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Consequences of Non-Compliance to TDS (Section 201)

Income Tax : Understand the penalties, interest, and disallowance of expenditure under Section 201 for failure to comply with TDS provisions in...

July 5, 2025 8202 Views 0 comment Print

TDS on Purchase of Property: Section 194IA of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Learn about TDS on property purchase under Section 194IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Get insights on requirements, payment proces...

June 21, 2024 49827 Views 1 comment Print

TDS & TCS Payments & Returns Due Date for FY 2024-25

Income Tax : Learn about the due dates for TDS and TCS payments, returns, and consequences for late filing, deduction, and payment under the In...

April 10, 2024 112887 Views 0 comment Print

Certificates would be valid proof for claim of TDS even in absence of entry in Form 26AS

Income Tax : TDS Certificates can be used to claim TDS income even in case of mismatch in Form 26AS. Read this blog post to find out how to use...

January 18, 2023 4671 Views 0 comment Print

Late Fee interest under section 234E of Income Tax Act –  Recent Case Laws

Income Tax : Karnataka High Court in the case of Fatheraj Singhvi vs. Union of India , WRIT APPEAL NOS.2663-2674/2015(T-IT)- dated 26/08/2016 ...

December 20, 2022 23028 Views 0 comment Print


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6 Suggestions for Amendments in Income Tax Act by BCAS

Income Tax : Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society has made a Representation on 'Suggestions for Amendments in the Income Tax Act', on 24th May...

May 28, 2019 8367 Views 2 comments Print

Reduce fee u/s. 234E from Rs.200/- per day to Rs.100/- per day

Income Tax : RECOMMENDATION FOR REDUCING THE FEE UNDER SECTION 234E FOR DEFAULT IN FURNISHING STATEMENTS OF TDS AND TCS FROM RS.200/- PER DAY T...

January 19, 2016 4523 Views 0 comment Print

Incomplete TDS certificates issued by deductor delaying Income tax refunds

Income Tax : Many Taxpayers had a tough time getting a refund of the tax deducted against his fixed deposits with public sector banks, as the t...

July 30, 2010 2075 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 234E TDS Late Fee Invalid for Pre-2015 Period Due to Lack of Legal Provision

Income Tax : The tribunal held that no late fee under Section 234E can be imposed for periods prior to 1 June 2015 due to absence of enabling p...

May 2, 2026 240 Views 0 comment Print

Mass Relief on 234E Fees: ITAT Deletes Levy for Pre-01.06.2015 Period

Income Tax : The issue involved levy of late fees on TDS returns processed before statutory amendment. The Tribunal held that absence of enabli...

April 18, 2026 120 Views 0 comment Print

Section 234E Fee Valid as COVID Relief Did Not Extend TDS Return Deadlines

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that the Supreme Court’s COVID-19 limitation extensions apply only to judicial and quasi-judicial proceeding...

March 17, 2026 366 Views 0 comment Print

Section 234E Demand Set Aside as Section 200A Intimation Exceeded Jurisdiction pre-01.06.2015

Income Tax : The ITAT Raipur held that prior to 1 June 2015, there was no enabling provision under Section 200A to levy late filing fees under ...

February 24, 2026 399 Views 0 comment Print

TDS Default u/s 201 – Matter Remanded for Verification of Payees’ Tax Payment

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that failure to examine whether payees discharged tax liability vitiates proceedings under Section 201. The cas...

February 13, 2026 459 Views 0 comment Print


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Suggest Situation justifying waiver of Section 234E fee : CBDT

Income Tax : The Board is examining the desirability and expediency of prescribing situation/circumstances under which levy of fee under Sectio...

August 2, 2016 24344 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT extends due of TDS/TCS statement for Govt. deductees – No Refund of Fees Paid U/s. 234E

Income Tax : CBDT Circular No. 07/2014 All Chief Commissioners of Income-tax All Directors General of Income-tax Sub: Ex-post facto extensi...

March 4, 2014 12526 Views 0 comment Print

Tax audit & ROI due date extended to 31.10.2013 for A.Y. 2013-14

Income Tax : In exercise of powers conferred under section 119 of the Income tax Act, 1961, the Central Board of direct Taxes, in continuation ...

October 24, 2013 34260 Views 0 comment Print

How to Calculate TDS on Salary – AY 2013-14 / FY 2012-13

Income Tax : Circular no. 8/2012-Income Tax The present Circular contains the rates of deduction of income-tax from the payment of income char...

