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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 2946 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 1050 Views 0 comment Print

TDS on Instalments for Property Purchase in Joint Names Where Only One Spouse Pays (Under-Construction Property)

Income Tax : When only one spouse pays for a jointly owned property, TDS liability rests with the paying spouse. Builders’ insistence on both...

December 28, 2025 2106 Views 0 comment Print

Property Purchase from an NRI: When to Deduct and Deposit TDS

Income Tax : Buyers must deduct TDS under Section 195 on amounts paid to NRI sellers, deposit by the 7th of the following month, and not rely o...

December 28, 2025 2556 Views 2 comments Print

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

Income Tax : Section 194-IA mandates 1% TDS on immovable property purchases from resident sellers if consideration or stamp duty value is ₹50...

November 10, 2025 6219 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 32175 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 1431 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 6021 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 22510 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 2229 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


No Specific Charge = No Penalty – ITAT Deletes 270A Penalty for Vague Notice Bonafide Claim

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that absence of a clear charge in the penalty notice makes the proceedings invalid. It ruled that failure to spe...

May 4, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print

No TDS on Foreign Agent Commission for Services Rendered Abroad; ITAT Deletes Section 40(a)(i) Disallowance

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that commission paid to foreign agents for services rendered outside India is not taxable in India. Consequently...

April 29, 2026 267 Views 0 comment Print

Application for NIL withholding tax rightly rejected since taxability matter pending before ITAT

Income Tax : Bombay High Court held that application for NIL withholding tax certificate rightly rejected since matter of taxability of fees fo...

April 24, 2026 243 Views 0 comment Print

No FTS on Project-Specific Design Services; ‘Make Available’ Test Not Met, No Disallowance u/s 40(a)(i)

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that consultancy payments for architectural services were not FTS since no technical knowledge was made availabl...

April 16, 2026 210 Views 0 comment Print

No TDS on Foreign Commission as Income Not Taxable in India: ITAT Rajkot

Income Tax : The Tribunal rejected the Revenue’s argument that taxpayers must seek AO determination under Section 195(2) in all cases. It hel...

April 10, 2026 369 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 13833 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 4485 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 33273 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 12051 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 5985 Views 1 comment Print


TDS on Purchase of Property From Non-Resident

May 25, 2022 98886 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding TDS on the purchase of property from a non-resident. Learn how to comply with Section 195 of the Income Tax Act.

No liability of TDS on GTA India for payment made to GTIL, UK towards membership fee

May 14, 2022 17796 Views 0 comment Print

Grant Thornton Advisory (P.) Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: No TDS was to be deducted under section 195 on payment made by assessee to GTIL, UK towards membership and subscription fee as the relationship between GTIL, UK and its members would be governed by the principle of mutuality, hence, would not be taxable. Held: […]

TDS not deductible on Reimbursement of Salary on Cost to Cost basis; Salary Income of recipient cannot be treated as FTS

May 14, 2022 4143 Views 0 comment Print

Goldman Sachs Services Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) Admittedly, the assessee deducted tax at source u/s.192 of the Act, on the 100% salary paid to the seconded employees, and paid the same to the credit of the Central Government. The assessee only reimbursed part of the salary cost of the seconded employee to overseas […]

Sales commission paid for enabling sale cannot be treated as FTS

May 8, 2022 2625 Views 0 comment Print

IRunway India Private Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT bangalore) Facts- The assessee filed its ROI for AY 2015-16 on 27 November 2015 declaring a total income of Rs. 52,289,620 under the normal provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (Act). The AO passed the assessment order dated 26 December 2017 u/s 143(3) of the Act making […]

TDS not deductible on Payment to foreign insurer not having PE in India

May 6, 2022 8481 Views 0 comment Print

There is absolutely no dispute that the foreign reinsurers does not have any place of business in India / permanent establishment in India / branch established in India / Liaison office in India. Hence, any payment made by the assessee company to such foreign insurers would not be chargeable to tax in the hands of the foreign reinsurers in India in terms of Section 195(1) of the Act.

Advertisement expense paid to Facebook (non-resident) without TDS deduction allowable

May 2, 2022 3564 Views 0 comment Print

Matrimony.com Limited Vs. ACIT/DCIT/ITO (ITAT Chennai) Briefly stated facts are that the assessee company is engaged in the business of providing services in connection with marriage alliance and related services. The company markets its product both through online and offline advertisements. During the year, the company has availed the services of Facebook, Ireland Ltd., for […]

TDS Rate on subcontracting charges paid to Chinese subsidiary will be 10% instead of 20% under Indo-China DTAA

April 24, 2022 4011 Views 0 comment Print

Infosys Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) Conclusion: The applicable rate of TDS on subcontracting charges paid to Infosys China should be considered at 10% as per the India-China DTAA instead of 20% as per section 206AA. Held: Assessee was an Indian company, engaged in the business of development and export of computer software and related […]

TDS not deductible on services rendered outside India by Non-Residents

April 21, 2022 67710 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs JLC Electromet Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Jaipur) In the present case, undisputed facts are that the commission has been paid to various non­resident entities in respect of sales affected by the assessee outside of India, the services have been rendered outside of India and the payments have been made outside of India. In light […]

Provisions of DTAA override section 206AA of Income Tax Act

April 20, 2022 2625 Views 0 comment Print

Infosys Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore)  The relevant ground with regard to the above issue are grounds 9.1 to 9.3. The Special Bench of the Tribunal in the case of Nagarjuna Fertilizders and Chemicals Ltd. v. ACIT reported in (2017) 78 taxmann.com 264 had held if rate of tax applicable under DTAA is lower than […]

TDS not deductible on Payment to Facebook Ireland for Advertisement

April 10, 2022 8985 Views 0 comment Print

Addl. CIT Vs Lenskart Solution (P) Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) It was claimed by the Assessee that as the Assessee had made the payment to Facebook Ireland Inc. (FII), which admittedly did not have any permanent establishment (PE) in India and, therefore, the payments made to it for advertisement services were not chargeable to tax in […]

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