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....
The section 51 of the Act makes provisions with regards to tax deduction at source by certain recipients. These provisions are similar to provision contained in Income-tax Act, 1961 for deduction of TDS and depositing the same to the credit of Government.
Indo Arya Central Transport Limited & Ors. Vs. CIT – TDS (Delhi High Court) HC held that At this stage, it will neither be fair nor proper for the writ court to question and decide the question of validity of Sanction Order on merits of reasonable cause etc. as it would amount to a pre […]
Tax Deduction At Source, its Provisions and its revise rates for FY: 2018-19 TDS: The concept of TDS was introduced with an aim to collect tax from the very source of income. As per this concept, a person (deductor) who is liable to make payment of specified nature to any other person (deductee) shall deduct […]
A party cannot be called upon to perform an impossible Act i.e. to comply with a provision not in force at the relevant time but introduced later by retrospective amendment. S. 40(a)(i) dis allowance can be made only if the royalty falls under Explanation 2 to s. 9(1)(vi) but not if it falls under Explanation 6 to s. 9(1)(vi)
Though manufacturers were obliged to manufacture products as per specifications and standards provided by the assessee however, contractual obligations were entered into on principal-to-principal basis and related agreements were purchase and sale contracts simpliciter, which did not require any deduction of tax under section 194C.
M/s. Delhi International Tax Airport Pvt. Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) Once it has been repeatedly held that Airlines Operators are collecting the PSF on behalf of the Airport Authorities/Operators and the PSF is to be paid to the airport authority in terms of the notifications issued by the MOCA at different points of time,the […]
ACIT Vs Swastik Pipes Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) The assessee produced documentary evidences in support of its contention which had not been rebutted by AO and since impugned payments were in the form of reimbursement and no payments were made by assessee directly to shipping companies, therefore, assessee was not liable to deduct tax under section […]
While the concept of TDS is very easy overall, I have seen that many of the users still get confused with the different terms used on TRACES Portal. This article focuses on bringing light to some of the terms mentioned on the TRACES Portal.
Article compiles Section wise TDS Rates / TDS Rate Chart for Financial Year 2018-19 or Assessment Year 2019-20 with Nature of Payment, Threshold Limit and Percentage TDS rate applicable to Individual, HUF and to other category of Assessees. Section Nature of Payment Threshold Rs Indv / HUF TDS Rate (%) Others TDS Rate (%) 192 […]
Payment for IUC Charges is not chargeable to tax in India in the hands of the non-resident recipients and hence TDS was not deductible as per provisions of section 195 of the Act.
