Follow Us:

section 43B

Latest Articles


Budget 2026 simplifies Rule for Due Date for Deposit Employee Contributions

Income Tax : The Central Government, in the Union Budget 2026, has proposed an important amendment concerning employee welfare funds. The objec...

March 10, 2026 1773 Views 0 comment Print

Section 43B(h) of Income Tax Act: Law, Intention, Practical Application & Loopholes

Income Tax : 2023 Income Tax change (Sec 43B(h)) mandates that deductions for payments to Micro and Small Enterprises are allowed only when pai...

September 25, 2025 1860 Views 0 comment Print

PF/ESI Deduction Denied for Late Deposit, Allowed for Holiday – 143(1) Adjustment Upheld

Income Tax : Delhi High Court upholds disallowance of delayed PF/ESI contributions under Section 143(1), but permits deductions when the due da...

September 14, 2025 1503 Views 0 comment Print

A Practical Guide to Tax Audit under Section 44AB for Trader Assessees – AY 2025–26

Income Tax : Practical guide to tax audit under Section 44AB for trader assessees, covering groundwork, data analysis, compliance checks, and f...

September 11, 2025 3231 Views 0 comment Print

MSME Changes as per Income Tax Act,1961 and MSMED Act, 2006

Income Tax : Understand Section 43B(h) of the Income Tax Act, MSME classification, payment timelines, tax disallowance, interest on delays, and...

March 31, 2025 9231 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Concerns on Corporate Tax, MSME Deductions, GST Rates

CA, CS, CMA : Explore recent updates on corporate tax rates, MSME concerns over tax deductions, and GST rates for shawls as addressed in Lok Sab...

August 5, 2024 600 Views 0 comment Print

Urgent Request for Amendment to Section 43(B)(h) for MSMEs

Income Tax : Punjab Accountants Association urges Finance Minister to amend Section 43(B)(h) for MSMEs, proposing better payment timelines and ...

July 27, 2024 11589 Views 0 comment Print

Representation against Proposed Amendment In Section 43B of Income Tax

Income Tax : Discover how proposed amendment in Section 43B of Income Tax Act, 1961, affects MSMEs. Learn about potential challenges and sugges...

June 11, 2024 5532 Views 0 comment Print

Live Course on Section 43B(h) by CA Manoj Lamba – Last Few Hours to register

Income Tax : Live Webinar with Book on Section 43B(h) (Financial Fitness) on 10th May 2024, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. CA Manoj Lamba will break down ...

May 10, 2024 10761 Views 1 comment Print

Message to Micro and Small Enterprise/Suppliers (Manufacturing) – Section 43B(h)

Income Tax : Explore how the new 43 B (h) clause of the IT Act impacts Kerala Textiles and Garments Dealers Welfare Association and their appea...

February 12, 2024 1089 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Income Tax Section 143(1) Adjustments Without Opportunity of Hearing Unsustainable

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that adjustments made without issuing prior notice to the assessee violate the mandatory proviso to Section 143(...

April 14, 2026 273 Views 0 comment Print

Section 43B Not Applicable as Electricity Duty Is Not Assessee’s Liability: P&H HC

Income Tax : The Court held that electricity duty collected by a licensee is not its own liability but that of consumers. As a result, Section ...

April 14, 2026 348 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai Allows Actuarial Provisions for Employee Benefit Schemes; Deletes Major Disallowances on Expense Provisions

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai rules actuarial provisions for employee benefit schemes are allowable under Section 37(1) as ascertained liabilities, ...

April 13, 2026 123 Views 0 comment Print

Higher Depreciation Allowed on UPS as Integral Part of Computer: Delhi HC

Income Tax : The Court dismissed the appeal after finding that all issues were already settled by earlier rulings. It held that no new question...

April 10, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 Revision Invalid as PCIT Acted Without Independent Application of Mind

Income Tax : The court held that revision under section 263 requires independent satisfaction by the PCIT. Acting merely on the Assessing Offic...

April 3, 2026 378 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT notifies Interest on Loan to NBFCs under Section 43B(da) of Income Tax Act

Income Tax : Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has recently issued a crucial notification concerning the payment of interest on loans to Non...

September 22, 2023 7878 Views 0 comment Print

MSMEs vs. Traders: Understanding Delayed Payment Benefits

Corporate Law : Explore how the recent policy update impacts MSMEs and traders regarding delayed payment benefits under the MSMED Act, 2006. Insig...

