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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


Validity of lower or nil TDS certificate extended to June 30, 2020

April 1, 2020 13425 Views 11 comments Print

Find out about the latest CBDT order on lower or nil TDS certificate validity. Learn how it affects TDS and TCS deductions for FY 2019-20.

Certificates for lower rate/nil deduction/collection of TDS or TCS- Reg.

March 31, 2020 60654 Views 4 comments Print

CBDT Order on issue of certificates for lower rate/nil deduction/collection of TDS or TCS uls 195, 197 and 206C (9) when Assesee was given such certificate for Financial year 2019-20 and when Assessee is Applying or Applied for first time for such certificate

FAQ – TDS on Non residents – Section 195

March 29, 2020 773998 Views 81 comments Print

In our country the TDS on Non resident under section 195 is the unique section to identify the tax rates and deductions on our business transaction with non resident day to day basis. In this article I would like to discuss about the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on TDS on Non resident payments under section 195 of Income tax act.

Income Tax treatment of amount paid towards Software Purchase

March 18, 2020 721619 Views 21 comments Print

The question as to whether the expenditure incurred towards purchase of computer software should be treated as revenue or capital in nature. Law has been well settled since 2012, still there different treatments in industry to treat the same as revenue or capital. So through this Article, I am trying to conclude whether the amount […]

Non-resident liable to deduct TDS from payments to Indian residents?

March 3, 2020 53218 Views 7 comments Print

Whether a Non-resident is liable to deduct TDS from payments made to persons resident in India? Of late the Government of India has been making use of the provisions of Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) for augmenting tax revenues. Vide Finance Act 1995 the scope of TDS has been vastly enlarged. There are certain provisions […]

TDS Rates for Financial Year 2020-21 & Assessment Year 2021-22

February 26, 2020 58881 Views 6 comments Print

Article compiles TDS Rate Chart For Financial Year 2020-21 and Assessment Year 2021-22 along with Due date of Payment of TDS and mode of Payment of TDS. Article explains Section under which TDS is deductible and TDS Rate Applicable. Article Covers Change in TDS Applicable from 01.04.2020 which was proposed by Union BUdget 2020 which […]

No TDS on export freight to shipping agent of non-resident

February 3, 2020 24234 Views 0 comment Print

In the given case, the respondent assessee has filed its return of income for the assessment year 2013-­14. The Principal Commissioner of Income Tax invoked power of revision under Section 263 of the Act, 1961 on the ground that without deducting TDS on the export freight, the assessee company had paid export freight to Inter Ocean Shipping and Logistic Services.

Sale of Immovable Property by a Non-Resident – TDS at a glance

January 30, 2020 2463 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax needs to be deducted at source by the purchaser on payment against purchase of an immovable property from a non-resident following the guideline as below: 1. Who is a non-resident under Income Tax Act? Ans. The residential Status is determined for every financial year, i.e., the period from 1st April to 31st March […]

Payment to parent company for copyrighted software on principle to principle basis cannot be treated royalty

January 15, 2020 2655 Views 0 comment Print

Payment to parent company for copyrighted software on principle to principle basis cannot be treated royalty and TDS not applicable on payment to parent company not having PE in India.

No TDS if no separate payment made for purchase of software embedded in mobile phones

January 12, 2020 2598 Views 0 comment Print

Since there was no separate payment made for the purchase of software embedded in mobile phones, therefore, no TDS to be deducted under Section 195 for software embedded in mobile phones imported by assessee during the previous year.

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