Where an assessee being an Indian company has not deducted TDS on salary which is paid to its employees being resident indians, then whether such salary shall be allowed as business expenses?
Gautam Patel (CA and CWA) (146 Points)
05 October 2009Where an assessee being an Indian company has not deducted TDS on salary which is paid to its employees being resident indians, then whether such salary shall be allowed as business expenses?
Shyam Lal Naik
(Service)
(6156 Points)
Replied 05 October 2009
It will be allowed.
The disallowance provision is not applicable in case of TDS under section 192B.
Sunil Liladhar Kotak
(Manager (F & A))
(2025 Points)
Replied 05 October 2009
yes, I agree with the above solution.
for further clarification pls find the relevant extraxt of the Act,
Section 40(a)[(iii) any payment which is chargeable under the head Salaries, if it is payable
punam
(article assistant)
(56 Points)
Replied 27 October 2009
I agree with the above solutions given in this issue, as Sec 40(a) doe not cover salaries. Hence Salaries shall be allowed even if TDS is not deducted.
VIPUL
(ARTICLE ASSITANT)
(68 Points)
Replied 26 December 2009
salary will be allowed as business expenditure. because it is outside the purview of section 40(a)
RITESH KOTHARI
(B.COM, FCA, DISA(ICAI))
(778 Points)
Replied 26 December 2009
Yes, salary will still be an allowed expenditure.