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....
In this article, I am going to have a discussion on Section 40(a)(i) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Which deals with disallowance of certain business expenditure in case of TDS default is made by the Payer at the time of making payments to a non-resident or foreign company.
o Employer Employee Relationship exist between a partnership firm and partners so TDS is not required to be deducted on Partner’s Remuneration.
Shree Choudhary Transport Company Vs ITO (Supreme Court) 1. As to whether Section 194C of the Act does not apply to the present case? Whether the appellant had specific and identified trucks on its rolls or had been picking them up on freelance basis, the legal effect on the status of parties had been the […]
Most of the people who were happy and proud with their achievement of buying their own house in the recent past are now sleepless, thanks to the provision, called Section 194-IA of the Income Tax Act 1961.
Due to Covid-19, CBDT has reduced the TDS/TCS rate by 25% through press release dated 13/05/2020. However, No official notification is being released by CBDT till now for reduction of TDS/TSC rate. On detailed analysis, I come to know that CBDT has reduced the TDS/TCS rate in most of cases but not in all cases […]
Section 194N Payment of certain amounts in cash. As per section 194N of IT Act, Every person being the bank, Cooperative society engaged in banking business and post office is required to deduct TDS at 2% when they make cash payment of Exceeding Rs. 1 Crore to any person during the previous year. However the […]
1. Background: Finance Act 2020, has reduced withholding tax rates for fees for technical services under Section 194J of the Act to 2 percent from the existing rate of 10 percent. Memorandum to Finance Bill 2020, clarified that this amendment is introduced to reduce existing litigation on account of classification of services under section 194J […]
As we all are aware that the TDS return process will consider as incomplete until the Valid TDS certificate has been issued by the deductor. Now if we focus on the word Valid TDS Certificate, it means Form 16/ Form 16A issued by authenticated authority. As on the current date the TRACES have the authorisation […]
Section 194O of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (Act), introduced by the Finance Act, 2020, effective from October 1, 2020 mandates the following, which warrants a definite relook into the provisions for appropriate amendments/deletions thereof :-
The issue under consideration is whether the provisions of deduction of tax at source (TDS) would be applicable in case of payments made to non-resident Indian for the purchase of raw materials?
