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Karnataka HC Allows Section 263, Distinguishes Plausible View Doctrine

Income Tax : Karnataka High Court allows PCIT's appeal, upholding a Section 263 revision for non-disallowance of commission payments without TD...

July 21, 2025 1194 Views 2 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 8271 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowed Expenses While Calculating Profits & Gains of Business or Profession

Income Tax : Learn about disallowed expenses under PGBP in India's Income Tax Act. Understand key sections like 37, 40, and 40A, and their impa...

October 7, 2024 11802 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowances covered under Income-Tax Act and Reporting in Tax Audit

Income Tax : Learn about disallowances under Income Tax Act sections and their reporting requirements in Form 3CD during tax audits. Key provis...

September 29, 2024 11388 Views 0 comment Print

TDS Obligations: Reimbursement of Expenses vs. Fee for Technical Services

Income Tax : Delhi HC rules reimbursements to NRAEs not subject to TDS as "fees for technical services," clarifying scope of Section 9(1)(vii) ...

September 25, 2024 2424 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 40(a)(ia): Disallowance of expenditure for non-deduction of tax at source on payment made to resident

Income 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% ...

January 21, 2018 151173 Views 3 comments Print

Change in provisions related to disallowance of expenditure on account of non-compliance with TDS provisions : Budget 2010-11

Income Tax : The existing provisions of section 40(a)(ia) of Income-tax Act provide for the disallowance of expenditure like interest, commissi...

February 26, 2010 1080 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 270 Views 0 comment Print

No TDS on Foreign Agent Commission for Services Rendered Abroad; ITAT Deletes Section 40(a)(i) Disallowance

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that commission paid to foreign agents for services rendered outside India is not taxable in India. Consequently...

April 29, 2026 267 Views 0 comment Print

No Adhoc Disallowance of Commission on Assumptions Without Specific Defects: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The issue was whether commission payments were genuine business expenses. The Tribunal held that disallowance based on non-respons...

April 29, 2026 312 Views 0 comment Print

Charitable Trust as Pass-Through Entity: ITAT Deletes Interest Disallowance Rejects 8% Profit Estimation

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that interest expenses cannot be disallowed when the trust merely facilitates transactions and costs are reimbur...

April 27, 2026 126 Views 0 comment Print

Consistency Over Technicalities – ITAT Allows Actuarial Pension Provision & Rejects Mechanical Disallowances

Income Tax : Consistency over technicalities: ITAT Mumbai allowed actuarial pension provision as an ascertained liability, rejected mechanical ...

April 24, 2026 315 Views 0 comment Print


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Disallowance for failure to withhold tax- Sec.195 rw Sec. 40(a)(i)

Income Tax : Circular No. 3/2015 Section 40(a)(i) of the Act stipulates that in computing the income chargeable under the head "Profits or gain...

February 12, 2015 5517 Views 0 comment Print

S. 195 AOs to tax taxable part of sum paid to NR for TDS default

Income Tax : 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...

February 26, 2014 15029 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT circular on Section 40(a)(ia)-TDS Disallowance

Income Tax : Circular No. 10/DV/2013-Income Tax It has been brought to the notice of the Board that there are conflicting interpretations by j...

December 16, 2013 21473 Views 0 comment Print


TDS u/s 194C not deductible on security charges as it involves only supply of manpower

February 15, 2023 32322 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that security charges involve supply of manpower only and the same does not involve carrying on of any work. Accordingly, provisions of section 194C are not attracted for expenses claimed as security charges. Hence, disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) unjustified.

No TDS on reimbursements to directors and on traded goods supplied to client

February 10, 2023 5211 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that no tax is required to be deducted at source on amount reimbursed to the director of the company. Further, when tax has been deducted at source by the assessee while receiving software consultancy services, disallowance cannot be done by the Revenue Department.

Section 194H TDS applicable on Payment to Oxford University for Referring Students

January 30, 2023 1923 Views 0 comment Print

Oxford University Press Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) a) The assessee had made payment of School support services to various schools / societies for the services rendered by them to the assessee by way of referring the students to the booksellers to purchase the textbooks published by the assessee. b) But for the reference made by […]

No section 40(A)(Ia) disallowance for purchase if TDS not deductible on such purchase

January 18, 2023 915 Views 0 comment Print

Once no TDS is liable to be deducted on these purchases, no disallowance under section 40 (a)(ia) of the I.T. Act can be attracted. Hence, we delete this addition.

TDS not deductible on salary, bonus, commission or remuneration credited by firm to partners

January 16, 2023 3489 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Gauhati held that TDS not required to be deduct by the partnership firm on salary, bonus, commission or remuneration given/ credited to the partner of the firm.

Disallowance u/s 40a(ia) unjustified if payee duly disclosed receipt in its return

December 24, 2022 7116 Views 1 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that disallowance under section 40a(ia) of the Income Tax Act for non-deduction of TDS untenable if payee has duly disclosed the receipt of the impugned payment in their return of income.

Disallowance of expense u/s 40(a)(ia) untenable when TDS deducted at lower rates

December 12, 2022 2442 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that if TDS is deducted by applying wrong provisions or at lower rates, the sum paid cannot be disallowed attracting provisions of section 40(a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act.

Section 40(a)(ia) disallowance cannot be made in a mechanical manner

December 2, 2022 1590 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(Appeals) that the CPC has misread the Audit Report because in the Audit Report, it has been specifically mentioned that TDS is being deducted wherever such TDS was required to be deducted on payments made by the assessee. This aspect was not examined, i.e. what is the nature of payment, whether TDS is to be deducted or not? The disallowance cannot be made in a mechanical manner.

Payment to train resources to provide pre & post sale services is FTS

November 24, 2022 564 Views 0 comment Print

Sunsmart Technologies Pvt. Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Chennai) As per Explanation-2 to Sec.9(1)(vii) of the Act, FTS means any consideration (including in lump sum consideration) for the rendering of any managerial, technical or consultancy services, but does not include consideration for any construction, assembling, mining or like project undertaken by the recipient or consideration which […]

Section 194A TDS not deductible on Factoring Charges

November 17, 2022 5532 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs 3i Infotech Consultancy Services Limited (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT held that factoring charges incurred by the assessee company is not in the nature of interest and that the assessee was not under the obligation to deduct TDS as per the provisions of section 40(a)(ia) of the I.T. Act. For this, we would like to […]

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