Income Tax : The Income-tax Act mandates TDS on specified payments because tax collection is intended to occur at the source of income generati...
Income Tax : Taxpayers are advised to wait until departmental records are fully updated before filing AY 2026-27 returns. Filing too early may ...
Income Tax : The amendment explicitly includes manpower supply services under contractual provisions, making 1–2% TDS applicable instead of 1...
Income Tax : ITAT rulings clarify that deduction of tax under Section 194J does not automatically classify income as professional income under ...
Income Tax : Businesses are seeking a cap on dividend taxation for resident shareholders to address double taxation concerns. The proposal aim...
Income Tax : From October 2024, payments under Section 194J (professional fees) will be excluded from TDS under Section 194C (payments to contr...
Income Tax : Following is the summary of Suggestion /representation on behalf of the taxpayers/professionals in connection with the Direct tax ...
Income Tax : A representation is been made to CBDT Chairman by leading accounting and CA Organisations of India and it is been requested that...
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...
Income Tax : On the issue of retrospective amendment, Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that he had given a commitment in ...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held legal services are not FTS under Section 9(1)(vii) and directed partner-wise DTAA examination. FTS addition was de...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court held the ITAT failed to properly examine the ‘make available’ test for secondment payments, set aside its ord...
Income Tax : The ITAT Chandigarh held that no TDS was deductible where professional fees paid to each payee were below the statutory threshold....
Income Tax : The ITAT Hyderabad held that payments made for Google AdWords constitute advertising contracts under Section 194C and not fees for...
Income Tax : The dispute concerned deduction of CSR expenditure incurred before Explanation 2 to section 37(1) became applicable. The ITAT held...
Income Tax : Law Relating to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on payments by broadcasters or television channels to production houses for product...
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...
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Karnataka High Court held that TDS is not deductible on payment to non-residents for advertisements in several social medias like Facebook, Amazon Web Services and Rocket Science Group. Accordingly, appeals are dismissed.
ITAT Chennai held that although the assessee company was following the mercantile system of accounting, only real income could be brought to tax. Hypothetical income cannot be taxed. Hence, appeal of revenue dismissed.
Assessee was not liable to deduct TDS under section 194H as relationship between e-commerce platform and assessee was not of an agency but that of two independent parties on principal to principal basis.
Section 194J increases the tax deduction threshold for professional services, technical services, royalty, and sums under section 28 from Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 50,000.
Finance Bill 2025 proposes new TDS thresholds for various sections, including interest, dividends, and commissions, effective April 1, 2025.
Section 36(1)(vii) of ITA applied separately to non-rural debts, while Section 36(1)(viia) of the tax statute only applied to rural debts, making it clear that banks were entitled to claim both deductions, provided they pertained to different types of advances.
Explore the implications of TDS on expense reimbursements post-Section 194R implementation and understand the invoicing criteria.
ITAT Mumbai held that software license expenditure incurred for carrying out the routine operations is revenue in nature. Hence, disallowing the same by treating it as capital unjustified. Thus, disallowance deleted.
ITAT Delhi held that cost to cost reimbursement on account of secondment of employees cannot be treated as Fees for Technical Services (FTS) as defined under Article 12 of India USA-DTAA. Thus, appeal of the assessee allowed.
