Time of Deduction- TDS to be deducted at the time of credit or payment, whichever is earlier. Deductor- Any person (other than a person referred to in Section 194LA- tax deducted in case of property acquired under force of law). Deductee- Any seller being a resident. TDS Rate- 1% of total consideration for transfer of…
It has been brought to the notice of CBDT that in cases of minors whose both the parents have deceased, TDS deductors/ Banks are clubbing the interest income accrued to the minor in the hand of grandparents and issuing TDS certificates to the grandparents, which is not in accordance with the law as the Income-tax…
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had earlier issued Circular No. 4/2002 and Circular No. 7/2015 having details of entities whose income is unconditionally exempted under section 10 of Income Tax Act and who are also statutorily not required to file return of income as per section 139 of the act, there would be…
The Income Tax (I-T) department will now add interest amount to a delayed refund made on excess tax deducted at source (TDS) cuts and will also not litigate with the deductor on this issue in the future. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a circular in this regard to the assessing officers…
Recently, the Bangalore Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) held that there is no scope for the tax deduction at source (TDS) at a higher rate of 20 per cent as per the provisions of Section 206AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) when the benefit of tax treaty is available…
As per the records of the Centralized Processing Cell (TDS), there exist outstanding Defaults in “all six preceeding Quarters” with respect to the TDS Statements filed by deductors, relevant to the Financial Years 2013-14 and 2014-15. CPC (TDS) has issued a communication to deductors in this regards which has been given below: Dear Deductor,(TAN: XXXXXXXXXXXX)…
CPC (TDS) has issued a reminder communication to deductors in which it has stated about the downloading of TDS certificates. According to CPC (TDS), TDS Statements have been filed by the deductors during Q1 FY 2013-14 to Q2 FY 2014-15 but TDS Certificates (Form 16A) have not been downloaded for all of the referenced quarters,…
Rashmikant Kundalia vs. UOI (Bombay High Court), WRIT PETITION NO.771 OF 2014, Pronounced On : 9th February, 2015 Petitioners have challenged the constitutional validity of section 234E of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Section 234E seeks to levy a fee of Rs.200/- per day (subject to certain other conditions as set out therein) inter alia…
SECTION 138 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961 – DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RESPECTING ASSESSEES TO SPECIFIED OFFICER, AUTHORITY OR BODY PERFORMING FUNCTIONS UNDER ANY OTHER LAW – DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT TAXPAYERS TO MEDIA OFFICE MEMORANDUM [F.NO.DIR.(HQRS.)/CH.(DT)/29/2014], DATED 1-1-2015 Instances have come to the notice of the Board where information pertaining to individual taxpayers has been…
CPC (TDS) has issued an advisory communication in which it has stated about the release of a new feature on TRACES where a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) can be used for availing various services offered by TRACES. The issued communication has been given below: Dear Deductor, The Centralized Processing Cell (TDS) has released a new…