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 : Karnataka High Court flags catch-22 in TDS prosecution of ex-MD post-liquidation; directs Official Liquidator to act on representa...
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 : 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....
Direct Taxes Committee of ICAI has Request(s) for extension of various due dates under Income-tax Act, 1961 especially Tax Audit Reports and related returns including Income Tax Return Forms for AY 2020-21 to Chairman, Central Board of Taxes. Full text of the Representation is as follows:- Request(s) for extension of various due dates under Income-tax […]
Bangalore Turf Club Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Banglore) Assessing Officer argued that the Finance Act, 2001 has inserted the words ‘card game or other game of any sort’ in Section 194B of the Act which will even cover the “stake money” which is otherwise not covered by Section 194BB of the Act. We find that […]
BCAS has made an excellent Representation to CPC on Difficulties faced by the taxpayers alongwith their suggestions to remove the difficulties. Difficulties which BCAS bring to the attention of CPC are as follows:- Providing correct TDS credit, Satisfactory solution to be provided for grievances raised in Income-tax Portal, Demand rectified by AO not deleted by […]
Section 194O of Income-tax Act, 1961 – TDS on payment by one e-commerce operator to another e-commerce operator In order to widen and deepen the tax net by bringing participants of e-commerce within tax net, vide the Finance Act No. 12 of 2020, the Government of India has inserted a new section 194-O in the […]
From close scrutiny of Section 40(a)(i) of the Act, it is axiomatic that an amount payable towards interest, royalty, fee for technical services or other sums chargeable under this Act shall not be deducted while computing the income under the head profit and gain of business or profession on which tax is deductible at source; but such tax has not been deducted.
As per Sec 194N of the income tax act, TDS is to be made -@ 2% if the aggregate cash withdrawal/s exceeds 1 crore – where the ITR is filed for the preceding previous year. -@ 2%, where withdrawal exceeds Rs.20 lakhs but not Rs.1 crore, @ 5% where withdrawal exceeds Rs. 1 crore — […]
Intricacies on TDS payment to Land Owner by Promoter in Joint Development under Section 194IC of Income Tax Act, 1961 Rate of TDS- 10% | Threshold– Any Amount Points to Ponder ♣ There should be Joint Development Agreement (JDA) registered as mentioned U/s. 45(5A). Such agreement is termed as Specified Agreement. ♣ Applicable only in case […]
CBDT issued Income Tax Circular No. 20/2020 dated 03rd December 2020 which contains provision for TDS on Salary for the Financial Year 2020-21 under Section 192 of the Income-Tax Act, 1961. Text of the Circular is as follows:- GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES DEDUCTION OF TAX […]
Art-E-Mide Construction Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) AO noted that the assessee has paid consolidated salary (contract pay) of Rs. 8,39,960/-. Since it was shown as contractual payment made by the assessee of Rs. 8,39,960/- according to AO, Section 194C of the Act was attracted and therefore, the assessee was bound to deduct the […]
British Airways PLC Vs ITO & Ors. (Delhi High Court) The limited grievance of the petitioner raised in this petition is that the withholding tax certificate issued to the petitioner has been made effective from the date of issue and not from the beginning of the financial year i.e. 01.04.2019. For example, it is pointed […]
