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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 2103 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


No TDS u/s 195 levied on Placement Services since it is Not Covered under Technical Service

October 16, 2020 8901 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the Payment towards placement services is covered under technical service and TDS u/s 195 is applicable on the same?

No penalty for deduction of TDS at Lower Rate under wrong section

October 15, 2020 6315 Views 0 comment Print

Jitendra Sharma Vs JCIT (Intl Taxation) (ITAT Indore) ITAT Indore held that no penalty under Section 271C to be levied for deduction of tax under Section 194IA @1% instead of Section 195 @ 20.6% on purchase of property from Non Resident. FULL TEXT OF THE ITAT JUDGEMENT The above captioned appeals filed at the instances […]

No TDS on commission paid to non-resident agent for effecting exports

October 13, 2020 4017 Views 0 comment Print

Device Driven (India) Pvt. Ltd. Vs CIT (Kerala High Court) No TDS on commission paid to non-resident agent for effecting exports as it was not taxable under Income Tax Act Conclusion: Services rendered for effecting exports within India by assessee-company to foreign buyers would not attract income tax since the income was derived from the […]

Section 195 TDS not deductible on management fees paid to France entity

October 7, 2020 5343 Views 0 comment Print

Steria (India) Ltd. Vs. ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Ground number 11 is with respect to the disallowance of management services fees for non-deduction of tax u/s 40 (a) (i) of the act amounting to ₹ 206,044,024 incurred on account of management services fees, held to be fees for technical services on which tax deduction at source […]

TDS on purchase of licensed software cannot be made retrospective

October 5, 2020 38220 Views 0 comment Print

The decision holding that the payments made for purchase of software was in the nature of royalty came to be pronounced on 15.10.2011. Accordingly, assessee could not be treated as an assessee in default for not deducting TDS under section 195 in respect of payments made for purchase of licensed software prior to 15.10.2011.

TDS liability on payment to non-residents which is exempt under DTAA

July 26, 2020 8934 Views 0 comment Print

TDS liability on payment to non-residents which is exempt under DTAA The Supreme Court in its recent judgment in the case of  PILCOM vs CIT in SLP (CIVIL) No.7315 of 2019  has created a controversy on the withholding tax provision on the payment to be made to Non-resident. The recent judgement of Supreme Court has […]

No section 195 TDS on Charges for Services for issuance of GDR

July 25, 2020 2376 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the services in relation to issuance of GDRs are covered under the provisions of Section 9(i)(vii) and whether the same liable for TDS under the provisions of Section 195 of the Act?

Payment Made To Non-Residents In Their Indian Bank Accounts & Form 15CA/15CB

July 15, 2020 25239 Views 0 comment Print

The matter of whether Form 15CB is required for making payments to the Indian Bank account of a non-resident / foreign company is a grey area in the Income-tax law. Various entities have not been filing Form 15CA / 15CB while making payments to Indian Bank account of non-residents / foreign companies, since paying bank does not insist on the same while other entities are regularly filing Form 15CA / 15CB while making payment to a non-resident / foreign companies in their Indian bank accounts.

Basics of Section 195 of Income Tax Act, 1961

July 14, 2020 111694 Views 10 comments Print

To Whom does Section 195 applies? a) A resident Making Payment to Non-Resident and, b) A Non-Resident making payment to a Non-resident. As per Section 195, it says Any person responsible for paying to non-resident…any person not only includes Resident but also non-resident making payment to a non-resident

Payment of Foreign Agency Commission not liable for TDS in India

July 7, 2020 2361 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the TDS will be applicable on payment of Foreign Agency Commission?

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