September 1, 2021 4821 Views 0 comment Print

Chapter VIA deduction on enhanced profits after disallowance eligible

Income Tax : Disallowances made under sections 32, 40(a)(ia), 40A(3), 43B, etc. of the Act and other specific disallowances, related to the bus...

November 2, 2016 6973 Views 0 comment Print

Section 43B: CBDT clarifies Due date for payment of Employee Provident fund

Income Tax : Income Tax Circular No. 22/2015 W.c.f. 1.4.1988, the settled position is that if the assessee deposits any sum payable by it by wa...

December 17, 2015 60760 Views 0 comment Print

The liability to pay sales tax by instalments cannot be treated to be beyond the provisions of section 43B of the Act

Income Tax : Whether the liability has been deferred or not has to be considered not from the simplistic point of the term 'defer' but in conte...

July 9, 2010 2156 Views 0 comment Print


No Service Tax Disallowance if same not forms part of Turnover- Section 43B

October 1, 2019 10773 Views 0 comment Print

 Assessee not having routed service tax amount through profit and loss account, there was no question of making disallowance under section 43B on account of delayed payment of service-tax.

Capital Gain u/s 50B applicable on sale of undertaking which covers Depreciable Assets forming part of Industrial Undertaking

June 28, 2019 4587 Views 0 comment Print

whether sale of industrial unit as a whole as a continuing business with land, building, plant, machinery and all equipment as a going business with assets and liabilities taxable under section 50B as slump sale or not?

S. 43B Conversion of outstanding interest into loan not amount to payment

May 27, 2019 7227 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs. M/s Gujarat Cypromet Ltd. (Supreme Court of India) The conversion of outstanding interest into loan does not amount to actual payment of the interest in order to qualify for deduction in view of the retrospective insertion of Explanation 3C to Section 43B of Income Tax Act, 1961. FULL TEXT OF THE SUPREME COURT […]

Disallowance of Contribution of PF, ESIC etc u/s 36(1)(va) – A Comparative Study between Section 36(1)(va) Vs. Section 43-B

May 11, 2019 595626 Views 22 comments Print

Section 36(1)(va) Vs. Section 43-B If the assessee fails to deposit the PF, ESIC etc Contribution before the due dates as per the respective Acts. Effect of Section 43B on unpaid liability towards contributions to any provident fund or superannuation fund or any fund set up under the provisions of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, […]

Employee’s contribution for PF/ESI before due date of filing return of income is allowable expense

May 11, 2019 55341 Views 0 comment Print

It is commonly seen that the assessees who have filed Income Tax Return along with Tax Audit Report are receiving notices from the Income Tax Department for making adjustment on the ground that payment of the employee’s contribution to specified funds made beyond the due date specified in the respective law and therefore would attract […]

Customary bonus not attract provision of section 36(1)(ii)

April 3, 2019 12228 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs. M/s. Enam Securities Pvt. Ltd (ITAT Mumbai) it is duly noted that the assessee has submitted that the outstanding bonus was customary bonus and not filing u/s. 36(1)(ii) to come under the ambit of disallowance u/s. 43B(C). The assessee has quoted several case laws for the proposition that the customary bonus do not […]

Employer/employees/contribution towards PF before due date of filing of return U/s. 139(1) allowable

March 26, 2019 4650 Views 0 comment Print

A.T.E. Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (Bombay High Court) In this case, admittedly, the payments have been made beyond the due date as prescribed in the relevant Act, under which the aforesaid payments have been made. However, it is also undisputed that the payments have been made before the due date for fling the return of […]

Section 43B does not contemplate liability to pay service tax before actual receipt

March 21, 2019 1407 Views 1 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs Tops Security Ltd. (Bombay High Court) Section 43B does not contemplate liability to pay service tax before actual receipt of the funds in the account of the assessee. Hence the liability to pay service tax into the Treasury will arise only upon the assessee receiving the funds and not otherwise. Thus the […]

Applicability of amended Section 43B on employees contribution to PF

March 12, 2019 5421 Views 0 comment Print

Since both the employee’s and employer’s contribution to Provident Fund was covered under the amended provision of section 43B, therefore Employees contribution to Provident fund (EPF), beyond the due date stipulated under the Provident Fund Act but before the due date of filing return of income under section 139(1) could not be disallowed by invoking section 43B of Income Tax Act, 1961.

Delayed ESIC and PF payment before filing of IT Return allowable

February 20, 2019 7530 Views 0 comment Print

Ifthe employees’ share of contribution is paid before the due date of filing the return u/s 139(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 then no disallowance can be made.

Search Post by Date
April 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930