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175 Legal Compliances and Legal Updates for July-2026 in India

CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive guide covering 175 legal compliances for July 2026 under FEMA, Income Tax, GST, SEBI, Companies Act, Labour Laws, ...

July 6, 2026 54903 Views 2 comments Print

Income Tax Benefits to Residents & Indian Companies

Income Tax : This guide explains the exclusive tax benefits, deductions, exemptions, concessional tax regimes, and compliance relief available ...

July 3, 2026 53199 Views 2 comments Print

Lower & Nil Withholding Under Income Tax Act 2025: Section 395 Certificate & Section 393(6) Declaration

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act, 2025 replaces old TDS/TCS provisions with Section 395 and Form 128 while retaining the existing mechanism for ...

July 2, 2026 2337 Views 0 comment Print

July 2026 Tax Compliance Deadlines for Income Tax and GST

CA, CS, CMA : A complete guide to the major Income Tax and GST compliance deadlines falling in July 2026, including ITR filing, TDS/TCS, GST ret...

June 27, 2026 252687 Views 5 comments Print

Income-tax Act 2025: New TDS and TCS Forms Every Deductor Must Know

Income Tax : From 1 April 2026, TDS and TCS compliance shifts to new form numbers and section references under the Income-tax Act, 2025. Busine...

June 25, 2026 1419 Views 0 comment Print


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Draft Income Tax Rule 219: Statement of TDS or TCS U/s. 397(3)(b)

Income Tax : Rule 219 prescribes Forms 138, 140, 142–144, fixed quarterly due dates, special challan-cum-statements for specified transaction...

March 2, 2026 867 Views 0 comment Print

Draft Income Tax Rule 212, 213 – Buyer Declaration for No TCS u/s 394(2); Application for Lower/Nil TDS or TCS Certificate

Income Tax : Rules 212–213 introduce Form 127 for buyer declarations to avoid TCS and Form 128 for obtaining lower or nil TDS/TCS certificate...

March 2, 2026 1572 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2026 Tax Reform Proposals: Stakeholder Impact & Key Policy Themes

Income Tax : Stakeholder-wise and thematic overview of Budget 2026 tax reform proposals covering farmers, MSMEs, corporates, NRIs, exporters, a...

February 1, 2026 783 Views 0 comment Print

CAG Compendium on Impact of Audit on Income Tax & GST Administration

Income Tax : The C&AG’s audits ensure proper assessment, collection, and allocation of direct taxes, identifying evasion risks and improving ...

November 27, 2025 1578 Views 0 comment Print

Restrictions pertaining to filing of Correction TDS/TCS Statements

Income Tax : Learn about new rules restricting TDS/TCS correction statements under Income-tax Act Section 200(3) from April 2025. Key dates and...

March 23, 2025 11985 Views 2 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


No TCS on Illegal Mining Compounding Fees Under Section 206C(1C): SC

Income Tax : The Chhattisgarh High Court held that TCS under Section 206C(1C) cannot be collected on compounding fees recovered from illegal mi...

May 20, 2026 780 Views 0 comment Print

TCS Cannot Be Collected on Illegal Mining Compounding Fees: Chhattisgarh HC

Income Tax : The Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that TCS under Section 206C(1C) applies only to lease holders, licence holders, or persons grant...

May 20, 2026 777 Views 0 comment Print

No TCS on Compounding Fees as Illegal Mining Lacks Legal Contract or Licence: SC

Income Tax : The Supreme Court upheld that Section 206C(1C) applies only to lawful mining arrangements involving lease or licence. It ruled tha...

April 6, 2026 720 Views 0 comment Print

TCS Cannot Be Extended to Illegal Mining Cases Due to Absence of Transfer of Rights: Chhattisgarh HC

Income Tax : The High Court held that Section 206C(1C) applies only to lawful mining arrangements involving lease or licence. It ruled that com...

April 6, 2026 687 Views 0 comment Print

SC Upholds HC Ruling That TCS Cannot Apply to Compounding Fees in Illegal Mining Cases

Income Tax : The Supreme Court declined to interfere with a High Court ruling that TCS under Section 206C(1C) does not apply to compounding fin...

March 15, 2026 456 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Finance Act 2026

Income Tax : The Finance Act, 2026 prescribes income-tax rates, surcharge, and cess for the assessment year 2026–27. It establishes the legal...

March 30, 2026 5046 Views 0 comment Print

Auto Suspension of GST Registration due to Non-Furnishing of Bank Account

Goods and Services Tax : The advisory explains that registrations will be automatically suspended if bank account details are not furnished within 30 days....

December 5, 2025 12153 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Relaxes TDS/TCS for PAN-Aadhaar Linking

Income Tax : CBDT Circular 9/2025 offers partial relief for higher TDS/TCS on inoperative PANs, extending compliance deadlines for taxpayers wh...

