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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 TDS on discount/commission on sale of prepaid sim cards & Roaming Charges

January 20, 2021 1791 Views 0 comment Print

Vodafone Idea Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) At the outset, we find merit in the contention of the Ld. Counsel of the Assessee that in the absence of any adverse judgment by the Hon’ble Jurisdictional High Court, i.e., the Hon’ble High Court of Punjab & Haryana, there being divergence of judicial opinion on the subject […]

TDS on leased line charge already paid cannot be enforced by subsequent amendment

January 12, 2021 13983 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Barclays Technology Centre India Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Pune) Conclusion: Liability to deduct tax at source on leased line charges could be fastened only under the law prevailing at the time of payment. If no liability existed at the time of payment, any subsequent retrospective amendment could not be enforced against the payer. Once […]

ITAT directs AO to delete Section 40(a)(ia) disallowance in Tata Sky case

January 5, 2021 2547 Views 0 comment Print

Tata Sky Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) By virtue of this Miscellaneous Application, the assessee on a limited aspect seeks to recall the order of this Tribunal on one particular issue alone with regard to upholding the disallowance made u/s.40(a)(ia) of the Act on year end provision for expenses on the ground that while rendering […]

Stake money paid to horse owners not liable to TDS under section 194B or section 194BB

December 18, 2020 3879 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore Turf Club Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Banglore) Assessing Officer argued that the Finance Act, 2001 has inserted the words ‘card game or other game of any sort’ in Section 194B of the Act which will even cover the “stake money” which is otherwise not covered by Section 194BB of the Act. We find that […]

Section 40(a)(ia) not applies in respect of a claim for depreciation

December 16, 2020 12249 Views 0 comment Print

From close scrutiny of Section 40(a)(i) of the Act, it is axiomatic that an amount payable towards interest, royalty, fee for technical services or other sums chargeable under this Act shall not be deducted while computing the income under the head profit and gain of business or profession on which tax is deductible at source; but such tax has not been deducted.

Mistake in nomenclature in account head cannot change nature of payment

December 3, 2020 1761 Views 0 comment Print

Art-E-Mide Construction Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) AO noted that the assessee has paid consolidated salary (contract pay) of Rs. 8,39,960/-. Since it was shown as contractual payment made by the assessee of Rs. 8,39,960/- according to AO, Section 194C of the Act was attracted and therefore, the assessee was bound to deduct the […]

TDS liability cannot be imposed retrospectively based on subsequent Judgment

December 2, 2020 4602 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Acer India Private Limited (ITAT Bangalore) Conclusion: No disallowance under section 40(a)(i) could be made as there could not be a retrospective obligation to deduct tax at source and therefore as on the date when assessee made payments to the non-resident for acquiring off-the-shelf software, could not be regarded as in the nature […]

Section 195 TDS Applicable on Software Purchase Expenses incurred by Distributor

November 27, 2020 2997 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the CIT(A) is correct in stating that TDS u/s 195 applicable on software expenses without appreciating the fact that appellant was merely acting as a distributor and not having right to have a copy of the software?

TDS not deductible on Agency Commission paid to Overseas Agents not having PE in India

November 21, 2020 11934 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Shamrock Pharmachemi Pvt.Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) We find that assessee is engaged in the business of trading activity of import and export of pharmaceutical ingredients, chemicals and intermediates. We find that the assessee debited a sum of Rs. 4,18,50,792/- in its profit and loss account towards export commission paid to overseas agents, who arrange […]

TDS not deductible on Trade Offers Provided to Distributors

October 18, 2020 993 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee made the detailed submissions inter alia contending that the provision of section 194H, 194C, 194J were not applicable to the case because the payment was not for any contractor of services or work, there was no relationship of agency.

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