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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


Income Tax treatment of amount paid towards Software Purchase

March 18, 2020 721619 Views 21 comments Print

The question as to whether the expenditure incurred towards purchase of computer software should be treated as revenue or capital in nature. Law has been well settled since 2012, still there different treatments in industry to treat the same as revenue or capital. So through this Article, I am trying to conclude whether the amount […]

No TDS on interest for delayed payment of purchase price of goods

March 3, 2020 73984 Views 2 comments Print

Of late, in a number of cases, an issue has arisen whether tax is deductible at source, in respect of interest payable for delay in payment of purchase price of goods. There are occasions in the case of a manufacturing or trading concern where the concern is required to pay interest for delay in payment of the price of goods purchased. At times, the quantum of such interest is pretty high.

TDS: Some Practical and Procedural Issues

February 28, 2020 187383 Views 12 comments Print

Tax deduction at source is considered as a major tool to curb tax evasion and Governments have, wherever possible, introduced TDS provisions in tax laws both in direct taxation and indirect taxation. In this article the author is trying to throw light on some practical and procedural issues in Income Tax – TDS.

No Disallowance for non deduction of TDS u/s 194H /194J in absence of principal-agent relationship & technical services

February 26, 2020 3342 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowance under Section 40(a)(ia) for non deduction of TDS u/s 194H and 194J on account of trade offers amounting to INR 834,92,63,976 provided by assessee to its distributors (HCL Info systems Ltd as well as other distributors) was not justified as there was absence of a principal-agent relationship thus, benefit extended to distributors could not be treated as commission under Section 194H and also, AO had not given any reasoning or finding to the extent that there was payment for technical service liable for withholding under Section 194J.

No Section 194C TDS on reimbursement of vehicle expenses

February 24, 2020 15648 Views 0 comment Print

Where a vehicle was provided by assessee to the concerned parties and assessee was to bear the vehicle expenses actually incurred by the cab owners which will be reimbursed by the parties concerned, reimbursement of actual expenses incurred by assessee could not be treated as payment subject to TDS under section 194C.

Section 40(a)(ia) not gets attracted for lesser deduction of TDS

February 20, 2020 2403 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Chandabhoy & Jassobhoy (ITAT Mumbai) Section 40(a)(ia) can be invoked only in the event of non deduction of tax (TDS) but not for lesser deduction of tax.  Hence, this will not be the reason to disallow the expense u/s 40(a)(ia) just because of less deduction since section 40(a)(ia) can be invoked only in […]

Disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) not applicable to Short-Deduction of TDS

February 19, 2020 7788 Views 0 comment Print

Impugned disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) does not apply in a case involving short deduction of TDS. ITAT therefore go by the very reasoning and direct the Assessing Officer to delete the impugned disallowance.

No TDS on export freight to shipping agent of non-resident

February 3, 2020 24234 Views 0 comment Print

In the given case, the respondent assessee has filed its return of income for the assessment year 2013-­14. The Principal Commissioner of Income Tax invoked power of revision under Section 263 of the Act, 1961 on the ground that without deducting TDS on the export freight, the assessee company had paid export freight to Inter Ocean Shipping and Logistic Services.

No interest allowance u/s 40(a)(ia) if deductee furnished Form 15G or 15H

January 23, 2020 2073 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowance of interest paid to persons who furnished Form 15 G and Form 15 H  should not be made u/s 40a(ia) for non deduction of TDS as the requirement of filing of Form 15G and 15H with the prescribed authority viz., CIT was only procedural and that could not result in a disallowance u/s 40a(ia).

Section 44AD Presumptive Income 6% / 8% -Practical Issues

January 21, 2020 250743 Views 20 comments Print

Section 44AD in Income tax act is the presumptive income section under which prescribed percentage of turnover will be deemed as your income. Till AY 2016-17, prescribed percentage was 8%.

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