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Understanding Higher TDS Rates: Section 206AA and 206AB

Income Tax : Know when higher TDS applies under Sections 206AA and 206AB for non-furnishing of PAN or non-filing of returns, and related exempt...

November 12, 2025 21816 Views 0 comment 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 6366 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Deducted at Source (TDS): FAQs

Income Tax : Learn about Tax Deducted at Source (TDS), its purpose, scope, and the applicable deduction rates for FY 2025-26 under various sect...

November 1, 2025 816549 Views 206 comments Print

FAQs on Higher rate of TDS under section 206AA and 206AB

Income Tax : Sections 206AA and 206AB mandate higher TDS rates for recipients who fail to furnish PAN (up to 20%) or do not file an Income Tax ...

October 31, 2025 4929 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on TDS or TCS on sale or Purchase of Goods

Income Tax : Know the key provisions of Sections 194Q and 206C(1H) on TDS and TCS for sale or purchase of goods, including thresholds, rates, e...

October 31, 2025 4443 Views 0 comment Print


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PAN-Aadhaar Linking update: Stats, Consequences and Collection

Income Tax : Introduction: The Government of India, through the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Revenue, has provided essential updat...

December 13, 2023 2637 Views 0 comment Print

Exempt Non-Residents Having TIN from Applicability of TDS at Higher Rate U/s. 206AA

Income Tax : Under the current provisions of Section 206AA, tax is required to be deducted by the deductor at a higher rate as prescribed under...

January 21, 2016 983 Views 0 comment Print

Rationalisation of Withholding tax on interest payments on borrowings of Infrastructure Debt Funds

Income Tax : Rationalisation of With-Holding Tax (WHT) to Encourage Greater Subscription in Indian Debt Securities by Foreign Investors, Encour...

May 21, 2013 870 Views 0 comment Print

Reminder : Person receiving income subject to withholding tax is required to obtain Permanent Account Number (PAN)

Income Tax : The Finance (No.2) Act of 2009 introduced section 206AA under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the ITA) to provide that any person who is...

July 4, 2010 1358 Views 0 comment Print

With effect from 1 April 2010 higher rate of tax applies for tax withholding where PAN is not provided

Income Tax : The Finance Act, 2009 introduced new provisions (section 206AA) in the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act). As per these provisions any...

April 3, 2010 1105 Views 0 comment Print


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TDS Demand for Inoperative PAN Quashed by ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that no TDS demand can survive where tax was duly deposited and PAN became operative within the CBDT-prescribed ...

February 2, 2026 876 Views 0 comment Print

Concessional LTCG Rate for Non-Residents Overrides Higher TDS Demands

Income Tax : The Tribunal examined whether tax was short-deducted on remittances to non-resident shareholders. It held that TDS at 11.54%, deri...

December 17, 2025 561 Views 0 comment Print

SC Confirms DTAA Protection Against Higher TDS Under Section 206AA

Corporate Law : The Court clarified that rental payments for aircraft engines fall under equipment per the India-Netherlands DTAA, and beneficial ...

November 29, 2025 612 Views 0 comment Print

TDS Rate for Non-Residents Governed by DTAA, Not Section 206AA: Delhi HC

Income Tax : The Delhi High Court held that TDS for non-residents without PAN should follow DTAA rates, not the 20% rate under Section 206AA. T...

November 29, 2025 687 Views 0 comment Print

DTAA prevails over Section 206AA even if non-resident does not have a PAN: SC

Income Tax : Supreme Court dismissed SLPs, confirming that DTAA rates override Section 206AA for non-residents without PAN. The case follows th...

November 26, 2025 2196 Views 0 comment Print


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Procedure for sharing information with tax deductors/collectors

Income Tax : DGIT(S)/ADG(S)-2/Compliance Check/432/2021-22 Government of India Ministry of Finance Central Board of Direct Taxes Directorate of...

