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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


Section 195 TDS on payment of any other sum to a non-resident

August 6, 2019 147270 Views 3 comments Print

Provisions of tax deduction at source (TDS) with regard to payment of any other sum to a non-resident is covered under section 195 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which are explained hereunder.

TDS u/s 195 cannot be deducted in case no title in goods passed from foreign suppliers to assessee outside India

August 6, 2019 6276 Views 0 comment Print

Since the title in goods passed from foreign suppliers to assessee outside India at the port of shipment and AO failed to show as to how income of foreign parties was chargeable to tax in India, therefore,  no income had accrued to foreign parties in India in terms of section 5 and section 9, therefore, section 195 did not apply to payments.

Changes in TDS provision vide Interim and Final Budget 2019

July 31, 2019 31164 Views 7 comments Print

Changes in TDS provision via Finance bill,2019 as passed by Lok Sabha and Interim Budget, 2019 1. Sec 194M (new section): TDS on payment exceeding Rs 50 lakhs to Contractor or Professional by Individual/HUF (Applicable w.e.f. 01/09/2019) Insertion of New Section after Sec 194LD: (1) Any person, being an individual or a Hindu undivided family […]

Depreciation allowable on non-compete fees: HC

July 30, 2019 2532 Views 0 comment Print

Where non-resident agents appointed by assessee for procuring export orders did not have permanent establishment in India and their activities as commission agents are being carried out outside India, merely because a portion of the sale to the overseas purchasers took place in India, would not make assessee liable to deduct tax at source under section 195.

Does Subscription Fee fall under royalty?

July 29, 2019 14679 Views 0 comment Print

With the increase in the complexity and growing enterprise landscape, a number of IT companies engage in creation of databases and soft wares and have also entered in the business of data collection and data systemisation. In return, these vendor companies charge annual subscription fee that can be defined as the amount of money the vendors charge on a consequential basis for providing periodic access to their database and software.

Procedural & technical issues on IDS, 2016 clarified

July 13, 2019 1431 Views 0 comment Print

Clarification on certain procedural and technical issues regarding the Income Disclosure Scheme, 2016 (IDS) under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 read with section 195 of the IDS -reg. F.No.225/ 282/ 2017/ITA.II Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes (ITA. II) North Block, New Delhi, the 12th […]

Fees for included services taxable only if technical knowledge made available

July 9, 2019 4398 Views 0 comment Print

In view of Section 90(2) of the Act and clause 4(b) of Article 12 of the Treaty, the provisions of this Act would stand applicable only where fees for included services taxable only if there is a make available technical knowledge. In the case in hand finding of fact that has been returned by the ITAT, there is no make available of the technical knowledge, therefore, the provisions of the Income Tax Act would not stand attracted in the transactions in question.

Online application to determine TDS on payment to non-residents

July 7, 2019 3411 Views 0 comment Print

Online filing of application seeking a determination of tax to be deducted at source on payment to non-residents Under sub-section (2) of section 195 of the Act, if a person who is responsible for paying any sum to a non-resident which is chargeable to tax under the Act (other than salary) considers that the whole […]

Section 195- Withholding Tax- Royalty- Levy of Surcharge & cess

June 21, 2019 9867 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Wipro Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) In this case relief was allowed by learned CIT (A) in respect of levy of surcharge and cess by directing the AO that surcharge and cess should be levied only in the cases where the non resident vendors are residents of countries with which DTAA allows withholding rate […]

Surcharge & Cess Levied alongwith Withholding Tax because No Residency Proof Brought on Record

June 21, 2019 978 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether surcharge and education cess should be levied only in the cases where the non-resident vendors are residents of countries with which the DTAA allows withholding rate of more than 11.33%?

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