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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


Foreign Remittance: TDS u/s 195: Reimbursement of Expenses

June 21, 2020 315082 Views 18 comments Print

Taxability of Reimbursement of expenses has always been a contentious issue. In most of the cases, assessee gets away with non-taxability of reimbursement of expenses on the plea of no profit element. However, in some cases, even without profit element, tax authorities and courts have held reimbursement of expenses as income of recipient liable for TDS and taxability in India.

TDS not deductible on Corporate guarantee fee paid to AE based at Netherlands

June 15, 2020 11142 Views 0 comment Print

Lease Plan India Pvt. Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) These appeals are against disallowance made by the learned assessing officer under section 40 (a)(i) on account of non-deduction of tax at source on guarantee commission paid to lease plan Corporation NV Netherland is confirmed holding it to be payment in nature of Fees For Technical […]

TDS on sale of Immovable Property by Non-resident

May 26, 2020 382238 Views 48 comments Print

Recently I was asked a question by someone that at what rate TDS is to be deducted at the time of purchasing a property in India from a non-resident. The answer to the question lies in the simple reading of the Income Tax Act’1961. Let us examine the relevant Sections of the Income Tax Act’1961. […]

PILCOM – A bitter pill which would hurt commerce?

May 11, 2020 9483 Views 0 comment Print

A recent judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of PILCOM v. CIT is likely to create significant confusion if not examined from proper perspective. On a first blush it seeks to unsettle a settled law, viz. a person is not liable to deduct tax at source in relation to payment made to a non resident which is, in the hands of the payee, not chargeable to tax

TDS Provisions related to Small Businesses & Covid 19 Relief

May 5, 2020 16155 Views 0 comment Print

TAX DEDUCTION AT SOURCE (TDS) In order to ensure better tax compliance and ensuring the timely payment of tax to the Government treasury, a mechanism has been established by making it mandatory for certain persons responsible for making payment of some expenses to deduct tax from such payment and deposit it to the Government account. […]

TDS on legal service received from outside India

April 29, 2020 102065 Views 30 comments Print

Legal fees is deemed to accrue or arise in India, whether or not non-resident has place of business in india or has rendered services in India.

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

April 9, 2020 12051 Views 0 comment Print

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 vide F. No. 275/25/2020-IT(B) regarding issuance of certificate for lower rate/nil deduction/collection of TDS, TCS U/s. 195, 197 and 206C(9) of the Income-tax Act. 1961

How to e-File Form 15CA and 15CB

April 3, 2020 424543 Views 14 comments Print

In this article we have discussed the procedure for e-filing of form 15CA and Form 15CB by remitter and Chartered Accountant using their digital Signature on e-filing website of Income Tax Department i.e. http://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in

DDT Abolition & TDS on dividend to Non-Resident Investors

April 3, 2020 67671 Views 3 comments Print

Abolition Of Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) – A Compliance Burdens When It Comes to TDS Of Non-Resident Investors Introduction:- Finance Act, 2020 has abolished DDT regime under which Dividends paid by Domestic Company were exempt in the hands of receivers (including Non-Residents). Thus now companies will be liable to deduct TDS under following sections:- Particulars […]

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

April 3, 2020 5985 Views 1 comment Print

In case of pending applications for lower/nil rate of TDS/TCS for F.Y. 2019-20, the Assessing Officers have been directed to dispose off the applications through a liberal procedure by 27.04.2020, so that the taxpayers may not have to pay extra tax which may cause liquidity issues to them. F. No. 275/25/2020-IT(B) Government of India Ministry […]

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