Stake money paid to horse owners not liable to TDS under section 194B or section 194BB

Bangalore Turf Club Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Banglore) Assessing Officer argued that the Finance Act, 2001 has inserted the words ‘card game or other game of any sort’ in Section 194B of the Act which will even cover the “stake money” which is otherwise not covered by Section 194BB of the Act. We find that at the time when the amendment was brought in Section 194B of the Act, Section 194BB of the Act, which specifically dealt with TDS on winning from horse races, was already on the statute and the Legislature in its wisdom could have made the amendment in Section 194BB of the...