June 9, 2022 1623 Views 0 comment Print

Relaxation from deduction of tax at higher rate U/s. 206AA

Income Tax : 37BC. Relaxation from deduction of tax at higher rate under section 206AA.– (1) In the case of a non-resident, not being a compa...

June 24, 2016 14776 Views 1 comment Print


Payment towards interconnectivity utility charges from Indian customers not taxable as Royalty

September 9, 2023 1509 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that payments received towards interconnectivity utility charges from Indian customers / end users cannot be considered as Royalty to be brought to tax in India under section 9(1)(vi) of the Income Tax Act and also as per DTAA.

Payments towards Interconnectivity Utility Charges not royalty/ FTS hence not taxable

August 31, 2023 831 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that payments received by assessee towards interconnectivity utility charges from Indian customers / end users cannot be considered as Royalty / FTS to be brought to tax in India under section 9(1)(vi)/(vii) of the Act and also as per DTAA.

ITAT Mumbai Directs Readjudication on FTS Tax Deduction for AO’s Oversight

August 30, 2023 378 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai’s ruling in Spark44 vs. ACIT case highlights failure to consider India UK DTAA provisions for tax deduction on FTS. Analysis and conclusion included.

10% TDS Applicable on Payment to FSII for Availing Pilot training, rules ITAT

August 7, 2023 2256 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee is a company engaged in the business of Air Transport of Passengers and is a holder of Non-Scheduled Air Transport (Passenger) Services (NSOP) permit granted by the Director General of Civil Aviation / Ministry of Civil Aviation.

TDS not deductible on payments to Non-resident Telecom Operators

July 31, 2023 2034 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka High Court held that payments made to Non-resident Telecom Operators for provision of bandwidth and Inter-connectivity Usage Charge are not covered as Royalty/ FTS and, accordingly, TDS not deductible. Further, assessee is entitled to take benefit of DTAA between two countries.

Denial of Foreign Tax Credit merely because Form 67 furnished after due date of return filing is unjustified

June 8, 2023 4470 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that denial of Foreign Tax Credit merely because Form 67 was filed after the due date of filing the return under section 139(1) of the Income Tax Act is unjustified and untenable in law.

DTAA overrides Section 206AA TDS rate

May 22, 2023 4167 Views 0 comment Print

Section 206AA cannot be understood to override the charging Sections 4 and 5 of the Act. It has further held that the provision in Section 206-AA has to be read down to mean that where the deductee i.e., the overseas resident business concern conduct sits operation from a territory, whose Government has entered into a DTAA with India, the rate of taxation would be as dictated by the provisions of the treaty.

Section 206AA cannot have overriding effect on DTAA

September 19, 2022 2505 Views 0 comment Print

CIT International Taxation Vs Air India Ltd. (Delhi High Court) Whether ITAT has erred in holding that the rate of deduction of tax in the case of a non-resident who does not have a PAN and whose case does not lie in the exceptions laid down in Sub-Section 7 of Section 206AA of the Act […]

Procedure for sharing information with tax deductors/collectors

June 9, 2022 1623 Views 0 comment Print

DGIT(S)/ADG(S)-2/Compliance Check/432/2021-22 Government of India Ministry of Finance Central Board of Direct Taxes Directorate of Income Tax (Systems) Notification No. 01 of 2022-Income Tax New Delhi, 09th June, 2022 Compliance Check Functionality for Section 206AB & 206CCA of Income-tax Act 1961 Section 206AB and 206CCA of the Income-tax Act,1961 (effective from 1st July 2021 and […]

TDS Rate on subcontracting charges paid to Chinese subsidiary will be 10% instead of 20% under Indo-China DTAA

April 24, 2022 4023 Views 0 comment Print

Infosys Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) Conclusion: The applicable rate of TDS on subcontracting charges paid to Infosys China should be considered at 10% as per the India-China DTAA instead of 20% as per section 206AA. Held: Assessee was an Indian company, engaged in the business of development and export of computer software and related […]

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