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The issue under consideration is whether the payments made to C & F agents which is outright reimbursement of freight charges having no element of profit is liable to deduct tax at source under Section 194C of IT Act?
What is annual e-TDS/TCS Return? -Annual e-TDS/TCS return is the TDS return under section 206 of the Income Tax Act (prepared in Form Nos. 24, 26 or 27) or TCS return under section 206C of the Income Tax Act (prepared in Form No. 27E), which is prepared in electronic media as per prescribed data structure. Such returns furnished in a CD/Pen Drive should be accompanied by a signed verification in Form No. 27A in case of Annual TDS returns or Form No. 27B in case of Annual TCS return.
Section 203 of the Income-tax Act 1961 read with the Rule 31 of the Income-tax Rules 1962 requires the deductor to issue certificate of tax deduction at source (TDS) to the deductee. The relevant form for such TDS certificate is Form No.16 in case of deduction under section 192 and Form No.16A for deduction under any other provisions of Chapter XVII-B of the Act. TDS certificate in Form No.16 is to be issued annually whereas TDS certificate in Form No.16A is to be issued quarterly.
When you file your TDS/TCS return, first the details regarding deposit of TDS/TCS made by you is compared with the data given by banks. The data is uploaded by banks on the basis of the TDS/TCS challans received by them. For this purpose, the Challan Identification Number (CIN), TAN and TDS amount as given in your TDS/TCS return is compared with the corresponding details given in the challan details provided by the bank that has accepted the tax. (CIN consists of the BSR code of the branch where you deposited the tax, date on which you deposited tax and the challan serial number which have been stamped on the counter foil of the challan given to you.)
Disallowance made by AO under section 40(a)(ia) for non deduction of TDS on discount/rebate allowed to dealers/distributors on sale of products was not justified as there was no element of work as defined under clause (iv) of Explanation to section 194C and AO had not brought on record any material for deduction of TDS under section 194H that the dealers/distributors were simply acting as intermediaries to facilitate sale of products to end users so as to infer a principal–agent relationship.
The issue under consideration is whether the penalty u/s 271C levied due to failure to deduct tax at source (TDS) on LTA paid to employee is justified in law?
The decision holding that the payments made for purchase of software was in the nature of royalty came to be pronounced on 15.10.2011. Accordingly, assessee could not be treated as an assessee in default for not deducting TDS under section 195 in respect of payments made for purchase of licensed software prior to 15.10.2011.
The answer is ‘NO’ there is no such provisions in the Income tax Act /rules to adjust the same by assesee himself. If the excess is related to perriod up to 31.03.2010 then Assesssee can claim refund of the same as per the provisions of CIRCULAR NO. 2/2011 [F.NO. 385/25/2010-IT(B)], DATED 27-4-2011 . Detailed analysis of the same can be seen on the link given below:-
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Certificate for lower or nil deduction of tax is issued by the Assessing officer to the non-resident for a specified period mentioned in the certificate for which it is valid unless it is cancelled by the assessing officer.
