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

Income Tax : Understand TDS on rent under Sections 194-I and 194-IB, including threshold limits, rates, timelines, filing requirements, and PAN...

October 31, 2025 39798 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 7716 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 3012 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 12846 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2025: Threshold for TDS under Section 194-I on Rent increased

Income Tax : Section 194-I amendment raises rent TDS threshold to Rs. 50,000 per month, effective April 2025....

February 2, 2025 37395 Views 6 comments 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 4944 Views 0 comment Print


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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 354 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 573 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 795 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 339 Views 0 comment Print

Sections 201 and 40(a)(ia) Operate Independently on TDS Failures

Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that TDS must be deducted at the time of credit, even if amounts are booked as provisions. Merely claiming th...

January 27, 2026 1653 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 1740 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 19489 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 5881 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 4128 Views 0 comment Print


Leasing charges allowable as Revenue expense if lessee have no ownership right over leased asset

January 18, 2022 4119 Views 0 comment Print

ThoughtWorks Technologies (India) Private Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) As per clause 4 of the agreement between the assessee and the First Leasing (lessor) the asset shall remain the exclusive property of the lessor (First Leasing) at all times. It further provides that the lessee at no time during the lease period can capitalize the […]

Annual Information Statement – Rent received

December 2, 2021 23460 Views 2 comments Print

In the present article we will briefly take up the Annual Information Statement covering the Rent received category. AIS information category – Rent received- The broad categories of information covered in AIS is divided into 50 categories. One such category is ‘Rent received’. Notably, the information under the category of ‘Rent received’ will be figure-out […]

No TDS on payment towards lease line charges under section 194I

August 31, 2021 87207 Views 0 comment Print

TDS on payment towards lease line charge was liable to deduct under section 194J as against under section 194I as lease line services were standard automatic services which were availed by any telecom service provider for the transmission of data and was not under any exclusive arrangement.

Section 194I TDS on Rent – Analysis

July 6, 2021 138852 Views 1 comment Print

What Payment is Covered u/s 194I? Rent includes service charges: – Service charges payable to business Centre’s are covered under the definition of rent, as they cover payments by whatever named called.

TDS : Some Other Issues

June 7, 2021 4440 Views 0 comment Print

Even after reading major sections related with TDS in detail there are some matter which needs further consideration. Some of them are discussed hereunder:- Person deducting Tax at source under section 194B has been made liable : TO PAY TAX TO THE CREDIT OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT – As per rule 30 of the Income-tax […]

TDS on Landing and parking charges payable to AAI

May 12, 2021 21765 Views 0 comment Print

Landing and parking charges payable by airlines to Airport Authority of India (AAI) in respect of aircraft are subject to section 194C but not subject to section 194-I, as per the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. In this article, I’m going to discuss whether landing and parking charges payable by airlines to AAI are […]

TDS not applicable on payment of lease financial amounts to lease financial companies

April 21, 2021 9549 Views 0 comment Print

Neither Section 194-C nor 194-I of the Act would be applicable to the lease financing of motor vehicles; thus there could have been no disallowance on the ground that there was no tax deduction at source made by the Assessee.

No TDS to be deducted by Indian Newspaper Society on payment of lease premium

January 14, 2021 2490 Views 0 comment Print

Indian Newspaper Society was not required to deduct tax at source (TDS) under section 194I in respect of lease premium paid on following the orders dated 27.01.2014 and 20.06.2013 of Co-ordinate Benches of ITAT, Delhi in assessee’s own case; and after due consideration of CBDT Circular dated 13-10-2016 which took into account the orders of High Court in assessee’s own case

TDS on Common area maintenance charges- TDS U/s. 194I or 194C?

January 5, 2021 47238 Views 0 comment Print

Kapoor Watch Company Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Hon’ble Court held that maintenance charges must form a part of the rent while calculating the annual value of property u/s 23(1) of the Act for the purpose of Section 22 of the Act. However, in the present assessee company’s case, the common area maintenance charges […]

No TDS u/s 194I on Payment for Acquisition of Leasehold Rights over Immovable Property

October 16, 2020 29517 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether payment for the acquisition of leasehold rights over immovable property is rental income and hence eligible for TDS u/s 194I ?

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