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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 commission paid to non-resident agent for effecting exports

October 13, 2020 4017 Views 0 comment Print

Device Driven (India) Pvt. Ltd. Vs CIT (Kerala High Court) No TDS on commission paid to non-resident agent for effecting exports as it was not taxable under Income Tax Act Conclusion: Services rendered for effecting exports within India by assessee-company to foreign buyers would not attract income tax since the income was derived from the […]

No TDS on discount/rebate allowed to dealers/distributors on sale of products

October 5, 2020 14481 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowance made by AO under section 40(a)(ia) for non deduction of TDS on discount/rebate allowed to dealers/distributors on sale of products was not justified as there was no element of work as defined under clause (iv) of Explanation to section 194C and AO had not brought on record any material for deduction of  TDS under section 194H that the dealers/distributors were simply acting as intermediaries to facilitate sale of products to end users so as to infer a principal–agent relationship.  

Depreciation cannot be disallowed under section 40(a)(ia)

October 5, 2020 5376 Views 0 comment Print

Wipro Limited Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Bangalore) Claim of depreciation on software- Depreciation claimed by the assessee on the amount of software capitalized was disallowed invoking provisions of section 40(a)(ia) for non-deduction of tax at source. Held, depreciation is a statutory allowance and hence it cannot be considered as expenditure. Accordingly, disallowance of depreciation cannot […]

No section 14A Disallowance if There is No Exempt Income

September 27, 2020 2661 Views 0 comment Print

Tata Sky Limited Vs. CIT (ITAT Mumbai) The issue under consideration is whether the disallowance of expenditure under section 14A is justified if there is no exempt income? In the instant case, the assessee has invested in various investments which, yield exempt income. Further, the assessee has not made suo moto disallowance of expenditure incurred […]

Outstanding Receivables are Part of Working Capital Hence No Separate Benchmarking Required for them

September 19, 2020 1896 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the addition made on imputing interest on outstanding receivable from associated enterprises as its separate international transaction and its determination of ALP is justified in law?

No disallowance of discount for Non-Deduction of TDS

September 18, 2020 1458 Views 0 comment Print

Whether disallowing expenditure in the nature of discount under section 40(a)(ia) for non-deduction of tax u/s 194J by considering it as commission is justified in law?

TDS deductible on year-end provisions debited to profit & loss account

September 10, 2020 10380 Views 0 comment Print

Tata Sky Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) Assessee made year-end provisions in respect of sale promotion, legal and professional fees, interest and programming costs. Further, these provisions were debited to the profit and loss account and not added back to the computation of total income by the assessee. Once, the assessee has claimed these expenses […]

Marketing Expense for Issuance of Handsets on Free of Cost is allowed as Business Expense

August 25, 2020 867 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the marketing expenditure incurred on account of issuance of handsets on free of cost basis is allowed as business expense or not?

ITAT remand back Matter to AO for Re-Examination of Relocation Expense & Related TDS Compliance

August 19, 2020 1968 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether disallowance of relocation expenses u/s 40(a)(i) of the Act and non granting of tax deducted at source with respect to that expense is justified in law?

Section 40(a)(ia) amendment is Curative & is Retrospective

August 17, 2020 2415 Views 0 comment Print

whether Tribunal is right in holding that amendment made to Section 40(a)(ia) by Finance Act, 2010 would apply retrospectively though the amendment is made with effect from 01.4.2010? 

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