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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


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

June 29, 2020 1137 Views 0 comment Print

A.Y. Garment International Private Ltd. Vs DCIT (Karnatka High Court) Whether the Tribunal was justified in law in holding that the amendment made by Finance Act, 2010 in the provisions of Section 40(a)(ia) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is not retrospective in operation on the facts and circumstances of the case? The issue whether the […]

Section 195 TDS applicable only when amount is chargeable to tax in the hands of recipient

June 26, 2020 2931 Views 0 comment Print

C.U.Inspections (I) Pvt. Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) Mere fact that the payment in question is not reimbursement of expenses to the holding company would not per se expose the expenditure to disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) of the Act. It has been noticed supra that the disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) is activated when there is failure on […]

Amendment to Section 40(a)(ia) restricting disallowance to 30% is retrospective

June 24, 2020 9057 Views 1 comment Print

Muradul Haque Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Finance (No.2) Act has made amendment to section 40(a)(ia) of the Act w.e.f. 01.04.2015. Various benches of the Tribunals including the Delhi Benches of the Tribunal, have held the amendment made by Finance (No 2) Act to be curative in nature. We further finds the coordinate bench of the […]

No Disallowance U/s. 40(a)(ia) if retainer-ship expense shown by recipient in their return

June 10, 2020 5775 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether A.O. is correct in disallowing the expense of retainership debited in P & L on the basis of non deduction of TDS u/s 194C when the Same was shown as salary by recipient in their Income Tax return?

Profit Enhanced due to disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) allowed for Dedcution u/s 10AA

June 3, 2020 3252 Views 0 comment Print

The disallowance of the expenditure u/s 40(a)(ia) would automatically enhance the taxable income of the assessee and the assessee is eligible for the deduction u/s 10A of the Income-tax Act on the enhanced income.

No TDS on harvesting charges paid on behalf of farmers as agent

May 29, 2020 5400 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the disallowance made u/s 40(a)(ia) of the Act for non-deduction of tax at source from the payment made towards Harvesting charges is justified in law?

In absence of Applicability of TDS, no Section 40(a)(ia) disallowance

April 17, 2020 1284 Views 0 comment Print

Section 194 C of the IT Act deals with deduction of tax at source when it comes to payment to contractors. In the present case, since neither the Assessee nor M/s. Prabhu Construction can be styled as contractors, it is obvious that the provisions of Section 194C of the IT Act were not attracted. Hence Section 194C will not be invoked in this case and therefore consequently provision of sec 40(a)(ia) would also not applicable.

TDS on Expense Provision for which no invoice been received

April 1, 2020 376402 Views 57 comments Print

One of the most disputed arguments between assessee and income tax department is that whether payments made towards specified expenditure attracts disqualification u/s 40(a) (ia) and applicability of this section to provisions made at the year end and its implications. Following are the views expressed by the author in this respect. The assessee must prepare his books of accounts following the mercantile system of accounting. The same is also followed under section 145 of the Income tax act, 1961.

Interest, Penalty, Prosecution & Other Consequences of TDS Defaults

March 28, 2020 31899 Views 5 comments Print

1. Prosecution etc. : U/s. 276B If a person deducts tax at source etc. but fails to pay the same to the credit of Central Government as prescribed, he can be sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than 3 months and extendable upon 7 years with fine as well. Moreover, u/s 276BB, similar punishment is provided for a person who fails to pay to the credit of Central Government taxes collected at source u/s. 206C being a seller of alcoholic liquor for human consumption, Tendu leaves, timber merchant, dealer in forest produce and dealer in scrap etc.

S. 40(a)(ia) Disallowance for Non Deduction & Short Deduction of TDS

March 24, 2020 1466897 Views 21 comments Print

Under section 40(a)(ia) of the Act, in case of payments made to resident, the deductor is allowed to claim deduction for payments as expenditure in the previous year of payment, if tax is deducted during the previous year and the same is paid on or before the due date specified for filing of return of income under section 139(1) of the Act.

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