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Spaze Tower Pvt. Ltd. Vs JCIT (ITAT Delhi)
Assessee contends that the payment to HUDA is, in effect, payment to State Government and therefore such payment is exempt from obligations to deduct TDS in view of Section 196 of the Act.
We also notice that identical issue has been examined by the Co-ordinate Bench in the case of Perfect Constech Pvt. Ltd. vs. Additional Commissioner of Income Tax in ITA No.6907/Del/2019 order dated 29.12.2020 wherein Co-ordinate Bench found that the provisions of Section 194C are not applicable on payments to agencies like HUDA on behalf of the State Government. The imposition of penalty under Section 271C was consequently found to be unsustainable in the absence of default of Section 194C of the Act.
FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF ITAT DELHI
The captioned appeal has been filed at the instance of the assessee against the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-XXXI, New Delhi (‘CIT(A)’ in short) dated 07.05.2019 passed under Section 271C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) concerning AY 20 14-15.
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