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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 1257 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 9024 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 12669 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 11850 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 2589 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 151323 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 1137 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 80-IA Deduction Upheld as Market Value Must Be Based on Electricity Board Consumer Rates

Income Tax : The Delhi High Court held that the issues raised by the Revenue were either covered by binding precedents or based on factual find...

July 1, 2026 108 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai Restricts Section 14A Disallowance as It Cannot Exceed Exempt Income

Income Tax : The Tribunal restricted the Section 14A disallowance to exempt income and deleted additions relating to bad debts, tea and coffee ...

June 28, 2026 225 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 40(a)(ia) Disallowance as Payments Stayed Below TDS Threshold

Income Tax : The ITAT Chandigarh held that no TDS was deductible where professional fees paid to each payee were below the statutory threshold....

June 28, 2026 144 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Allows Mine Development Expenditure as Revenue Expense; Deletes Double Addition

Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT held that mine development expenditure incurred by a mining contractor was allowable as a revenue deduction under S...

June 24, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows Gratuity Deduction as Contribution Was Made to Approved Gratuity Fund

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that an adjustment against excess contributions already made to an approved gratuity fund could not be disallo...

June 23, 2026 309 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 5610 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 15305 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 21641 Views 0 comment Print


No section 14A Disallowance if There is No Exempt Income

September 27, 2020 2709 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 1953 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 1524 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 10449 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 918 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 2013 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 2454 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? 

Amendment to Section 40(a)(ia) by Finance Act 2010 was retrospective

August 12, 2020 1215 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs Archean Granites Private Ltd. (Madras High Court) The purpose of the amendment made by the Finance Act, 2010 is to solve the anomalies that the insertion of section 40(a)(ia) was causing to the bona fide tax payer. The amendment, even if not given operation retrospectively, may not materially be of consequence to the […]

TDS default on Payment of any Nature other Then Salary, to A Non-Resident / Foreign Company

August 8, 2020 41757 Views 2 comments Print

In this article, I am going to have a discussion on Section 40(a)(i) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Which deals with disallowance of certain business expenditure in case of TDS default is made by the Payer at the time of making payments to a non-resident or foreign company.

Supreme Court Judgment on Disallowance under Section 40(a)(ia)

August 5, 2020 17016 Views 1 comment Print

Shree Choudhary Transport Company Vs ITO (Supreme Court) 1. As to whether Section 194C of the Act does not apply to the present case? Whether the appellant had specific and identified trucks on its rolls or had been picking them up on freelance basis, the legal effect on the status of parties had been the […]

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