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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


TDS not deductible on Payments to banks for utilization of credit card facilities are in

February 14, 2014 5646 Views 0 comment Print

The issue is as to whether the payment in question can be termed as commission paid for rendering services by the bank to the assessee for the recovery of the bill amount and so, whether TDS was deductible thereon u/s 194H and whether non-compliance thereof has rightly resulted

SC dismisses SLP – Disallowance of reimbursement of expenses to agents U/s. 40(a)(ia)

February 9, 2014 7333 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court (SC) dismisses Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the case of CIT Vs. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Ltd. filed against decision of Gujarat High Court which upheld the order of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal holding

No disallowance U/s. 40(a)(i) on payment to non residents where "deduction neutrality non-discrimination" violated

February 6, 2014 1883 Views 0 comment Print

The issue is covered against the revenue by the Special Bench decision in Rajeev Sureshbahi Gajwani’s case (supra) and this decision binds this division bench. The theory of differentiation vs discrimination was relevant, relevant if it was, only for the India US tax treaty

Discounting charges of Bill of Exchange or factoring charges of sale cannot be termed as interest for TDS U/s. 194A

February 3, 2014 18967 Views 0 comment Print

Interest is a term relating to a pre-existing debt, which implies a debtor creditor relationship. According to us, unpaid consideration gives rise to a lien over goods sold and not for money lent. This interpretation of ours is supported by the decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court

Amendment to Section 40(a)(ia) is retrospective in nature

January 5, 2014 5800 Views 0 comment Print

High Court placed reliance on same bench ruling in CIT vs. Rajinder Kumar (ITA No. 65/2013) wherein it was held that “the amended Section 40(a)(ia) expands and further liberalises the statute when it stipulates that deductions made in the first eleven months of the previous year

Section 40(a)(ia) applies only to those amounts ‘payable’ and not to those amounts ‘paid’

December 19, 2013 941 Views 0 comment Print

Since there is variation of decisions on ‘paid’ and ‘payable’ issue in view of the fact that the hon’ble Calcutta high court and Gujarat high court have decided the question in favour of the Revenue and the hon’ble Allahabad high court in the case of CIT vs M/s Vector shipping Services (P) Ltd has proceeded in favour of the assessee, the case law of hon’ble supreme court in the case of CIT vs Vegetable Products Ltd., 88 ITR 192 would apply so as to decide the issue in assessee’s favour.

Ratio decidendi of a judgment prevails upo the contrary obiter dicta of another judgment

December 17, 2013 1999 Views 0 comment Print

Having heard the rival submissions and perused the relevant material on record, there is no dispute in principle that the amount is otherwise disallowable on merits as has been accepted by the ld. AR in response to the second ground of the Revenue’s appeal.

CBDT circular on Section 40(a)(ia)-TDS Disallowance

December 16, 2013 21473 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 10/DV/2013-Income Tax It has been brought to the notice of the Board that there are conflicting interpretations by judicial authorities regarding the applicability of the provisions of section 40(a)(ia) of the Income-tax Act,

TDS deductible despite non claim of related expenditure

November 13, 2013 1538 Views 0 comment Print

Provisions of sec. 40(a)(ia) do not provide for absolute disallowance as in the case of say, sec. 40A(3) of the Act. The amount disallowed u/s 40(a)(ia) in one year can be claimed as deduction in the year in which the TDS provisions are complied with.

Taxation of fees for technical services u/s 9(1)(vii) & disallowance u/s 40(a)(i) for failure to deduct TDS

November 8, 2013 24010 Views 0 comment Print

Issue – Disallowance of Rs 52,07,883, in respect of leather testing charges paid to TUV Product Und Umwelt GmbH – a tax resident of Germany, under section 40(a)(i) of the Act, on the ground that the assessee failed to discharge his tax withholding obligations in respect of the same.

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