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....
PC (TDS) Website has made a communication dated 10th Sept’ 2014 in which it has issued advisory for deductors using multiple challans in a month, for payment of Tax Deducted. In this advisory it has discussed the following three key areas- Payment of Tax Deducted under different sections of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Payment of Tax Deducted for different Assessment Years: Different challans used for the purpose of reporting multiple Deductees associated with different branches with same TAN:
The last date for filing the TDS Statements for the Forth Quarter of FY 2019-20 is coming closer. There will be many deductors who did not deduct any tax during the relevant quarter and therefore they will not file any statement for deduction of tax at source u/s 200(3) of the Income Tax Act’1961. But […]
As we all know that, whenever we visit TRACES website for any of TDS return related work at that time, we always face this issue that every time for any single process eg justification report or conso file, etc we always need to feel KYC and gone through that lengthy process. Hence now department has […]
Explains tax on property sale by NRIs, covering TDS rates, long and short term capital gains, refund claims, exemptions, and compliance requirements for buyers and sellers.
♦ When an assessee (contractor) is awarded a contract by railways/state government (contractee) for the construction or other related services, the contractor is eligible to receive mobilization/secured advance. The Mobilization advance is primarily received after furnishing of Bank Guarantees in favour of the Payee Customer for the execution of work allotted. The mobilization advance is […]
Recently, CBDT has issued Circular No C1 of 2020 dated 13.04.2020 clarifying deduction of tax by employer as per new regime at the option of the employee. Let’s discuss the legal provisions regarding deduction of tax by employers and answer the following questions: 1. Whether the Circular complies with the provisions of the Income-tax Act, […]
TDS on payment of Rent falls under section 194I of Income Tax Act-1961. The plain reading of this section is very simple but very difficult to apply practically, specially when there is no clarity over simple definition of Rent and duration of Rent too. In this article, section 194I shall be critically analysed and confusion […]
GST Provisions for Tax Deducted at Source ( TDS ) have become applicable since 01-10-2018. Detailed analysis with section, rules, notifications and circulars is as under : 1. Who is liable to deduct TDS ? The persons specified under clauses (a), (b) and (c) of section 51 (1) and persons notified under clause (d) of section […]
Section 194 C of the IT Act deals with deduction of tax at source when it comes to payment to contractors. In the present case, since neither the Assessee nor M/s. Prabhu Construction can be styled as contractors, it is obvious that the provisions of Section 194C of the IT Act were not attracted. Hence Section 194C will not be invoked in this case and therefore consequently provision of sec 40(a)(ia) would also not applicable.
Clarification in respect of option under Section 115BAC of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax Circular No C1 of 2020 dated 13th April 2020 Finance Minister in her Budget Speech, 2020 had introduced new tax regime with effect from Assessment Year 2021-22, inter alia provides that an Individual or HUF having income other than […]
