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 issue under consideration is whether the Ao is correct in levying penalty u/s 271C for failure to deduct tax at source u/s 194C on payment of external development work charges (EDC)?
CBDT clarifies that three Section 194N exemption notifications shall be deemed to be issued under fourth proviso to section 194N as amended by the FA, 2020.
Keshav Industries Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO-TDS (ITAT Indore) Amendment dated 01.06.2015 in Section 200A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is prospective in nature and cannot be applied retrospectively to previous TDS instances The ITAT Indore in Rajendra Prasad Tiwari (through Aakash Tiwari) Vs. Income Tax Department, had on 14/07/2020 brought a landmark finding on retrospective […]
Tax Deducted at Source Section 51 of CGST Act (1) As per section 51 of the CGST Act Tds will be deducted by the deductor (person who is the recipient of goods or services or both) while paying or credited the amount to the deductee ( person who is supplying the goods or services or […]
INTRODUCTION: With effect from 14th May 2020, government has reduced Tax deduction at source (TDS) and tax collection rates (TCS) rates for interest, dividend, professional fees, rent payments and other non-salaried payments by 25%. These rates shall be effective from May 14th, 2020 and remain effective till the end of financial year i.e. March 2021. […]
Deposit of Tax deducted and Demand for TDS Defaults with respect to Purchase of Immovable Property (26QB Statement-cum-challan) Here is a important tips, for the convenience of Taxpayers, who have executed any transaction for Purchase of Immovable Property exceeding Rs. 50 Lakhs (Rupees Fifty Lakhs). Please take note of the following key details for Payments […]
Earlier, Rent paid in India was covered under section 194-I which covered Individuals and HUF who are liable to get their accounts audited under the Income-tax Act. This section left a huge portion of rent prayers uncovered as not everyone became liable for Audit. To cover this portion, A new section 194-IB was inserted through […]
A. Existing Provisions relating to dividend taxation: (i) Tax implication in the hands of company: Under the existing laws, even though dividend constituted income in the hands of the shareholders, the tax on such dividend was payable by the company which declared dividend, @ 15% of the gross dividend under section 115-O (plus surcharge and […]
Scope of Section 194N of the Income tax Act 1961, and recent amendments to it brought by Finance Act, 2020 and Press release In the maiden Budget Speech, while presenting the Union Budget 2019, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman said that in a bid to promote digital payments and to discourage cash payments she proposed […]
About the Section 194N This section is inserted in the Union Budget 2019 proposed on 5th July, 2019. However, in this section certain amendment is incorporated by Union Budget 2020 proposed on 27th March, 2020. Hence let’s understand about this section including with amendment. According to this section, Every Person (Payer) being i. A banking […]
