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Income Tax - Under the Income tax Act, 1961 Profit or gain from Business or profession is considered income and such income is chargeable to tax. The expenses incurred in relation to business can be deducted from the revenue from Business or profession. However, there is certain restriction on such deduction of expenses....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Section 40(a)(ia) of Income Tax Act, 1961 deals with non compliance of provision of TDS where payment is made to a Resident. 30% cent of any sum payable to a resident on account of interest, commission or brokerage, Rent, Royalty, fees for professional services or, fees fir technical services payable to a resident, or amounts payable to a...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The provisions of Section 40(a)(ia) of the Act were brought on Statute by Finance Act 2004, w.e.f. 01.04.2005, i.e the same is applicable for assessment year 2005-06 and subsequent assessment years....
Read MoreIncome Tax - In Recent past we noticed that department has taken late payment of TDS very seriously and in addition to imposing Interest and Penalty for Late Payment, they also start initiating Criminal Prosecution against those responsible for Deduction and Payment of TDS....
Read MoreIncome Tax - There have been substantial debate around the point whether the term ‘payable’ used in section 40(a)(ia) would include amounts outstanding at the end of the year or both amounts outstanding as well as paid during the year....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Section 40(a)(ia) is amended via Finance (No. 2) Act, 2014 to restrict the amount of disallowance for non-deduction of tax to 30% of expenditure. The proviso is also amended to the effect that 30% of such sum shall be allowed as a deduction in computing the income of the previous year in which tax has been paid....
Read MoreIncome Tax - The existing provisions of section 40(a)(ia) of Income-tax Act provide for the disallowance of expenditure like interest, commission, brokerage, professional fees, etc. if tax on such expenditure was not deducted, or after deduction was not paid during the previous year....
Read MoreScrabble Entertainment Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) - Once there was compliance to TDS provisions, even if there was short deduction of TDS or TDS had been deducted under different sections, there was no scope for AO to disallow expenditure under section 40(a)(ia) as provisions under section 40(a)(ia) is applicable only when there is no TDS deduction....
Read MorePower Liners Vs. ACIT (ITAT Jaipur) - Once the income of the assessee was estimated after rejection of books of account, then, the AO could not make disallowance on the same books of account for the purpose of disallowance by invoking provisions of section 40(a)(ia) or general disallowance under section 37(1). Hence, the disallowance m...
Read MoreM/s. Power Max (India) Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkatta) - Where there was any shortfall due to difference of opinion or taxability of any items or the nature of payment falling under various TDS provisions, assessee could be declared to be assessee-in-default under section 201, but no disallowance could be made under section 40(a)(ia) and therefore, disall...
Read MoreI.T.O. Vs Bajaj Roadways (ITAT Kolkata) - I.T.O. Vs Bajaj Roadways (ITAT Kolkata) Assessee had merely hired the lorries and there was no contract between assessee and the concerned payees, i.e., truck owners. Since the assessee did not delegate its liability of transportation of goods to the truck owners by way of any contract or sub-contra...
Read MoreCitadel Fine Pharmaceuticals (P.) Ltd. Vs Asstt. CIT (ITAT Chennai) - Since assessee had made provision for audit fees to account of payee, provisions of section 194J were clearly attracted and non-deduction of tax at source would automatically invite disallowance under section 40(a)(ia)....
Read MoreCircular No. 3/2015-Income Tax - (12/02/2015) - Circular No. 3/2015 Section 40(a)(i) of the Act stipulates that in computing the income chargeable under the head "Profits or gains of business or profession", any interest, royalty, fees for technical services or other sum chargeable under this Act either payable in India to a non-resident (not bei...
Read MoreInstruction No. 02/2014 - (26/02/2014) - Sub: Deduction of tax at source under Section 195 read with Sections 201 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 relating to payment made to a non-resident-reg. Section 195 of the Income-tax Act (hereafter referred to as 'the Act') provides that any person, responsible for paying to a non-resident not being a ...
Read MoreCircular No. 10/DV/2013-Income Tax - (16/12/2013) - Circular No. 10/DV/2013-Income Tax It has been brought to the notice of the Board that there are conflicting interpretations by judicial authorities regarding the applicability of the provisions of section 40(a)(ia) of the Income-tax Act,...
Read MoreScrabble Entertainment Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) -
Power Liners Vs. ACIT (ITAT Jaipur) -
M/s. Power Max (India) Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkatta) -
I.T.O. Vs Bajaj Roadways (ITAT Kolkata) -
Citadel Fine Pharmaceuticals (P.) Ltd. Vs Asstt. CIT (ITAT Chennai) -
Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd. (India Branch Office) Vs DDIT (ITAT Mumbai) -
Barclays Bank PLC Vs ADIT (ITAT Mumbai) -
DCIT Vs. Maan Aluminium Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) -
DCIT Vs M/s. Creative Technotex (P.) Ltd. (ITAT Kolkata) -