October 5, 2012 71519 Views 0 comment Print


Government Deductors to File return before 31.03.14 to avoid late Fees U/s. 234E

March 13, 2014 1565 Views 0 comment Print

Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued a detailed circular in the context of Late Fee, Levied under Section 234E of the Income Tax Act, 1961 vide Circular 07 of 2014 dated March 04, 2014 . The circular provides for ex-post facto extension of the due dates of filing TDS/ TCS Statements, prescribed under section 200(3)/ proviso to section 206C(3) of the Income Tax Act read with Rule 31A/ 31AA of the Income Tax Rules 1962.

CBDT extends due of TDS/TCS statement for Govt. deductees – No Refund of Fees Paid U/s. 234E

March 4, 2014 12526 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Circular No. 07/2014 All Chief Commissioners of Income-tax All Directors General of Income-tax Sub: Ex-post facto extension of due date for filing TDS/TCS statements for FYs 2012-13 and 2013-14 – regarding The Central Board of Direct Taxes (‘the Board’) has received several petitions from deductors/collectors, being an office of the Government (‘Government deductors’), regarding delay in filing of TDS/TCS statements due to late furnishing of the Book Identification Number (BIN) by the Principal Accounts Officers (PAO) / District Treasury Office (DTO) / Cheque Drawing and Disbursing Office (CDDO). This has resulted in consequential levy of fees under section 234E of the Income-Tax Act, 1961(‘the Act’).

Karnataka HC stayed enforcement of notices U/s. 234E by TRACES

February 19, 2014 10229 Views 0 comment Print

After Kerala HC Karnataka HC too stay the enforcement of notices U/s. 234E by TRACES. In this case Petitioners have questioned the constitutional validity of the provision of Section 234E of the income Tax Act and a notice to the petitioner levying fee vide annexure A1 to A21 and Annexure – B.

Quote correct BIN while filing TDS/TCS statement

February 12, 2014 3817 Views 0 comment Print

It is mandatory for Government deductors, who are reporting TDS without payment through bank challans, to quote correct Book Identification Number (BIN), while filing TDS/TCS statement. In case correct BIN is not quoted in the respective TDS statement, a Short Payment demand shall be raised by CPC(TDS).

Reminder for filing of TDS Statements within Due Date

January 25, 2014 16441 Views 0 comment Print

As per the records of Centralized Processing Cell (TDS), the Original TDS Statement(s) for Quarter 2 of FY 2013-14 (July – September, 2013) has not been submitted within the prescribed due date by many of the deductors. Please note that late filing of TDS Statements not only delays TDS Credits to the deductees, but Also […]

Consequance for Non – Filing of TDS Statements

January 10, 2014 5655 Views 0 comment Print

For Tax payers: Non/ Late filing of TDS statements results into the TDS Credit not being available to the deductees (employees / vendors) for claiming the amount of tax already deducted from the payments made to them besides generating correct TDS Certificates for them.

CBDT advises AOs to file Form 24G with in the prescribed time

January 10, 2014 8098 Views 0 comment Print

As you are aware, it is mandatory for AOs to file Form No. 24G on monthly basis with in the prescribed time. Based on the particulars reported in Form No. 24G, Book Identification Number (BIN) is generated and intimated to the respective AOs by TIN Central System. AOs can download BIN from TIN Portal. AOs […]

Verify contents of TDS Certificates before issue

January 10, 2014 1767 Views 0 comment Print

Report correctly the PAN and TDS amount in the Statement, which helps the taxpayer in claiming correct TDS Credits besides generating correct TDS Certificates. Verify the contents of TDS Certificates as downloaded from TRACES before issuing the same to the taxpayers

HC stays Late Filing Fees U/s. 234E for late filing of TDS return

January 10, 2014 52011 Views 52 comments Print

The constitutional validity of Section 234E of the Income Tax Act, 1961 has been challenged in the Kerala High Court in the case of Narath Mapila LP School vs. UOI WP (C) No. 31498/2013(J). Vide an interim order dated 18.12.2013, the High Court has admitted the Petition and granted a stay of proceedings for a period of two months.

Fee for default in furnishing TDS / TCS statement

January 10, 2014 558 Views 0 comment Print

Sometime back a number of instances have been brought to my notice by some clients, which relate to the levy of fee for late filing of TDS / TCS statement. On examination of the provisions of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (the Act), it was realized that the impugned fee has been levied under section 234E of the Act, which is rather an obscure section. Therefore, section 234E was examined in detail.

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