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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 454991 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 9831 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


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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 105 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 378 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 141 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


No TDS on Sale of Software by treating it as Royalty

September 20, 2021 3843 Views 0 comment Print

Financial Software and Systems Private Limited Vs CIT (Madras High Court) The question of law which is involved is with regard to whether the assessee was liable to deduct Tax at Source in respect of the Computer Software which was dealt with by them, procured from a Non-Resident and sold in the Indian Market. This […]

Target marketing on overseas social media or automated advertising platforms not taxable as ‘Royalty’

September 20, 2021 4749 Views 0 comment Print

Target marketing on overseas social media or automated advertising platforms not taxable as ‘Royalty’ In a major relief to taxpayers availing online marketing services from social media platforms like Facebook, the Bangalore bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) recently ruled in the case of Urban Ladder Home Décor Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT that […]

Advertisement charges paid to non-resident company cannot be considered as royalty

September 3, 2021 27984 Views 0 comment Print

Payments made by the Applicant to the Non-resident Company cannot be considered as royalty payments and hence, it does not give rise any income chargeable in India under the Indian IT Act. Held that there is no requirement to deduct TDS under Section 195 of the IT Act.

Payment to Non-Resident with analysis of ‘Rate In Force’ U/s. 195

August 21, 2021 14988 Views 0 comment Print

195:-TDS on Payment made to Non-Resident Clause -1 (1) Any person responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, any interest (not being interest referred to in section 194LB or section 194LC) [or section 194LD] or any other sum chargeable under the provisions of this Act (not being […]

Sale of property by NRI – How to save huge amounts getting blocked as TDS

August 12, 2021 13752 Views 3 comments Print

Investing in a house property is common for Indians. Many NRIs living abroad own house properties in India. Since it is difficult to manage a house property from another country, an NRI may contemplate selling such Indian house property. In such cases besides finding a buyer, it is also important to understand the tax implications […]

Consideration for sale of software with associated hardware cannot be treated as royalty

August 9, 2021 1806 Views 0 comment Print

Autodesk Asia Pte. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) It was the case of the assessee that the sale of software / hardware was made outside India and the proceeds received from Indian distributors / customers was received by the assessee outside India. In the draft Order of Assessment, the AO treated the money received by […]

No TDS on Purchase of software licenses with associated hardware from Foreign Companies

July 12, 2021 21033 Views 0 comment Print

Autodesk Asia Pte Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Bengalore) The assessee is a Singapore based company, a subsidiary of Autodesk US and the headquarters for Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. It is engaged in the business of manufacturing, designing and supporting computer software and related Autodesk products in the APAC region. It performs or manages activities related to […]

Section 195 TDS on Non-Resident Payments

July 9, 2021 1432227 Views 30 comments Print

1) Who is responsible to deduct tax under section 195 of Income Tax Act, 1961? Any person responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, shall deduct income-tax thereon at the rates in force. 2) Nature of Payment a) Any interest (not being interest referred to in section […]

No Royalty on sale of software & no Fees for Technical Services on back-office services

July 6, 2021 3849 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. QlikTech International AB Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) Bangalore ITAT rules out royalty on distribution of software and holds that software payments are not taxable in India by placing reliance on landmark rulings in case of Engineering Analysis Centre of Excellence. It further held that back office services don’t qualify as Fees for Technical Services […]

Tax not deductible if no income is held to be taxable in India

June 18, 2021 963 Views 0 comment Print

Liability under section 201(1A), which could only proceed on the foundational assumption that tax was deductible at source by the person making payment in question, will end up exonerating the person, in whose hands the income is taxable, of liability under section 234B.

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