No TDS on Commission to non-resident agents for procuring export orders

Punjab Stainless Steel Inds. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) The CIT(A) has rightly deleted this addition as the commission paid to non-resident cannot be treated as assessee’s income from other sources as the assessee had earned income, the said income outside India and also the payment was made to non-resident which cannot be taxable in India when the parameters of DTAAs are applied to such transactions. Therefore, impugned payment could not be held as taxable in the hands of non-resident agents in India and, therefore, liability to withhold tax under section 195 did not arise. FULL TEXT OF THE ITAT ...