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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 12672 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 147 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


Reimbursable expense cannot be disallowed for Non-deduction of TDS

May 29, 2019 3096 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs DLF Commercial Projects Corporation (Delhi High Court) Neither the provisions of section 194C nor section 194J obliges the person making the payment to deduct anything from contractual payments such as those made for reimbursement of expenses, other than what is defined as “income”. The law thus obliges only amounts which fulfil the […]

No Section 40(a)(ia) for Non TDS deduction if Payee paid tax to government

May 2, 2019 7569 Views 0 comment Print

Second proviso to section 40(a)(ia) is retrospective in nature and in such circumstances, if payee has paid tax to government account then payer cannot be held liable for non-deduction of TDS.

TDS not deductible on Payment Gateway Charges paid to Banks

May 1, 2019 35664 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs Make My Trip India Pvt. Ltd. (Delhi High Court) Central Government, by notification dated 31stDecember, 2012 has notified that no TDS shall be made on the following payments to the banks listed in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act: (i) bank guarantee commission; (ii) cash management service charges; […]

No law barring Partners to draw Remuneration from multiple Firms

April 10, 2019 3420 Views 0 comment Print

Ms. Sachi Sarees Vs ACIT (ITAT Kolkata) There is no law which prohibits a person to work in more than one partnership firms and draw remuneration therefrom. All that Section 40(b) requires is that the remuneration should be paid to a working partner and there is no prohibition either in the Income-tax Act, 1961 or […]

Retrospective amendment cannot change tax withholding liability, with retrospective effect

March 27, 2019 1710 Views 0 comment Print

Retrospective amendment in law does change tax liability in respect of an income, with retrospective effect, but it cannot change tax withholding liability, with retrospective effect.

Disallowance U/s 40(a)(ia) cannot be made for shortfall due to difference of opinion as to taxability

March 23, 2019 1794 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Morgan Stanley (I) Capital (P) Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) Conclusion: Where there was any shortfall due to any difference of opinion as to taxability of any item or nature of payments falling under various TDS provisions, assessee could be declared to be an assessee-in- default under section 201, however, no disallowance could be made […]

Section 40(a)(ia) can’t be invoked in absence of amount claimed as expenditure

March 18, 2019 3369 Views 0 comment Print

Section 40(a)(ia) can be applied only when amount sought to be disallowed has been claimed as an expenditure/deduction. In absence of the amount having been claimed as expenditure while determining the income, dis allowance would not be attracted.

No disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) on payment to film distributors u/s 40(a)(ia) if not subject to TDS

March 12, 2019 8100 Views 1 comment Print

Payment to the film distributors is not subject to TDS and therefore disallowing expense by invoking the provisions of Section 40(a)(ia) is not justified

Retrospective application of CBDT Circular clarifying no TDS to be deducted for Bank Guarantee Commission

March 9, 2019 2178 Views 0 comment Print

No disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) could be made for non deduction of TDS on bank commission / guarantee fee as CBDT vide Circular No. 56/2012 had clarified that no TDS was required to be deducted on bank guarantee commission, etc. and the same was retrospective applicable.

TDS deductible on delayed pay-in-charges payable to sharebroker for making delayed payment

February 4, 2019 4923 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Shree Ganeshaya Trading Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Delayed pay-in-charges payable by the assessee to sharebroker for making delayed payment of purchase consideration for purchase of shares is infact „interest‟ within meaning of Section 2(28A) of the 1961 Act and the assessee was required to deduct income-tax at source on such interest of […]

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