Penalty order passed U/S 271C for non-deduction of TDS, beyond period of 6 months from date of reference for imposition of penalty would be barred by limitation

Recently, ITAT Jaipur Bench in M.D.S. Universityvs. Assistant Commissioner of Income-tax held that, after the expiry of the financial year in which the proceedings, in the course of which action for the imposition of penalty has been initiated, are completed, or six months from the end of the month in which action for imposition of…

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Deductor’s Survey Questionnaire: Your Feedback Matters!!

CPC(TDS) has released a survey “Deductor’s Survey Questionnaire: Your Feedback Matters” with an objective to understand the satisfaction of the deductors since the time CPC(TDS) and TRACES website came into existence. In this regard CPC(TDS) has issued a communication to deductors which is given below: Dear Deductor (TAN XXXXXXXXXX) Greetings from CPC(TDS) team! CPC(TDS) feels…

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Assessee making payment to Foreign Agencies for access to record of online consumers, liable to deduct TDS

ITAT Bangalore Bench recently in an appeal held that any fees paid by the assessee to foreign agencies  for availing the service of access to record of online consumers maintained by them, to carry out market research for its clients, will be regarded as royalty and liable to deduct tax at source while making payment…

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No TDS to be deducted if commission paid to foreign agents for rendering services abroad

ITAT Chennai Bench recently held that assessee is not liable to deduct tax at source for making payment to its foreign agents for rendering services abroad, if the foreign agent does not have a permanent establishment in India and the service rendered is not in the nature of technical service.  Facts of the case: The…

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Reasons to reject the correction in challan detail by TDS-CPC

Rejection reasons pertaining to challan details are as follows: Challan detail record on which correction has been filed does not exist in regular / previous statement In a correction statement, verification keys from challan data should match with the corresponding fields in regular statement Verification keys for Non Nil Statement – Last transfer voucher number,…

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TDS/TCS Compliances May 2014

1. Last date for payment of tax deductions/collections for April-7th May 2014 2. Last date of filing of TDS/TCS returns for Q4 of F.Y. 2013-14  – 15th May, 2014 3. Last date for issuance of the TDS/TCS certificates for Q4 – 30th May, 2014 * The above is applicable for deductors other than the Office of the…

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Preparation, validation and e-Filing of e-TDS Returns

e-TDS return has to be prepared in accordance with the file format prescribed by the Income Tax Department. NSDL has provided free downloadable utility at http://tin-nsdl.com for the purpose of preparation of e-TDS return. Alternatively, various softwares are available for preparation of TDS returns. One can use TDSMAN software for preparation and filing of e-TDS Returns smartly and efficiently. Following points…

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