Income Tax : The article argues that recurring demands for ITR deadline extensions arise from delayed AIS updates, late utility releases, and t...
Income Tax : Senior citizens aged 75+ with only pension and bank interest income need not file ITR if a specified bank computes income and dedu...
Income Tax : Taxpayers can file updated returns within 48 months of the assessment year by paying additional tax. The provision promotes volunt...
Income Tax : Section 194N requires banks, co-operative banks and post offices to deduct TDS on cash withdrawals above prescribed limits, with h...
Income Tax : Resident individuals, eligible non-corporate taxpayers, and senior citizens can avoid TDS on specified incomes by furnishing Form ...
Income Tax : A representation has urged CBDT to merge TDS return codes 1023 and 1024, arguing that both apply to the same contract payments wit...
Income Tax : The updated TDS challan system reportedly displays incorrect interest-related options under the Company Deductee category. Taxpaye...
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 : ITAT Chennai held that late filing fees under Section 234E could not be levied through TDS processing for periods prior to 01.06.2...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that, following the Supreme Court's ruling denying LFC exemption for foreign travel, a bank could be treated as an a...
Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata held that TDS under Section 194C was not required on materials purchased for installation work. The disallowance unde...
Corporate Law : The Court held that TDS certificates and income tax filings established a prima facie jural relationship between the parties. It g...
Income Tax : he Tribunal held that accepted on-money receipts from earlier years could partly explain cash deposits made during the demonetisat...
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....
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, […]
Pursuant to the current epidemic situation of COVID-19, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (“CBDT”) has vide its order dated 31.03.2020 issued clarification with respect to Lower/Nil TDS deduction certificate and Lower/Nil TCS collection certificate. The clarifications issued by CBDT are as follows: 1. All the assessees who have applied for lower/nil deduction or collection […]
Due to outbreak of the pandemic COVIT-19, there is severe disruption in the normal working of almost all the sectors of economy including income tax department. In such a scenario, to mitigate hardships of assessee as well as officers, the CBDT issues various direction / clarifications by exercising of its powers A. Extension of Validity […]
Amendments in the Provisions of of Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) and Tax Collected at Source (TCS) applicable from Assessment Year 2021-22 (i.e Financial year 2020-21) Through the Finance Act 2020 (which have received the assent of the President of India on 27th March 2020), the Central Government has made various amendments to existing provisions […]
Effective Rate of TDS on the payment of interest to Foreign Institutional Investor 1. In this regard, it is relevant here to refer the provision of Section 194LD of the Act which reads as under: Income by way of interest on certain bonds and Government securities. 194LD. (1) Any person who is responsible for paying to […]
Clarification on orders dated 31.03.2020 and 03.04.2020 issued under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) by CBDT vide F. No. 275/25/2020-IT(B) regarding issuance of certificate for lower rate/nil deduction/collection of TDS, TCS U/s. 195, 197 and 206C(9) of the Income-tax Act. 1961
Understanding New Equalisation Levy & TDS on e-Commerce Transactions with Practical Illustrations Section 163 to 172 of ‘CHAPTER VIII OF THE FINANCE ACT, 2016- EQUALISATION LEVY’ deals with Equalisation levy definition, interest, penalty, filing of the annual statement, the penalty for failure to furnish statements. 1. Digital Tax: The Backdrop With the expansion of information […]
Nowadays, nearly every deductor or collector of tax at source is getting default report/Intimation u/s. 154 of I T Act, 1961 from www.tdscpc.gov.in . Those reports/intimation only say that this is the amount of default which may be due to late fees, interest on short payment, interest on late payment etc.
From June 2013, purchaser of property with value of Rs. 50 lakh and above should deduct 1% TDS at the time of making payment. Here is the guide about making payments of TDS and obtaining form 16B for the buyer and form 26QB for the seller.
