Applicability of TDS on payment made to legal advisors at Hongkong

RELEVANT PARAGRAPH 12. We have heard the rival submissions and perused the relevant material on record. Admittedly there was no DTAA with Hongkong for the relevant year. As such we will restrict ourselves in examining the provisions of section 9(l)(vii) in order to ascertain the deductibility or otherwise of tax at source from the payment so made to the firm of legal advisors at Hongkong. At this stage it will be relevant to consider the material part of section 9(l)(vii), as under:- “(vii) income by way of fees for technical services payable by – (a) the Government; or (b) a perso...