From 1 April 2026 the quarterly TDS return is no longer called 24Q, 26Q or 27Q — it is Form 138, 140 or 144 under the Income-tax Act, 2025. Which form you file, the four deadlines, how the upload works, and what a late or wrong return costs.
9 min read · 26 Oct 2026
Interest, a late fee, and one consequence that is permanent and far more expensive than either — losing the right to carry forward your business loss. What each deadline actually costs, and what you can still do after it.
5 min read · 13 Oct 2026
Every other clause of Section 43B lets you pay by the return due date and keep the deduction. This one does not. Pay a micro or small enterprise late and the expense moves into the year you actually pay it.
6 min read · 13 Oct 2026
Deduct 1% where you should have deducted 10% and the shortfall is not the problem. Section 40(a)(ia) is. How to tell a contract for work from a professional service, and what to do when you got it wrong.
5 min read · 13 Oct 2026
Whether you need a tax audit is not a single number. It depends on turnover, on how much of your receipts and payments are in cash, and on whether you have ever opted into presumptive taxation — which can drag you into audit at a fraction of the headline limit.
6 min read · 13 Oct 2026
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