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Income Tax Act Section 40(a)(ia)

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Mutual Undertaking Principle | Cooperative Housing Societies Exempt from Section 40(a)(ia) TDS Disallowance : ITAT Mumbai
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|Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

Mutual Undertaking Principle | Cooperative Housing Societies Exempt from Section 40(a)(ia) TDS Disallowance : ITAT Mumbai

ITAT Mumbai reaffirms that cooperative housing societies, as mutual undertakings, are not liable for disallowance under Section 40(a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act for non-deduction of TDS. The ruling clarifies that mutual associations' income remains exempt from tax, shielding them from penal disallowances on payments to members.