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FAQs on TDS on Rent Under Section 194-I & Section 194-IB

Income Tax : Learn how TDS on rent is governed under Sections 194-I and 194-IB, including eligibility, deduction rates, thresholds, and complia...

June 23, 2026 42825 Views 0 comment Print

TDS on Residential Rent paid by companies : 2% vs 10% rule

Income Tax : Companies renting residential properties often struggle with choosing between 2% and 10% TDS. The key takeaway is that the correct...

June 12, 2026 7875 Views 0 comment Print

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...

August 31, 2025 8805 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation of Upfront Lease Premium under a BOT Lease: Key Aspects

Income Tax : Understand the income tax implications of upfront lease premiums in BOT leases for lessors and lessees, including taxability, TDS,...

July 21, 2025 3288 Views 0 comment Print

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...

June 27, 2025 13833 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 194-I: Increase TDS on rental income exemption limit of Rs. 1,80,000

Income Tax : As per the provisions of section 194-I, the tax is to be deducted at source @10% in respect of income by the way of rent for any u...

January 19, 2018 4980 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Allows Leave Encashment Deduction as Payment to Insurer Was Actual Business Expenditure

Income Tax : The dispute concerned deduction of CSR expenditure incurred before Explanation 2 to section 37(1) became applicable. The ITAT held...

June 21, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print

Compensation Allowed as Revenue Expense Due to Business Expediency

Income Tax : The issue was whether compensation paid to flat buyers was capital or revenue expenditure. The Court held it to be revenue expendi...

April 27, 2026 510 Views 0 comment Print

Year-End Provisions Attract TDS – Disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) Does Not Bar Action u/s 201 – Matter Restored for Limited Verification – ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that year-end expense provisions can attract TDS under the IT Act. The matter was restored for limited verific...

March 4, 2026 699 Views 0 comment Print

TDS Applicable on Annual Lease Rent to Development Authority: Delhi HC

Income Tax : The Court reaffirmed that lease rent paid for use of land qualifies as “rent” under Section 194I. Revenue’s appeals were dis...

February 14, 2026 942 Views 0 comment Print

145(3) Upheld but 1% NP Excessive; Beer Trader’s Margin Rationalised to 0.50%

Income Tax : Unexplained cash deposits and rent discrepancies led to rejection of books under section 145(3). However, the Tribunal held that e...

February 5, 2026 396 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 194I not applicable on remittance of Passenger Service Fees: CBDT

Income Tax : A dispute arose on applicability of the provisions of section 194-I of the Act, on payment of Passenger Service Fees (PSF) by an A...

June 12, 2017 1773 Views 0 comment Print

TDS on lump sum lease premium paid for long term lease

Income Tax : The issue of whether or not TDS under section 194-I of the Act is applicable on 'lump sum lease premium' or 'one-time upfront leas...

October 13, 2016 19696 Views 1 comment Print

No TDS on Payment to Tirupati Balaji Mandir U/s. 193 & 194A

Income Tax : Central Government hereby notifies that no deduction of tax shall be made from payments of the nature specified in section 193 or ...

September 9, 2016 5944 Views 0 comment Print

Deduction of Tax at source on Service Tax on professional and technical fees

Income Tax : Circular No. F. No.275/73/2007-IT(B) Service Tax component to be considered for deducting tax on any sum paid as professional and...

June 30, 2008 4191 Views 0 comment Print


No TDS on Long term Lease Rent / Interest / other Payments for Plot Lease paid to GNOIDA

March 1, 2017 17253 Views 4 comments Print

This common judgment will dispose of a batch of writ petitions. They were heard together as they involve identical questions of fact and law as to the correct interpretation of Section 194-I of the Income Tax Act [hereafter the Act].

Budget 2017: Increase 2 crore Turnover limit for section 194A/ 194H/ 194I & 194J

February 28, 2017 21633 Views 6 comments Print

Section 44AB – Increased threshold for presumptive tax cases under section 44AD – Consequential amendments required in section 194A/ 194H/ 194I & 194J

TDS Rates Chart for FY 2017-18 / AY 2018-19

February 18, 2017 2172180 Views 43 comments Print

TDS Rates Chart for Financial Year 2017-18/ Assessment Year 2018-19 vide Finance Act 2017 i.e Budget 2017-18. We have updated the TDS rate chart considering the amendments made by Finance Act, 2017.

TDS on lump sum lease premium paid for long term lease

October 13, 2016 19696 Views 1 comment Print

The issue of whether or not TDS under section 194-I of the Act is applicable on ‘lump sum lease premium’ or ‘one-time upfront lease charges” paid by an assessee for acquiring long-term leasehold rights for land or any other property has been examined by CBDT in view of representations received in this regard.

No TDS on Payment to Tirupati Balaji Mandir U/s. 193 & 194A

September 9, 2016 5944 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government hereby notifies that no deduction of tax shall be made from payments of the nature specified in section 193 or section 194A or section 194-I of the said Act to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.

One time upfront payment- Sale or Lease Payment?

June 22, 2016 13387 Views 3 comments Print

The Hon’ble Madras HC in the above cited case held that the one time upfront payment made by assessee lessee to lessor for the acquisition of leasehold rights over an immovable property for a long duration of time say 99 years could not be taken to constitute rental income at the hands of the lessor because the dominant intention of leasing is sale of rights in immovable property for a long period of 99 years.

TDS Rates Chart for FY 2016-17 / AY 2017-18

May 23, 2016 929314 Views 14 comments Print

TDS Rate Chart: TDS/TCS Rates Chart for Financial Year 2016-17/ Assessment Year 2017-18 vide Finance Act 2016 i.e Budget 2016-17.

Lease Premium Paid to CIDCO is a Capital Expenditure, Thus Not Liable to TDS

February 2, 2016 6216 Views 0 comment Print

In the Case of Income Tax Officer (TDS) Vs. M/s Progressive Civil Engineers Private Limited, ITAT Mumbai held that Lease Premium payment made to CIDCO is to acquire capital asset being long term holding rights along with right to construct and therefore it is capital expenditure in nature.

Machinery rent cannot be taxed as Income from House Property for TDS deduction under wrong head

January 22, 2016 12900 Views 0 comment Print

AO’s opinion that since TDS made u/s. 194-I, incomes are to be assessed under head ‘income from house property’ can not be accepted. Moreover, even if assessee has let out property but, when the Memorandum of Association permits the business of letting out of properties as such, the income cannot be brought to tax as ‘income from house property’

Form 16B- How to Request for correction and Download?

December 20, 2015 46005 Views 9 comments Print

1. How to Download Form 16B and 2. what if there is a mistake in form 16B how Buyer of immovable property can make corrections to the details to be printed on Form 16B once and download the corrected Form 16B?

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