Section 194D TDS not deductible If Sum Paid Directly to Services Providers

Commissioner of Income Tax Vs SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. (Bombay High Court) Therefore the obligation to deduct is on the person who is paying and the deduction to be made at the time of making such payment. Factually and admittedly no amount has been paid to the agents by respondent as a reimbursement of expenses incurred by agent in the foreign travel. Respondent had made arrangement for foreign travel for all the agents and paid expenses directly to those service providers. Therefore as no amount was paid to the agents by respondent, obligation to deduct income tax thereon at source al...