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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 9027 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 153 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


Sections 194C(6) & Section 194C(7) are independent of each other

September 20, 2016 26761 Views 0 comment Print

Sections 194C(6) and Section 194C(7) are independent of each other, and cannot be read together to attract disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) read with Section 194C of the Act; and If the assessee complies with the provisions of Section 194C(6), no disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) of the Act is permissible, even there is violation of the provisions of Section 194C(7) of the Act.

Second proviso to s. 40(a)(ia) inserted by F.A. 2013 – Whether retrospective?

July 11, 2016 34031 Views 0 comment Print

In view of the second proviso to section 40(a)(ia) read with proviso to section 201(1) of the Income Tax Act no disallowance of expense u/s 40(a)(ia) can be made unless the assessee has been treated as assessee in default under S. 201(1) of the Act for its failure to deduct tax at source from the payment made on account of interest.

Tax on services rendered abroad by foreign firms to Indian CA Firm

May 20, 2016 2812 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai that payment made by M/s. BSR & Co to KPMG group professional entities based in Various Countries outside India for Services in relation to taxation matters, independent personal services, assistance in audit, taxation, information technology services, conducing background checks, etc.

Sec. 40 (a)(i) is discriminatory & not applicable to Indo-US DTAA

May 14, 2016 6547 Views 0 comment Print

Section 40 (a) (i), in providing for disallowance of a payment made to a non-resident if TDS is not deducted, is no doubt meant to be a deterrent in order to compel the resident payer to deduct TDS while making the payment.

Disallowance U/s. 40(a)(ia) not justified for Freight charges paid but not claimed as expense

May 6, 2016 4482 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee was earning booking charges for facilitating transport of goods and was merely a conduit in passing the freight to the truck owners, who were actually plying trucks, disallowance under section 40(a)(ia) was not justified because freight payment was not even claimed by assessee as an expense in its profit and loss account.

No TDS on payment to non-resident which not taxable in India

April 13, 2016 5290 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held In the case of M/s. Sesa Resources Ltd. vs. DCIT/Union of India that in the Judgment of the Division Bench in the case of Gujarat Reclaim & Rubber Products Ltd. Income Tax Appeal No.169/2014 dated 08.12.2015, it was held that before effecting deduction at source one of the aspects to be examined is whether such income is taxable in terms of the Income Tax Act.

Technical services Meaning – articulated by SC

April 10, 2016 12940 Views 0 comment Print

This topic has importance in the context of TDS u/s 195 i.e. whether such payment is to be covered under article 12 i.e. fees for technical / managerial / consultancy services [in some treaties, fees for included services or under article 7 being business receipts.

Technical services denote services for special needs of Customer: SC

April 7, 2016 4900 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that ‘technical services’ under Section 194J read with Explanation 2 to Section 9(1)(vii) of Income Tax Act, 1961 denote services to cater to the special needs of the consumer/user, rather not a facility / service offered to all.

S. 40(a)(iii): No specified period for TDS deposit in claiming salary expenses

March 11, 2016 9526 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of ANZ Grindlays Bank Ltd. vs. DCIT that absence of a provision similar to sec. 40(a) (i) does not mean that the Assessee would also be disentitled to claim deduction on account of salaries in the year to which such expenses pertained even though

100% expense disallowance for Cash Payment should go

February 21, 2016 8485 Views 1 comment Print

Previously-in contravention of this section it was provided that 20% of the expenditure will be disallowed in case payment in excess of 20000/- is made otherwise than by crossed a/c payee cheque or Draft. At present it is provided that in contravention of this provision the whole expenditure I e 100% of the expenditure will be disallowed.

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