Payments to non-resident freight forwarders not chargeable to tax

Payments made to non-resident freight forwarders not chargeable to tax u/s. 9(1)(vii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 hence the payer not liable to withhold tax u/s. 195 Recently in the case of ACIT Vs Indair Carriers Pvt. Ltd. [I.T.A. No. 1605 (Del) of 2010], the Delhi Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, held that payments made to non-resident freight forwarders are not chargeable to tax under section 9(1)(vii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and hence the payer is not liable to withhold tax under section 195 of the Act. Consequently, there is no question of dis allowance of the amounts paid to non-reside...