Income Tax : The new rules replace old form numbers with a structured sequence across categories. The update simplifies compliance and improves...
Income Tax : Tax authorities are increasingly questioning decision logic behind TDS deductions. The lack of recorded reasoning in ERPs makes co...
Income Tax : The new law replaces the 1961 Act without introducing new taxes or changing tax policy. It simplifies provisions, reduces complexi...
Income Tax : The case highlights that TDS applies to multiple income categories including salary, interest, and contracts. It reiterates that f...
Income Tax : The 30% Disallowance Trap in Section 35(b) of the Income Tax Act, 2025: When a Wrong TDS Payment Code Under Section 393 Triggers F...
Income Tax : Income Tax India, through its X account post dated 30.03.2026, has clarified the applicability of tax deduction at source (TDS) on...
Income Tax : Rule 219 prescribes Forms 138, 140, 142–144, fixed quarterly due dates, special challan-cum-statements for specified transaction...
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...
Income Tax : Stakeholder-wise and thematic overview of Budget 2026 tax reform proposals covering farmers, MSMEs, corporates, NRIs, exporters, a...
Income Tax : The C&AG’s audits ensure proper assessment, collection, and allocation of direct taxes, identifying evasion risks and improving ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that consultancy payments for architectural services were not FTS since no technical knowledge was made availabl...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that TDS credit must be granted in the year in which the related income is assessed, even if it is not reflected...
Income Tax : Expenses incurred for a proposed business project later abandoned were allowed as revenue expenditure. The Tribunal held that such...
Income Tax : The case examines whether estimated expense disallowances can be made without rejecting books of account. ITAT held such additions...
Income Tax : ITAT held that interest earned on bank deposits is taxable and not covered by the principle of mutuality. The ruling confirms that...
Income Tax : The new tax regime introduces Form 121 as a single declaration replacing Forms 15G and 15H. It simplifies TDS exemption compliance...
Income Tax : The Finance Act, 2026 prescribes income-tax rates, surcharge, and cess for the assessment year 2026–27. It establishes the legal...
Income Tax : The notification requires payers to generate UINs and file quarterly details of declarations even where no tax is deducted. It enh...
Income Tax : The issue involved delay in issuing TDS certificates due to technical issues. The Board extended the deadline to provide relief. T...
Goods and Services Tax : The advisory explains that registrations will be automatically suspended if bank account details are not furnished within 30 days....
The Hon’ble Calcutta High Court in the matter Apeejay Tea Ltd. Anr. Vs Union of India & Ors. (Calcutta High Court) has given an interim order dated 08th July, 2021 regarding restraining the respondent’s authorities concerned from deducting tax on source on the basis of the aforesaid provisions of Section 194N till 30th September, 2021. It […]
Section 194LBB: Investment fund paying an income to a unit holder [other than income which is exempt under Section 10(23FBB)] When is the tax to be deducted under section 194LBB? The tax shall be deducted at the time of payment or credit whichever is earlier. Rate of TDS under section 194LBB (a) Where such income […]
Understand the format of declaration for filing income tax returns for the last two years, as required by the Income Tax Act.
Recent CBDT circular on Section 206C(1H) and Section 194Q has created more confusion. There are still anomalies. I have tried to collect all Problems related to drafting of these sections & Problems related to implementing Section 206C(1H) & Section 194Q. Also check suggestions. I have suggested 3 measures which can streamline section 194Q and section […]
Section 194Q- Deduction of TDS on Purchase of Goods The government has introduced Section 194Q in the Income Tax Act, 1961 vide the Finance Act, 2021. The intent of the government to bring this provision is to establish the trail of high value of transaction of sale and purchase of goods. There are various other provision which […]
Carraro India Private Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) It is seen that the assessee paid commission of Rs.58.65 lakh to overseas agents for export orders obtained by them in overseas territories. Section 195 mandates the deduction of tax at source from any sum paid by the assessee which is ‘chargeable under the provisions of this […]
DCIT Vs Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Hospital & Research Centre (ITAT Mumbai) Going by the factual matrix as enumerated in the preceding paragraphs, it could be noted that the terms of arrangement with consultant Doctors was different from employee-doctors. The consultant doctors were paid based on the services rendered by them and on the basis of doctors’ […]
As anticipated, the Apex body CBDT has come up with a Clarificatory Circular No. 13 of 2021 bearing folio no. 370142/26/2021-TPL, containing clarificatory guidelines on newly inserted provisions concerning applicability of TDS on Purchase of Goods u/s 194Q of the Income Tax Act. In this Taxalogue, all the significant clarifications/guidelines as contained in the captioned […]
Nirmal Rani Provincial House Vs. Union of India (Kerala High Court) Facts: 1. The appellants submitted that the salaries received by the nuns and priests and made over to the religious congregations were not chargeable to income tax, and tax was never deducted at source from the salaries paid to them. They relied upon circulars […]
Autodesk Asia Pte Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Bengalore) The assessee is a Singapore based company, a subsidiary of Autodesk US and the headquarters for Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. It is engaged in the business of manufacturing, designing and supporting computer software and related Autodesk products in the APAC region. It performs or manages activities related to […]
