No Section 194H TDS on discounts on prepaid SIM Cards or Talktime 

ACIT Vs Vodafone South Ltd (ITAT Chennai) The issue under consideration is whether TDS u/s 194H is applicable on discounts allowed for prepaid SIM Cards/ Talktime as distributor margin? ITAT is of the considered opinion that the sale of SIM cards/recharge coupons at discounted rate to distributors is not commission and therefore not liable to TDS under section 194H of the Act. However, they find that while deciding similar issue, the Hon’ble Kerala High Court has taken a different view, which is decided the issue against the assessee. Since there exist two contradictory decisions, ITAT are o...