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Chennai CESTAT: Service Tax Can’t Be Payable on TDS for Foreign Service Provider

No service tax is liable to get paid on TDS paid on behalf of a foreign service provider, The Chennai Bench of Custom, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled. TDS deposited to the Income Tax Department concerning the payment completed to the foreign service provider over and above the invoice value of the […]

ITAT Bangalore: No Tax Penalty U/S 271D for Cash Receipts If Reasonable Cause Exists

In the matter of Laxmilal Badolla vs. NFAC (ITAT Bangalore), the issue is concerned with the levying of penalty u/s 271D of the Income Tax Act, 1961, concerning cash receipts in the course of the AY 2016-17. A Detailed summary of the judgment delivered by the ITAT Bangalore has been stated below- Backdrop: Laxmilal Badolla, […]

ITAT Chennai: Classification Errors Don’t Disqualify Deductions in ITR

In the case of National Contracting Company (India) Private Limited vs. Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (DCIT), the Chennai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) delivered a ruling. On June 24, 2024, the decision, pronounced, addresses the problem of whether a wrong classification in an Income Tax Return (ITR) can result in the refusal of a […]

Rajasthan HC Upholds Use of IT Section 148A(d) for Inquiry into Suspected Tax Discrepancies

The matter of Laxmi Meena Vs Union of India & Ors. before the Rajasthan High Court is concerned with the legality of proceedings initiated u/s 148A(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, established on facts proposing differences in reported income from a property transaction. Below is a detailed case summary: A Summary of the Arguments […]

Mumbai ITAT: Tax Penalty U/S 271D & 271E Can’t Be Charged When Assessment Order Canceled

Tax Penalty u/s. 271D and 271E of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be charged if the assessment proceedings are quashed. Under section 147 of the Act, the matter of the taxpayer was reopened on the grounds of the data obtained from the office of, ACIT, Central Circle-2(4), Ahmedabad. An investigation was performed at the […]

Codissia Requests The Centre for New Revisions to the GST and Income Tax Acts

Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (Codissia) has requested the Union govt to revise income tax and GST for small businesses. A memorandum has been provided by Codissia to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, asking for petrol, diesel, and electricity to be drawn under the GST. It has been wished by the organization that the finance […]

Kolkata ITAT Order: Delayed EPF Contributions Not Claimable Under Section 36(1)(Va)

The Kolkata ITAT carried that delayed deposit of amount collected for employees’ contribution to PF renders claim of deduction u/s 36(1)(va) ineligible. Section 36(1)(va) of the Income Tax Act remarks that if the amount received towards employees’ contribution to PF is not deposited by the employer in the respective welfare account within the deadline, then […]

CBDT Gets a New Chairman Ravi Agrawal, Succeeding Nitin Gupta

In an influential administrative move, Ravi Agrawal, a 1988-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the supreme policy-making body for the Income Tax Department. Agrawal succeeds Nitin Gupta, a 1986-batch IRS officer, whose extended tenure concludes on June 30. New Leadership […]