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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 21837 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 6384 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 816558 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 4446 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 989 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 1364 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 879 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 2202 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


Architectural Services provided to Singapore Entity Taxable at 10% when DTAA Benefit is Available

August 24, 2020 1935 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the architectural services provided to Singapore Entity taxable at 10% or 20% when the benefit of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) is available?

DTAA overrides Section 206AA of Income Tax Act, 1961

July 21, 2020 6522 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Bharath Fritz Werner Ltd. (ITAT Bangalore) At the time of hearing it was not disputed that the issue raised by the revenue in its appeals are already decided by a Special Bench of ITAT, Hyderabad. The issue regarding the applicability of provisions of section 206AA of the Act, in cases of tax to […]

DTAA overrides the Act, even if it is Inconsistent with the Act

June 28, 2020 3135 Views 0 comment Print

whether the assessee has to deduct tax at source at the rates prescribed in section 206AA in case the payees are unable to furnish their PANs, even if tax liability arises out of the treaty?

Note on DTAA and section 206AA

March 23, 2020 9429 Views 0 comment Print

Whether provisions of Section 206AA overrides DTAA? -When it comes to deduction of TDS while remitting any payment to Non Resident the beneficial provisions of DTAA & Income Tax Act -Provisions in the DTAA clearly ovveride the provisions of the Act, to the extent the provisions are more favourable to the -As per section 206AA, […]

Exemption from PAN furnishing U/s. 206AA to non-resident

March 15, 2020 24052 Views 0 comment Print

In order to reduce compliance burden, it is proposed to amend the said section 206AA so as to provide that the provisions of this section shall also not apply to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, in respect of any other payment, other than interest on bonds, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.

Section 194IA Purchase of Immovable Property from Resident- Analysis

December 28, 2019 10758 Views 2 comments Print

This article discuss Provisions and Scope of Section 194-IA, Payments covered, Who is Payer/Payee, Conditions to be satisfied for applicability of section 194-IA, Time of deduction of tax, Rates of TDS, Effect of non-furnishing of PAN on rate of tax, Certificate/statement for tax deducted at source, Furnishing of statements by tax deductor to department, Some […]

Section 206AA not override provisions of section 90(2)

December 20, 2019 2376 Views 0 comment Print

Section 206AA does not override provisions of section 90(2) and in case of payment made to non-resident, assessee correctly applied rate of tax prescribed under concerned DTAAs and not as per section 206AA because provisions of the DTAAs were more beneficial and DTAA acquired primacy in such case.

Tax Compliance Procedures to facilitate Foreign Remittances

July 26, 2019 13278 Views 0 comment Print

Introduction Any sum payable to a non-resident including a foreign company is liable to withholding of tax under section 195 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The tax rate may vary in accordance with the nature of the remittance which should fall within the scope of Section 9. Further, in accordance with the penal provisions […]

Section 206A: e-filing of statement of transactions with no tax deduction

July 7, 2019 17658 Views 1 comment Print

Section 206A: Electronic filing of statement of transactions on which tax has not been deducted Section 206A of the Act relates to furnishing of statement in respect of payment of certain income by way of interest to residents where no tax has been deducted at source. At present, the section provides for filing of such […]

Whether provisions of Section 206AA override DTAA?

August 26, 2018 17319 Views 1 comment Print

When it comes to deduction of TDS while remitting any payment to a Non-Resident the beneficial provisions of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and the Income Tax Act 1961 (Act) is applied. In case where the remittance is not taxable in India then there is no requirement to deduct TDS, otherwise TDS needs to be […]

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