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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


No tax to be deducted on License Fee paid to Foreign Entities

March 26, 2021 6861 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee was not liable to deduct TDS on license fees paid to Israel entity as it had already furnished certificate from a chartered accountant, return of income and computation of income under section 139 and income of assessee was not taxable in India and assessee had already filed the relevant information u/s 201(1) which showed that assessee could not be regarded as ‘assessee in default’.

TDS not deductible on Reimbursement without any Profit Element

March 24, 2021 2952 Views 0 comment Print

BYK Asia Pacific Pte. Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Pune) On going through the documents/material as discussed above, it is evident that Seminar expenses, Training expenses, Printing expenses and Staff welfare expenses are amounts paid by the Indian BO to the Singapore HO, which satisfy the twin conditions of `reimbursement’ as discussed supra, viz., one-to-one direct […]

Form 26A – Why, What and How

March 19, 2021 187170 Views 4 comments Print

Discover the significance of Form 26A in Income Tax Act, 1961. Learn why and how this form is crucial for avoiding penalties.

TDS not deductible on Fee to Offshore CA Firm having no PE in India for return filing services

March 19, 2021 2766 Views 0 comment Print

Sundaram Business Services Limited Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) As regards professional charges paid to M/s. TWB Pty Ltd., a company of Chartered Accounts, although payment made to said company is not covered under Article 14, but said payment is covered under Article 7 of DTAA between India and USA because the business profits of an […]

TDS not deductible on Amounts paid to non-resident manufacturers for resale/use of computer software

March 17, 2021 2634 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore rules non-resident software payment not royalty. Section 195 not applicable. Full text and analysis of Altisource vs. ACIT case.

TDS not deductible on Monitoring fees (Interest) paid to DEG Bank under Indo-German DTAA

March 15, 2021 2004 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Sisecam Flat Glass India Ltd. (ITAT Kolkata) Monitoring fees paid by the assssee to DEG Bank, Germany qualified as ‘interest’ both under Income-tax Act, 1961 as well as the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between India & Germany and the payment made in question was not liable to Income-tax under the Act in terms […]

No TDS on sales commission paid to non-residents for services rendered outside India

February 15, 2021 60459 Views 1 comment Print

The Hon’ble ITAT, Jaipur in Modern Threads India Limited v. ACIT (Income Tax Appeal Nos. 198/JP/2019 and 199/JP/2019 decided on February 15, 2021) has held that payment of sales commission by the assessee to non-resident agents for the services rendered outside India will not fall in the category of the income received or deemed to […]

No Section 40(a)(ia) disallowance if Expense was not claimed

February 13, 2021 2121 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Parag Fans & Cooling System Pvt. Ltd (ITAT Indore) Disallowance was made for the alleged non deduction of tax at source on the alleged amount of interest of Rs.25,95,609/-. We find that the assessee has not shown expenditure of Rs.25,95,609/- in its Profit &Loss account. Since no such expenditure has been claimed by […]

Section 40(a) not applicable in case of charitable trust or institution

February 11, 2021 7350 Views 0 comment Print

R. K. Associates Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) The question for consideration is as to whether the provisions of Section 40(a)(ia) is applicable for computing the income chargeable under the head “Profits and gains of business or profession” or computation of income under any other heads of income also. Section 40 clearly stipulates that “Notwithstanding anything […]

ITAT deletes Section 40(a)(ia) disallowance on provision for expenses

February 9, 2021 6237 Views 0 comment Print

IDBI Bank Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) During the Assessment Year (AY) 2009-10, the taxpayer made provision for expenses under the head ‘repairs and maintenance’ amounting to Rs. 6 million on which tax was not deducted at source. The taxpayer also made provision for ‘operation and maintenance charges’ amounting to Rs.7 million on which tax […]

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