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number of foreign companies have established their liaison offices in India. The liaison offices of these foreign companies engage a number of employees in their offices in India. Some of the employees are deputed to these liaison offices by the parent companies from abroad. Such expatriate employees continue to be on the pay-roll of the parent company also and the parent company continues to pay them a part of salary in lieu of retainership, etc.
Supreme Court held In the case of CIT vs. Bank of Nova Scotia that there is no substantial question of law, the facts and law having properly and correctly been assessed and approached by the CIT (A) as well as by the ITAT that for levy of penalty u/s 271C
It was held by Kerala High Court in the case of Classic Concepts Home India Private Limited V/s. CIT that, penalty U/s 271C is exigible if delay in remittance of TDS is caused due to unreasonable cause.
It is clear that the assessee may be under the bonafide belief that TDS is not liable to be deducted on payments made to non-banking financial institution. Section 273B of the Income Tax Act provides that no penalty under section 271C shall be imposable on the person or the assessee as the case may be, for any failure referred to in the said provisions, if he proves that there was reasonable cause for the said failure.
