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Penalties and Prosecutions Under Income tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This guide explains the penalty and prosecution framework under the Income-tax Act for AY 2026-27. It highlights the consequences ...

July 6, 2026 533058 Views 4 comments Print

Prosecutions and Punishment under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The article explains how offences such as wilful tax evasion, failure to file returns, non-payment of TDS/TCS, falsification of re...

June 17, 2026 51846 Views 7 comments Print

Fees & Penalty for late / Non filing of TDS Return

Income Tax : The article explains how delayed or incorrect filing of TDS/TCS returns attracts a late filing fee under Section 234E and penaltie...

June 17, 2026 973981 Views 116 comments Print

Income Tax Offences liable to prosecution

Income Tax : This article outlines major offences under the Income-tax Act that may result in prosecution, including tax evasion, non-payment o...

June 15, 2026 59354 Views 4 comments Print

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 9174 Views 0 comment Print


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Budget 2024: Revised Penalty Timeline for TDS/TCS Statements

Income Tax : Budget 2024 reduces penalty relief period for TDS/TCS statement filing from one year to one month. Changes effective April 2025....

July 26, 2024 3387 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Indore: Section 234E Late Fee Deleted for Pre-01.06.2015 Period

Income Tax : The Tribunal examined the levy of late fees under Section 234E for TDS defaults prior to the Finance Act 2015 amendment. It held t...

December 2, 2025 930 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Raipur Deletes Section 234E Late Fee for TDS Filing Before 01.06.2015

Income Tax : ITAT Raipur set aside the levy of fees under Section 234E for delayed TDS statements filed before the 01.06.2015 amendment to Sect...

October 20, 2025 831 Views 0 comment Print

Section 40A(2)(b) Disallowance for Assumed Higher Sub-contracting Income is unsustainable

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that disallowance under section 40A(2)(b) of the Income Tax Act on merely estimating that more income should have ...

November 1, 2023 1602 Views 0 comment Print

Late fee u/s 234E leviable prospectively from 01.06.2015

Income Tax : ITAT Pune held that late fees u/s 234E of the Income Tax Act can be levied only prospectively with effect from 01.06.2015....

May 31, 2023 1578 Views 0 comment Print


Late fee u/s 234E leviable prospectively from 01.06.2015

May 31, 2023 1578 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that late fees u/s 234E of the Income Tax Act can be levied only prospectively with effect from 01.06.2015.

Consequences of Non Payment of TDS/TCS & Non filing of TDS/TCS Returns

August 26, 2022 6882 Views 1 comment Print

Understand the consequences of non-payment of TDS/TCS & non-filing of TDS/TCS returns. Learn about the penalties and legal implications.

Football & Income Tax- Penalty, in both, is Hefty

October 14, 2020 9148 Views 0 comment Print

Arjuna, while playing on the Football Ground if, a player pushes other players or creates any obstruction then the referee whistles and show a Yellow Card. Yellow Card represents a mild penalty. If you look at Income Tax, the taxpayers are intimated by a prior notice and thereafter a penalty is levied

Consequences of TDS defaults under Income Tax Act 1961

June 27, 2020 115914 Views 14 comments Print

TDS/TCS compliances is one of the major compliance under Income Tax Act, 1961 and has a wide scope of its applicability to the business organizations. Small businesses are not much aware of the overall implications of non compliances of the TDS/ TCS provisions and ends up in paying the higher penal charges due to not following the deadlines.

File TDS return on time to avoid Penalty / Late Payment Fees

May 3, 2020 28765 Views 0 comment Print

As we all are aware that the due date of TDS return filing is coming closer for 4th Quarter i.e. 31st May, 2020 for FY 2019-20. Hence this article is kind of reminder for all taxpayers to be compliant towards filing of return within due date to avoid unnecessary interest and late fees. Today I […]

Interest, Penalty, Prosecution & Other Consequences of TDS Defaults

March 28, 2020 32064 Views 5 comments Print

1. Prosecution etc. : U/s. 276B If a person deducts tax at source etc. but fails to pay the same to the credit of Central Government as prescribed, he can be sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than 3 months and extendable upon 7 years with fine as well. Moreover, u/s 276BB, similar punishment is provided for a person who fails to pay to the credit of Central Government taxes collected at source u/s. 206C being a seller of alcoholic liquor for human consumption, Tendu leaves, timber merchant, dealer in forest produce and dealer in scrap etc.

Section 271H Penalty for late filing/non-filing of TDS or TCS return

February 19, 2020 54609 Views 2 comments Print

Understand the penalty for late filing/non-filing of TDS or TCS return as per section 271H of the Income Tax Act. Learn about the applicable due dates and penalty amounts.

Rationalisation of provisions relating to TDS and TCS

March 1, 2015 23140 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2015-16 -Rationalisation of provisions relating to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) and Tax Collection at Source (TCS) Under Chapter XVII-B of the Act, a person is required to deduct tax on certain specified payment at the specified rate if the payment exceeds the specified threshold. The person deducting tax (‘the deductor’) is required to […]

Budget 2014 – Changes in Provisions Related to TDS

July 18, 2014 13570 Views 0 comment Print

Under Chapter XVII-B of the Act, a person is required to deduct tax on certain specified payments at the specified rates if the payment exceeds specified threshold. The person deducting tax (‘the deductor’) is required to file a quarterly statement of tax deduction at source (TDS) containing the prescribed details of deduction of tax made […]

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