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....
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 […]
The Hon’ble Finance Minister (FM) has presented Union Finance Budget on February 01, 2020 which was then passed by parliament on March 27, 2020 as Finance Act, 2020. Vide the Budget FM has made various changes in the TDS and TCS provisions.
Illuminating insertion /amendments made in TDS provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961 Recently in Finance Bill, 2020; amendment as well as insertion has been made in various section of Income Tax Act,1961. Some new sections has been inserted under chapter XVII along with amendments in earlier provisions. Accordingly, from now under section 194A,194C,194H,194I,194J of Income […]
SECTION 51 : CHAPTER X :PAYMENT OF TAX OF CGST ACT , 2017 1. TDS under GST will be applicable from 1st October 2018. Major Heads of Taxes under GST are CGST, SGST & IGST .In addition, as per the GST law, certain categories of registered persons will be required to deduct taxes while making […]
CBDT vide Circular No. C1/2020 dated 13.04.2020 has clarified that an employee, having income other than business income can intimate their employer to deduct TDS as per rates u/s 115BAC (Deduction of TDS under New Regime). However once such intimation is given, same cannot be modified later. Circular also provides that option at the time […]
1. Important Information on Download 197 Certificate for Section 194M -Only TRACES Registered users can Download 197 Certificate for Section 194M from F.Y 2019-20 onwards. -Deductor (after login as a Taxpayer on TRACES) can download 197 certificate if request of Form-13 is approved by Assessing Officer. -Deductor can view or download 197 Certificate for Section […]
An employee, having income other than the income under head profit and gains of business or profession and intending to opt for the concessional rate under section 115BAC of the Act, may intimate the deductor, being his employer, of such intention for each previous year and upon such intimation, the deductor shall compute his total income, and make TDS thereon in accordance with the provisions of section 11513AC of the Act. If such intimation is not made by the employee, the employer shall make TDS without considering the provision of section 115BAC of the Act.
Several cases have come to the notice of the Central Government wherein deductors/ collectors were held to be an assessee in default for short deduction of TDS/short collection of TCS in cases where final transaction was done before laying of the Finance (No.2) Bill, 2019 in the Parliament, i.e. 5th July, 2019.
What is TDS? As per the Income Tax Act, 1961, any company or person making a payment is required to deduct tax at source if the payment exceeds prescribed threshold limits. TDS has to be deducted at the rates prescribed by the tax department. The company or person that makes the payment after deducting TDS […]
Deduction of TDS under section194C always remain a confusing section. It may be due to its drafting or similarity with other section like 194H, 194J etc. In this Article it is endeavour to remove confusion and provide solution in respect of applicability of 194C considering some day in day out transactions based on various Circular/Clarification, […]
