Budget 2015-16: Rationalisation of provisions relating to tax deduction at source (TDS) and tax collection at source (TCS)

Under Chapter XVII-B of the Act, a person is required to deduct tax on certain specified payment at the specified rate if the payment exceeds the specified threshold. The person deducting tax (the deductor) is required to file a quarterly Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) statement containing the details of deduction of tax made during…

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Sec. 234E Fine For Late Filing Of TDS Returns is constitutionally valid: Bombay HC

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…

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CPC (TDS) notice to deductors for payment of outstanding demands including late fees u/s 234E

As per the records of Centralized Processing Cell (TDS), the TDS Statement(s) for some of the quarters have not been submitted within the prescribed due date. Intimation u/s 200A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 intimating an outstanding demand for the relevant quarters, including demand under section 234E towards Fee for delayed filing of TDS…

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