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Section 194C: TDS on Payments to Contractors & Sub-contractors

Income Tax : Learn when and how TDS applies to payments for contractual work, including rates, thresholds, exemptions, and recent amendments....

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TDS on Common Area Maintenance Charges – Section 194I or 194C

Income Tax : Delhi High Court rules CAM charges are contractual payments under Section 194C, not rent under Section 194I, clarifying TDS obliga...

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No Section 194C TDS on Gold Wastage during Ornament Manufacturing

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai ruled that gold wastage during ornament manufacturing isn't considered a payment for making charges, so TDS under Sec...

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Section 194I: TDS on Payment of Rent

Income Tax : Understand Section 194I for TDS on rent, including applicable rates, thresholds, and clarifications for various rent types. Stay i...

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TDS Applicability on Reimbursement of Expenses

Income Tax : Explore the implications of TDS on expense reimbursements post-Section 194R implementation and understand the invoicing criteria....

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Latest News


Section 194C: Non-Deductibility on Certain Manufacturing & Section 194J Payments

Income Tax : From October 2024, payments under Section 194J (professional fees) will be excluded from TDS under Section 194C (payments to contr...

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Section 194C-: TDS on auto rickshaws and/or buses used for transportation of goods

Income Tax : Section 194C(6) provides exemption to small good carriage contractor/transporter (owning not more than 10 goods carriage at any ti...

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SC asked Samsung to reply why it is not liable to deduct tax in respect of goods outsourced for manufacturing

Income Tax : The Supreme Court has sought a reply from Samsung India Electronics on the I-T department plea that the firm is liable to deduct ...

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CBDT Expand Definition of Professionals

Income Tax : The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) expanded the scope of professional services to cover sportspersons, umpires and referees,...

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Latest Judiciary


Retention Money Taxable Only After Right to Receive Crystallises: Calcutta HC

Income Tax : The issue was whether retention money credited and subjected to TDS accrued as income. The Court held that retention money is cont...

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Lal Dora Property to Be Valued as Agricultural/Residential for Section 50C

Income Tax : The issue was whether commercial usage converts agricultural or residential Lal Dora land into commercial property for stamp duty ...

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Section 68 Inapplicable to Identified Donations to Charitable Trust

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 68 cannot be invoked where donors are identified with names, PAN, ITRs, and confirmations. Such donations c...

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No TDS on Foreign Commission Where Income Not Chargeable in India: ITAT Agra

Income Tax : The issue concerned whether failure to deduct TDS on foreign commission warranted disallowance. The Tribunal held that Section 195...

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Ad-hoc Disallowance Capped at 8% for Estimation Without Rejecting Books

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that ad hoc disallowance is unsustainable when books are not rejected. Disallowance was reduced to 8% based on ...

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Latest Notifications


TDS on payments for procuring or canvassing for advertisements

Income Tax : Law Related to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on payments by television channels and publishing houses to advertisement companies f...

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TDS on payments for production of content or programme for telecasting

Income Tax : Law Relating to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on payments by broadcasters or television channels to production houses for product...

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No TDS on transportation of gas if it is carried out in furtherance of contract for sale of gas- CBDT

Income Tax : Circular No. 9/2012 Representations have been received from various sections of the Industry on the difficulties faced in the matt...

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Cooling Charges Paid are not covered U/s. 194I but are covered U/s. 194C

Income Tax : CIRCULAR NO. 1/2008-Income Tax Representations have been received from various quarters regarding applicability of the provisions ...

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Circular No. 715-Income Tax dated 8-8-1995

Income Tax : Circular No. 715-Income Tax Clarifications on various provisions relating to tax deduction at source regarding changes introduced...

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Car hiring charges – TDS under Section 194I Or Section 194C?

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IF car is hired not to perform specific services and charges are not paid on the basis of specific uses but the same is hired for availability of car for particular time or period without specification of particular services and charges paid on fixed basis then such hiring should be considered as rental contract under the provision of section 194I of the Act.

Custom House Agent liable to deduct TDS on payments to CFS Agents

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Shanmugar Services Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) As per the provisions of Sec.194C of the Act, any person responsible for making payment for any services needs to deduct TDS on such payment at the prescribed rate. From the plain reading of Sec.194C of the Act, it is abundantly clear that the person who makes payment is […]

Whether contractors liable to deduct TDS In absence of a written sub-contract?

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 In absence of a written sub-contract: whether contractors liable to deduct TDS?  In general practice the person who generates income is under an obligation to file its return and/or to pay tax under Income Tax Act, 1961 (for brevity hereinafter referred to as “IT Act”). But in certain enumerated situations, the payer of such consideration […]

Truck owner Registration number not relevant to decide Section 194C applicability

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Registration number of truck owner is not relevant for deciding applicability of Section 194C but it is personnel/truck operator from whom trucks are hired.

No section 194C TDS on vehicle hired from drivers for Transportation

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CIT Vs P. Sumathi (Madras High Court) On facts, the Court found that the assessee therein had entered into a contract to supply vehicles to M/s. Mahindra and many other companies under written contract on various dates and only to perform the obligation under the said contracts, he had hired vehicles from the sub-contractors under […]

Payment to advertising agency attracts TDS under Section 194C

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It is held that, TDS has to be deducted u/s 194C of Income Tax Act, 1961 (the IT Act) on payment made to advertising agency even if there is no written contract.

Section 194C TDS deductible on Advertisement expense for Business purpose

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Perfect Probuild P. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) A reading of section 194C with Explanation (iv) thereof makes it clear that any person responsible for paying any sum to any resident for carrying out the work of advertising, broadcasting and telecasting shall deduct an amount equivalent to 1% where the payment is being made to […]

Consultant Doctors cannot be treated as employee for TDS deduction

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DCIT Vs Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Hospital & Research Centre (ITAT Mumbai) Going by the factual matrix as enumerated in the preceding paragraphs, it could be noted that the terms of arrangement with consultant Doctors was different from employee-doctors. The consultant doctors were paid based on the services rendered by them and on the basis of doctors’ […]

ITAT criticises CIT(A) for lack of judicious approach

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Qantas Airways Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) Section 194C TDS deductible on Payment for use of lounge facilities by passengers A payment for the use of lounge facilities by the passengers, in our considered view, is clearly in the nature of payment for the use of certain facilities for the passengers. What passenger gets by […]

Section 194C TDS on Payment to Contractor

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1) Who is responsible to deduct tax under Section 194C of Income Tax Act, 1961? Any specified person responsible for paying any sum to any resident-contractor for carrying out any work (including supply of labour for carrying out any work) in pursuance of a contract. Following are the specified persons – a. The Central Government […]

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