Begin typing your search above and press return to search.
Continuing Guarantees in Corporate Transactions: Legal Framework and Emerging Jurisprudence
Guarantees are essential in commercial transactions, providing creditors with assurance that obligations will be fulfilled even if the principal...
![IPLC Payments Not ‘Royalty’ u/s 9 of Income Tax Act: Madras HC sets aside Disallowance u/s 40(a)(i) in Cognizants Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/03/250x150_2109834-madras-hc-disallowance-taxscan.webp "IPLC Payments Not ‘Royalty’ u/s 9 of Income Tax Act: Madras HC sets aside Disallowance u/s 40(a)(i) in Cognizants Case [Read Order]")
![Art 26(3) of India-US DTAA Protects IPLC Payments from TDS Burden: Madras HC Favours Cognizant [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/03/250x150_2109847-cognizant-site-image-1.webp "Art 26(3) of India-US DTAA Protects IPLC Payments from TDS Burden: Madras HC Favours Cognizant [Read Order]")
![Delhi HC Pulls Up GST Authority For Fixing Hearing Only To Upload Order, Terms Practice Inexplicable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/03/750x450_2109826-delhi-hc-pulls-up-gst-authority-fixing-hearing-order-terms-practice-inexplicable-taxscan.webp "Delhi HC Pulls Up GST Authority For Fixing Hearing Only To Upload Order, Terms Practice Inexplicable [Read Order]")
![Manipur GST Amendment Bill: Track‑and‑Trace Mandated for Certain Goods, Penalty Fixed at ₹1 Lakh or 10% Tax for Non-Compliance [Read Bill]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/03/500x300_2109796-manipur-gst-bill-track-andtrace-goods-penalty-tax-non-compliances-taxscan.webp "Manipur GST Amendment Bill: Track‑and‑Trace Mandated for Certain Goods, Penalty Fixed at ₹1 Lakh or 10% Tax for Non-Compliance [Read Bill]")
![IPLC Payments Not ‘Royalty’ u/s 9 of Income Tax Act: Madras HC sets aside Disallowance u/s 40(a)(i) in Cognizants Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/03/750x450_2109834-madras-hc-disallowance-taxscan.webp "IPLC Payments Not ‘Royalty’ u/s 9 of Income Tax Act: Madras HC sets aside Disallowance u/s 40(a)(i) in Cognizants Case [Read Order]")
IPLC Payments Not ‘Royalty’ u/s 9 of Income Tax Act: Madras HC sets aside Disallowance u/s 40(a)(i) in Cognizant's Case [Read Order]
The ruling clarifies the tax treatment of IPLC charges, which are standard connectivity services, and provides relief to software exporters relying on international bandwidth.
![Copolymer vs. Homopolymer: CESTAT Raps Customs for confirming ADD on PVC Import without Verifying Material Composition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/750x450_2107826-copolymer-vs-homopolymer-cestat-raps-customs-confirming-pvc-import-without-verifying-material-composition-taxscan.webp "Copolymer vs. Homopolymer: CESTAT Raps Customs for confirming ADD on PVC Import without Verifying Material Composition [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Rules Testing Centre Reimbursements Beyond MCS Scope, Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Eduquity Career Technologies [Read Oredr]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107220-cestat-centre-reimbursements-service-tax-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Testing Centre Reimbursements Beyond MCS Scope, Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Eduquity Career Technologies [Read Oredr]")
![Service Tax Payable on Consolidated Rent Collected by Co-owners when Threshold Exceeds: Calcutta HC on Clubbing of Rent [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/19/500x300_2106528-service-tax-consolidated-rent-threshold-exceeds-calcutta-hc-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Payable on Consolidated Rent Collected by Co-owners when Threshold Exceeds: Calcutta HC on Clubbing of Rent [Read Order]")
![Rehabilitating or Renewing Railway Wagons Qualifies as “Original Works”, Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106167-cestat-service-tax-railway-wagons-renewing-railway-wagons-taxscan.webp "Rehabilitating or Renewing Railway Wagons Qualifies as “Original Works”, Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Challenge on Service Tax Liability on Event Management Service: Supreme Court Allows Exemption Application in HT Medias Tax Appeal [Read Judgment]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/14/500x300_2105135-service-tax-service-tax-liability-event-management-service-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Challenge on Service Tax Liability on Event Management Service: Supreme Court Allows Exemption Application in HT Medias Tax Appeal [Read Judgment]")
![Corporate Guarantee Constitutes Financial Debt u/s 5(8)(i): NCLAT Upholds NCLT’s Admission of S.7 Petition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/27/750x450_2108364-nclat-new-dehi-nclt-corporate-guarantee-taxscan.webp "Corporate Guarantee Constitutes Financial Debt u/s 5(8)(i): NCLAT Upholds NCLT’s Admission of S.7 Petition [Read Order]")
Corporate Guarantee Constitutes Financial Debt u/s 5(8)(i): NCLAT Upholds NCLT’s Admission of S.7 Petition [Read Order]
The Tribunal held that once a corporate entity voluntarily executes a guarantee, it becomes independently liable for the debt, which qualifies as “financial debt” under Section 5(8)(i) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
Kavi Priya
![Service Tax Not Payable on liquidated damages collected from supplier on account of non-performance of the contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CESTAT-CESTAT-Bangalore-Service-Tax-liquidated-damages-Taxscan.jpg "Service Tax Not Payable on liquidated damages collected from supplier on account of non-performance of the contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Yogitha S. Yogesh
Rupesh Sharma
Saagarika Gopinath
Corporate Guarantee Constitutes Financial Debt u/s 5(8)(i): NCLAT Upholds NCLT’s Admission of S.7 Petition [Read Order]
The Tribunal held that once a corporate entity voluntarily executes a guarantee, it becomes independently liable for the debt, which qualifies as “financial debt” under Section 5(8)(i) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
![Art 26(3) of India-US DTAA Protects IPLC Payments from TDS Burden: Madras HC Favours Cognizant [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/03/500x300_2109847-cognizant-site-image-1.webp "Art 26(3) of India-US DTAA Protects IPLC Payments from TDS Burden: Madras HC Favours Cognizant [Read Order]")
