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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 not deductible on interest on savings bank account and compulsory deposit account

November 11, 2022 6768 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that there is no liability to deduct TDS on interest on savings bank account and interest of compulsory deposit account as per the provisions contained u/s 194A of the Act. Accordingly, disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) unsustainable.

Disallowance of freight & carriage expense justified for non-submission of TDS payment Proof or CA certificate

November 6, 2022 630 Views 0 comment Print

Paras Nath Singh Vs ACIT (ITAT Patna) Main grievance of the assessee is disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) amounting to Rs. 25,74,023/- being the expenditure incurred in respect of freight and carriage. On this specific issue from the perusal of assessment order passed by the AO and it was come to our notice that he had categorically […]

TDS deduction under wrong section – No disallowance of expenses – Section 40(a)(ia)

October 21, 2022 16011 Views 1 comment Print

Understanding TDS deduction under Section 40(a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act. Learn about the disallowance of expenses and the consequences of non-compliance.

Section 194C(6) & (7) cannot be read together to attract section 40(a)(ia) disallowance

October 12, 2022 1749 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Gopinathan Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) It is not the case of the Department that the Assessing Officer has omitted to consider the claim of expenses and thereby passed the rectification order under section 154 of the Act. In this case assessment was reopened under section 147 of the Act and during the course of […]

No disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) if recipient offered payment made by assessee as income – ITAT remands matter back to AO

October 12, 2022 1548 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) cannot be made if recipient has offered payment made by assessee as income in their hands. The Assessing Officer is directed to verify above facts and if it is found that payee has already offered above amount as income in their return of income, disallowance u/s.40(a)(ia) made by Assessing Officer would not survive.

Disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) unsustainable as TDS not deductible on bank commission

October 12, 2022 1092 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that TDS provisions are not applicable in case of commission paid to bank and commission paid to partners. Accordingly, disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) unsustainable.

Non deduction of expenses for non-deduction of TDS & inclusion of same by deductee in their income tax return – ITAT directs assessee to submit CA certificate

September 17, 2022 9423 Views 0 comment Print

Viral Ashish Parikh Vs ACIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) it is transpired that the assessee can be granted immunity from disallowances of expenses on account of non/short deduction of taxes provided that the assessee (payer) furnishes the certificate in the prescribed form. Thus the onus is upon the assessee. However we find that assessee has not furnished […]

Disallowance u/s 40(a)(i)/ 40(a)(ia) unsustainable as amount not claimed as revenue expenditure

September 13, 2022 2850 Views 0 comment Print

Held that disallowance by invoking provisions of section 40(a)(i)/ 40(a)(ia) unsustainable as the alleged amount is not debited to the profit and loss account and accordingly not claimed as deduction under profits and gains of business or profession

TDS not deductible on interest paid by Co-op. Bank to Nominal members

August 16, 2022 6540 Views 1 comment Print

Mandheshwari Urban Development Co-op. Bank Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Pune) issue in the present appeal relates to whether a nominal member, who is not a registered member of the society, can be treated as a member of the cooperative society whether the exemption is available under clause (v) of sub-section (3) of section 194A of […]

Section 40(a)(ia) Amendment by Finance Act, 2010 are retrospective 

August 9, 2022 1251 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs Crescent Construction Co (Bombay High Court) The purpose of the amendment made by the Finance Act, 2010 is to solve the anomalies that the insertion of section 40(a)(ia) was causing to the bonafide tax payer. The amendment, even if not given operation retrospectively, may not materially be of consequence to the Revenue when […]

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