 2020 581166 Views 11 comments Print

Simple TDS Rate Chart for Financial Year 2020-21 –  Applicable from 14th May 2020 Kindly Note amended rates are been given on the basis of PIB Notification dated 13.05.2020 and on the date of Publication of this post no notification in this regard is been notified by the CBDT. Press release can be accessed at […]

Time To Differentiate Between FPS & FTS – Brief Analysis of Amended Section 194J For AY 2021-22

May 25, 2020 17316 Views 5 comments Print

For financial year 2020-21 (PY 2020-21 / AY 2021-22), the Finance Act, 2020 seems to have created few issues by unsettling some sections which were very well otherwise settled. In an attempt to cover revenue leakage, abolishing tax-evasion methods and to make law simpler – seeds of confusion and lack of clarity have been roped […]

TDS Rate Chart for FY 2020-21 / AY 2021-22 – Updated

May 14, 2020 1007280 Views 33 comments Print

TDS Rate Chart For Assessment year 2021-22 /Financial Year 2020-21 As we all are aware that yesterday our Honourable Finance Minister has conducted press release. In that press release she declared that The TDS rates for all non-salaried payment to residents, and tax collected at source rate will be reduced by 25 percent of the […]

TDS u/s 194J not applicable on modeling services rendered by Katrina Kaif

May 12, 2020 10560 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the services, the modeling, rendered by Ms. Katrina Kaif in this case constitutes professional service and the fee paid to her for modeling with the purpose of marketing of the camera products of the assessee liable for TDS u/s 194J?

Confusion on section 194J TDS for Technical Service- Finance Act 2020

May 9, 2020 13368 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Act 2020 – TDS under section 194J FA 2020 has introduced lower rate of deduction @ 2% instead of 10%, under section 194J, if the service is in the nature of: 1. Technical service; or 2. Royalty in the nature of consideration for sale, distribution or exhibition of cinematographic films For the part of […]

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