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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


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

April 24, 2022 99942 Views 1 comment Print

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.

Section 194I TDS cannot be deducted in Absence of Payment of Rent

March 29, 2022 1341 Views 0 comment Print

In absence of there being any payment of rent or even deemed rent by the Respondents to OPTCL there was no obligation under Section 194-I of the IT Act to deduct TDS from the wheeling charges paid to OPTCL.

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

January 18, 2022 4200 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 23694 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 87960 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 139131 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 4476 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 21930 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 9633 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 2529 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

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