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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


Second proviso to sec.40(a)(ia) of the IT Act is curative and it has retrospective effect w.e.f. 1st April, 2005

October 14, 2015 3828 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of ITO Vs Bimal Biswas, ITAT of Kolkata set aside the issue to the file of AO and directed the assessee to produce the relevant evidence in respect payees of carriage charges whether they have included the carriage receipts in the respective returns of income and paid taxes on the said income

Incomes chargeable to tax U/s. 172 cannot be subject to TDS under chapter XVII-B

September 29, 2015 10366 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Bombay HC in the case of CIT vs. Dempo and Co. P. Ltd that when the non- resident payee is assessable under special provisions contained in Sec 172 , then the payer cannot be made responsible for deducting tax at source on the payments made to non-resident.

Section 194C- Casual labourer are not sub-contractor : HC

September 29, 2015 5660 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Pr. CIT Vs. Shri Tulsi Ram Modi, HC of Rajasthan at Jaipur has held that labourer hired by the assessee employed as casual labourers could not be considered to be sub- contractor and therefore provisions of Section 194C and Section 40(a)(ia) of the Act were not applicable.

Disallowance U/s. 40(a)(ia) justified for deduction of TDS under wrong section :HC

September 22, 2015 9831 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Kerala HC in in the case of CIT vs. M/s P V S Memorial Hospital Ltd. held that deduction of TDS under a wrong section amounts to non-compliance with the provisions of Chapter XVII-B which results in applicability of section 40(a)(ia) where the payments get disallowed and action u/s 201(1).

Second Proviso to Sec 40(a)(ia) being not curative by nature does not have retrospective effect: HC

September 22, 2015 1195 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Kerala HC in the case of Thomas George Muthoot vs. CIT held that the second proviso to sec 40(a)(ia) is not curative by nature , the same is an additional remedy to provide non-disallowance in certain tax deduction default cases.

2nd proviso to sec 40(a)(ia) inserted in FA ,2012 have retrospective effect from 01-04-2005

September 20, 2015 2385 Views 0 comment Print

The High Court of New Delhi has held in case of CIT-1 Vs Ansal Landmark Township P Ltd that second proviso to sec 40(a)(ia) will have retrospective effect from 01-04-2005 which means that if the assessee had forgot to deduct the TDS on payment

TDS is to be deducted on both amount paid as well as payable Section 40(a)(ia)-HC

September 3, 2015 5276 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Shri Thomas George Muthoot vs The Commissioner of Income Tax High court has held that TDS if to be deducted by individual who required to get his accounts audited. A statutory provision

Once Labour Payments are made, clear-cut Contract exists between the parties

September 2, 2015 1000 Views 0 comment Print

The Assessee had paid a sum of Rs.9,22,160/- on account of Sewing and Processing Charges without deducting TDS on the same. The AO invoked the provisions of Section 40(a)(ia) of the Act and disallowed the entire amount paid on account of Sewing and Processing Charges.

Mere non-production of proof for dispatch of documents does not entail disallowance

August 26, 2015 1306 Views 0 comment Print

In the cited case, ITAT inter-alia held that the appellant failed to produce proof in support of dispatch of Form 15H to the CIT, this by itself does not entail any addition. It was only technical breach of law and the act provides for separate penal provisions for such default.

Only Investments in respect of which income is exempt to be considered in working of disallowance U/s. 14A

August 20, 2015 1099 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT bench of Panaji in the case of Sesa Resources Limited held that the disallowance under Sec 14A read with rule 8D can be made only in respect of investments which are earning income exempt from tax and not the total investments.

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