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....
As per Income Tax Act, 1961, the definition of income do not specifically define compensation received as income. The question is whether the provisions of the Income Tax Act 1961, and more specifically, whether the compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal to the victim can be classified as a taxable income under the […]
The issue under consideration is whether the marketing expenditure incurred on account of issuance of handsets on free of cost basis is allowed as business expense or not?
List of recent changes in Direct Tax To increase liquidity in the hands of an Individual and Corporates and battle Corona Virus and reduce financial distress, the Government announced various relief measures in last one year from an Income tax perspective. Following are measures which would benefit Indian taxpayers. 1. Introduction of Section 115BAA (reduction […]
The issue under consideration is whether the architectural services provided to Singapore Entity taxable at 10% or 20% when the benefit of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) is available?
The issue under consideration is whether disallowance of relocation expenses u/s 40(a)(i) of the Act and non granting of tax deducted at source with respect to that expense is justified in law?
The provisions of section 194O are applicable to the ‘resident E commerce participators’ when they provide the provisions of service or Sale of goods through the intermediary E commerce operators who provide the digital platform/electronic platform to effectively facilitate the services of E-commerce participate.
All about TDS on Rent Meaning of Rent ‘Rent’ means any payment, by whatever name called, under any lease, sub-lease, tenancy or any other agreement or arrangement for the use of (either separately or together) any,— 1. land; or 2. building (including factory building); or 3. land appurtenant to a building (including factory building); or […]
Economic Laws Practice Vs CIT (Appeals) (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT held that for the purpose of Computation of interest on late payment of TDS under section 201(1A), the expression month is to be interpreted as period of 30 days and not British calendar. Gujarat High Court in the case of Arvind Textile Mills, considered the definition […]
ITO Vs Ajmer Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (ITAT Jaipur) Exception 10(e) to the aforesaid CBDT Circular relates to cases where addition is based on information received from external sources in the nature of law enforcement agencies such as CBI/ ED/ DRI/ SFIO/ Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI). In the instant case, the assessee has […]
Section 194N was inserted into Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) via Finance Act (No.2) 2019 which mandated that tax must be deducted at source (TDS) at the rate of 2% if cash withdrawals exceed Rupees one crore in a previous year. This section stands amended by Finance Act, 2020 which has brought in significant changes.
