Budget 2019 – Relaxation of Section 201 in respect of payments to non-residents

If the deductor fails to deduct whole or any part of the tax or he fails to deposit the tax to credit of Central Govt. he will be considered to be assessee-in-default. The deductor will not be treated as assesse-in-default if payment is made to a resident who paid tax on such income and has…

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Budget 2019 – Relaxation of Section 201 in respect of payments to non-residents

If the deductor fails to deduct whole or any part of the tax or he fails to deposit the tax to credit of Central Govt. he will be considered to be assessee-in-default. The deductor will not be treated as assesse-in-default if payment is made to a resident who paid tax on such income and has…

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Non-Deduction of TDS owing to bonafide belief by Deductor – Judgement/Order

Ms Karnataka Power Transmission Corpn. Ltd. Vs ITO (OSD) (TDS) (ITAT Bangalore) FACTS – Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. paid cash equivalent of unutilized leave at the time of retirement of their employees, however, they didn’t deducted TDS on the same. As per section 10(10AA), in case of payment towards unutilized leave period, entire payment…

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Consequences for a deductor if he fails to deduct TDS or fails to deposit it to the Government’s account

A deductor would face the following consequences if he fails to deduct TDS or after deducting the same fails to deposit it to the credit of Central Government’s account:- a) Disallowance of expenditure As per section 40(a)(i) of the Income-tax Act, any sum (other than salary) payable outside India or to a non-resident, which is…

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