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Countrywise Withholding Tax Rates: IT Act vs. Tax Treaties/DTAA

Income Tax : Tax on dividends, interest, royalties and FTS earned by non-residents is governed by the more beneficial rate under the Income-tax...

June 30, 2026 43609 Views 1 comment Print

Countrywise Withholding Tax Rates / Chart as per DTAA

Income Tax : The applicable withholding tax depends on the Income-tax Act or the relevant DTAA, whichever is more beneficial. Treaty rates diff...

June 30, 2026 455012 Views 28 comments Print

Understanding TDS on Immovable Property Purchases: A Buyer’s Guide

Income Tax : Section 194-IA requires buyers of immovable property to deduct TDS at 1% when the sale consideration or stamp duty value is ₹50 ...

June 7, 2026 9849 Views 0 comment Print

Section 195 TDS on Share Purchase from Non-Resident: Complete LTCG Guide

Income Tax : When a resident buys unlisted shares from a non-resident, TDS must be deducted on gross consideration under Section 195, subject t...

February 23, 2026 4095 Views 0 comment Print

TDS u/s 195 on Sponsorship & Trademark Rights – Indo-Singapore DTAA

Income Tax : Payments for sports sponsorship that grant global trademark usage can be split as royalty. Courts upheld withholding where tradema...

January 1, 2026 1197 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Webinar on Monthly Updates on Direct & Indirect Taxes on 3rd December 2022

Income Tax : Direct & Indirect Taxes : Monthly Updates Date & Time – 3rd December 2022 (Time:11 a.m to 12:30 p.m) Tax Guru is Organiz...

December 2, 2022 32244 Views 2 comments Print

Procedural & technical issues on IDS, 2016 clarified

Income Tax : Clarification on certain procedural and technical issues regarding the Income Disclosure Scheme, 2016 (IDS) under section 119 of t...

July 13, 2019 1491 Views 0 comment Print

Section 195: 6 Suggestions made by ICAI for Rationalization of Provisions

Income Tax : Finance Act, 2012 extended the obligation to withhold taxes to non- residents irrespective of whether the non-resident has -...

January 18, 2018 6063 Views 0 comment Print

CA Certificate not required for certain remittances: Govt

Income Tax : Government has recently modified the Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules, 2000 and the Liberalized Re...

August 10, 2015 22591 Views 6 comments Print

Vodafone ruling effect – Exporters question TDS on foreign payment post

Income Tax : The Supreme Court judgement on Vodafone tax case seems to have opened a Pandora's box with exporters too expressing reservation on...

January 25, 2012 2256 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Receipt of interest by foreign banks on foreign currency loans to Indian concerns was taxable on gross basis

Income Tax : Interest income earned by a foreign bank from foreign currency loans extended to Indian corporates was taxable on a gross basis. S...

July 6, 2026 108 Views 0 comment Print

Section 9(1)(vii) FTS Addition Set Aside; Taxability Must Be Examined Under Relevant DTAA: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held legal services are not FTS under Section 9(1)(vii) and directed partner-wise DTAA examination. FTS addition was de...

July 5, 2026 393 Views 0 comment Print

Cost-to-Cost Overseas Reimbursements Without Profit Element Not Taxable as FTS: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that IT, salary and travel reimbursements without any profit element were not taxable and deleted the disallowance...

July 4, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

Employee Secondment Reimbursements Taxable as FTS as’Make Available’ Test Was Satisfied: Delhi HC

Income Tax : Delhi High Court held the ITAT failed to properly examine the ‘make available’ test for secondment payments, set aside its ord...

July 1, 2026 177 Views 0 comment Print

‘Make Available’ Test Not Met, No TDS on US Software Contractor Payments: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT held no TDS was required as the Revenue failed to prove the services made technical knowledge available under the India-US DT...

June 30, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT notifies Changes in TDS Return Form 26Q and 27Q

Income Tax : CBDT notifies the Income-tax (Seventh Amendment) Rules, 2025, updating Forms 26Q and 27Q to include Section 194T on payments to fi...

March 27, 2025 14190 Views 0 comment Print

Reg. Application in Form 15E for section 195(2) & 195(7) certificates

Income Tax : it has been decided that no such request for Form 15E for certificates under section 195(2) & 195(7) for a particular Financial Ye...

March 2, 2022 4590 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies New Form 15E and rule 29BA

Income Tax : CBDT vide notification No. 18/2021-Income Tax, Dated: March 16, 2021 inserted new rule 29BA. Application for grant of certificate ...

March 16, 2021 33498 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT clarifies on Certificates for lower rate/nil TDS/TCS certificate

Income Tax : Clarification on orders dated 31.03.2020 and 03.04.2020 issued under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) by CBDT vid...

April 9, 2020 12126 Views 0 comment Print

Lower/nil rate of TDS/TCS applications to be disposed liberally by 27.04.2020

Income Tax : In case of pending applications for lower/nil rate of TDS/TCS for F.Y. 2019-20, the Assessing Officers have been directed to dispo...

April 3, 2020 6036 Views 1 comment Print


Canada Resident Eligible for India-Canada DTAA Benefit: ITAT Delhi

November 4, 2023 2577 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi rules in favor of a Canadian resident, allowing them to benefit from the India-Canada Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA). Learn more in this article.

TDS from Own Account not excludible from Gross Taxable Value

November 3, 2023 714 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Bangalore held that TDS amount paid to the Government by the appellant from his own account not to be included in the gross taxable value. Accordingly, service tax not leviable on the same.

Software eligible same rate of Depreciation as Computer System

November 2, 2023 5433 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai grants relief to Caterpillar India, allowing 60% depreciation on computer software as an integral part of computer systems. Details of the case.

Booking fee collected from non-resident airlines not taxable as royalty

November 1, 2023 1059 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the booking fee received by the assessee from non-resident airlines is taxable as ‘business income’ and not as ‘royalty’ u/s. 9(1)(vi) of the Income Tax Act and Article 13(3) of Indo-Spain DTAA.

Deduction u/s 37(1) not available to pharmaceutical company gifting freebies to doctors

October 20, 2023 1224 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that the assessee (pharmaceutical company) is not entitled for claiming deduction under section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act on account of freebies given to the doctors.

Disallowance restricted to 0.5% of guarantee value in corporate guarantee to AE

October 4, 2023 2346 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that the corporate guarantee to Associated Enterprise (AE) is an international transaction and it has to be assessed at 0.5% of the corporate commission. Hence, directed AO to restrict the disallowance at 0.5% of the guarantee value.

Amendment to section 54F restricting investment in property to India is not retrospective

October 4, 2023 13506 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about the Bombay High Court’s ruling on the retrospective application of an amendment to Section 54F in the case of Hemant Dinkar Kandlur vs CIT

Section 271(1)(c) penalty unjustified without Income Concealment or Inaccurate Particulars

October 3, 2023 3966 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that imposition of penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act unsustainable in absence of any concealment of income or furnishing inaccurate particulars of income by the assessee.

Consideration paid for testing ability of candidates doesn’t qualify as royalty hence TDS not deductible

September 29, 2023 564 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that consideration paid for testing the ability of candidates do not fall within the purview of royalty under Article 13 of India-UK DTAA. Hence, there is no obligation withholding of tax u/s 195 of the Income Tax Act.

Reopening u/s 148 fails as was based on material which no longer exists as being legally incorrect

September 29, 2023 1143 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that the material/information on which AO have re-opened the assessment is no longer existing being legally incorrect. Hence, action of AO to have issued notice of re-opening of assessment u/s 148 of the Act itself fails.

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