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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


Non-Compliance of TDS Provision where Payment is made to a Resident

September 8, 2018 7901 Views 0 comment Print

Section 40(a)(ia) of Income Tax Act, 1961 deals with non compliance of provision of TDS where payment is made to a Resident. 30% cent of any sum payable to a resident on account of interest, commission or brokerage, Rent, Royalty, fees for professional services or, fees fir technical services payable to a resident, or amounts payable to a contractor or sub-contractor being resident for carrying out any work on which tax is deductible at source and such tax has not been deducted or, after deduction, has not been paid on or before the due date specified in section 139(1) . Then 30% cent of any sum payable shall be disallowed.

Wrong Name on Assessment Order of non existent Company can’t be cured by section 292B

September 7, 2018 1599 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT  Vs M/s. Mahagun Realtors (P) Ltd, (ITAT Delhi) AO has passed the assessment order u/s 153A of the Act in case of Mahagun Realtors Pvt. Ltd (represented by Mahagun India Pvt. Ltd after amalgamation) despite the fact that the above company has merged with Mahagun India Pvt. Ltd by the order of the Hon’ble […]

TDS not deductible on reimbursement of expenses under Income Tax Law

August 31, 2018 4938 Views 0 comment Print

Klaus Multiparking System Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Pune) As per bills raised by ‘S’ assessee had merely reimbursed octroi charges in addition to payment of transportation charges to said ‘S’. It was not requirement of law to deduct tax at source out of reimbursement of expenses, therefore, assessee could not be held to be […]

No TDS on Soft Purchased and capitalised in books required to be made

August 29, 2018 3648 Views 0 comment Print

Vogue Vestures Pvt. Ltd. Vs Dy. CIT (ITAT Bangalore)  This issue was now covered by the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the case of CIT v. Mark Auto Industries Ltd (2013) 358 ITR 43 (P&H). wherein the High court held that in absence of any requirements in law for making deduction of […]

TDS not deductible on payments on behalf of clients as C&F Agent

August 28, 2018 22041 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. KGL Network (P) Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Assessee-company made payments on behalf of its clients as Clearing and Forwarding (C&F)Agent which were reimbursed to the assessee-company. The  assessee-company did not make claim of deduction in the P & L A/c. Similar claim of assessee-company has been allowed in earlier and subsequent year, therefore, rule […]

No TDS required to be deducted U/s 194H on bank guarantee commission

August 24, 2018 1365 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT had held that there is no principal-agent relationship between the bank issuing the bank guaranee of the assessee. The ITAT Mumbai Bench had further noted that while it is termed as |guarantee commission|, the same is not in the nature of commission

Disallowance on account of Non-deduction of TDS – Section 40(a)(ia)

August 23, 2018 234027 Views 0 comment Print

The provisions of Section 40(a)(ia) of the Act were brought on Statute by Finance Act 2004, w.e.f. 01.04.2005, i.e the same is applicable for assessment year 2005-06 and subsequent assessment years.

No TDS on export commission to non-residents for services rendered outside India

August 17, 2018 12057 Views 0 comment Print

Where payment of commission on exports to non-resident was not taxable in India due to services rendered outside India, the same was not subject to TDS under section 195.

Disallowance U/s. 40(a)(i) on commission to foreign agents paid outside India

August 10, 2018 1668 Views 0 comment Print

Eaton Industrial Systems (P) Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) Where assessee-company paid sales commission foreign of agents for securing export orders from the buyers abroad the services were not rendered by such foreign agents in India, and no part of the said income had arisen in India, therefore, TDS was not required to be deductible […]

Payment for delayed allotment of plot of land cannot be construed as ‘interest’

August 9, 2018 8016 Views 0 comment Print

The issue which falls for decision therefore is whether payment for delayed allotment of a plot of land by the Housing Board to an allottee will fall under the definition of ‘interest’ under section 2 (28A) of the Act.

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