July 21, 2025 28584 Views 2 comments Print

CBDT notifies 10 new items on which TCS needs to be collected

Income Tax : The Central Board of Direct Taxes notifies tax collection at source on the sale of certain goods exceeding 竄ケ10 lakh, effectiv...

April 22, 2025 21972 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT amends form No. 27EQ and added 10 new items for TCS Reporting

Income Tax : Latest income tax rule changes effective April 2025. Form 27EQ updated with new categories for tax collection at source on various...

April 22, 2025 3771 Views 0 comment Print


Liability to TCS arises even in the absence of written contract

September 20, 2012 3051 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee, submitted that though auction was held of parking lots, but no contract was executed in terms of auction and the contractors did not sign any contract and continued to charge parking charges. Therefore, the provisions of section 206C(1C) would not apply to the case and further for applicability of these provisions, the contract should also be registered.

Procedure for download and merging of split TDS/TCS statement

May 27, 2012 10936 Views 0 comment Print

Procedure for Download of File Merge Utility (in case file is split) and Merging Split Quarterly Consolidated TDS/TCS statement. A. Procedure for Download of File Merging Utility 1) Download ‘File Merge Utility’ from TIN website (www.tin-nsdl.com ) under the option ‘TAN Registration’ in download section. FMU can be downloaded at the desired location for example desktop (see Fig 1.1 below).

An Overview of e-TDS & e-TCS

May 19, 2012 10524 Views 0 comment Print

TCS means collection of tax at source by the seller (collector) from the buyer (collectee/payee) of the goods (specified u/s 206C of Income-tax Act, 1961, like timber obtained under forest lease, scrap, any other forest produce not being timber or tendu leaves etc.,). For e.g. if purchase value of goods is Rs.10,000/-, the buyer will pay an amount of Rs.10,000/- + X (X being the value of TCS as prescribed under Income-tax Act, 1961) to the seller. The seller will deposit the tax collected at source (TCS) at any of the designated branches of the authorised banks.

Analysis of Budget 2012 proposals, Changes & effects

May 8, 2012 4152 Views 0 comment Print

In the budget 2012, our Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee announced a series of proposals which intended to check tax evasion, improve tax compliance and tax collection. The most important among these proposals are: GAAR, TDS on immovable property purchases, Excise duty on gold jewellery etc. Today in the Budget bill discussion in the Parliament, the Finance Minister amended some of the proposals that he announced in the budget day. Here is a synopsis of the original proposals, the changes and the effects of such changes.

No TCS on Cash purchase of Jewellery upto Rs. 5 lakhs

May 8, 2012 7457 Views 0 comment Print

To curb the flow of unaccounted money in the bullion & jewellery trade, the Finance Bill proposes the collection of tax at source (TCS) by the seller at the rate of 1 per cent of the sale amount from the buyer for all cash transactions exceeding Rs.2 lakh. Responding to the representations made by the jewellery industry that this would cause undue hardship, I propose to raise the threshold limit for TCS on cash purchases of jewellery to Rs.5 lakh from the present Rs.2 lakh. The threshold limit for TCS on cash purchase of bullion shall be retained at Rs.2 lakh. However, it is being clarified that bullion will not include any coin or other article weighing 10 gms or less.

TCS on transactions of jewellery, bullion, coal, lignite, iron ore

March 19, 2012 14839 Views 1 comment Print

It is proposed that TCS provisions shall be made applicable on sale of minerals being coal or lignite or iron ore at the rate of 1%. In other words, seller of minerals being coal or lignite or iron ore shall be required to collect TCS @1% at the time of debiting the amount receivable from the buyer or at the time of receipt of such amount from the said buyer in cash or by the issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier

TCS on sale of Coal, Lignite, Iron ore

March 16, 2012 103483 Views 27 comments Print

In order to collect tax at the earliest point of time and also to improve reporting mechanism of transactions in mining sector, it is proposed that tax at the rate of 1% shall be collected by the seller from the buyer of the following minerals: (a) Coal; (b) Lignite; and (c) Iron ore.

TCS on cash sale of bullion and jewellery

March 16, 2012 5889 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Collection at Source (TCS) on cash sale of bullion and jewellery – Under the existing provisions of the Income-tax Act, tax is required to be collected at source by the seller at the specified rate on certain goods like alcoholic liquor, tendu leaves, scrap etc. at the time of sale.

Tds / TCS Rates for FY 2011-12 / AY 2012-13

March 13, 2012 241118 Views 0 comment Print

Tds Rates for financial year 2011-12 and assessment year 2012-13 – The Rate Chart for the Financial Year 2011-12 i.e. Assessment Year 2012-13 is tabulated below. TDS Rates for the Financial Year 2010-11 is also same.

Dos and Dont's for Depositing TDS / TCS

December 6, 2011 7658 Views 0 comment Print

Dos Use challan type 281 for deposit of TDS/TCS amount. Deductor should quote correct TAN, full name, address and current A.Y. on each challan. Deductor should use separate challan for different nature of payments quoting correct nature of payment code and also for different type of deductee.

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