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Section 197 Certificates Can’t Be Denied on Overturned Past Assessments: Delhi HC

Income Tax : The court held that tax authorities cannot rely on earlier findings already set aside by appellate bodies. Each Section 197 applic...

January 28, 2026 615 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

Countrywise Withholding Tax Rates: IT Act vs. Tax Treaties/DTAA

Income Tax : Detailed comparison of dividend, interest, royalty, and FTS withholding tax rates between India's Income-tax Act and over 60 Doubl...

October 19, 2025 43012 Views 1 comment Print

Countrywise Withholding Tax Rates / Chart as per DTAA

Income Tax : An analysis of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) withholding tax rates across various countries for dividends, interest, ...

October 17, 2025 450512 Views 28 comments Print

TDS on Non-Resident Payments: Section 195 Analysis

Income Tax : In-depth analysis of Section 195 TDS on payments to non-residents, covering taxability, DTAA interaction, PAN rules (206AA), Form ...

September 25, 2025 9561 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Additional Income-tax on distributed income by company for buy-back of unlisted shares

Income Tax : 20% Withholding Tax Rate on profits distributed by unlisted companies to shareholders through buy-back of shares Existing provisio...

February 28, 2013 1752 Views 0 comment Print

Vodafone pays over USD 400 mn more to buy Essar's 33 per cent stake

Income Tax : Ending year-long battle, UK-based Vodafone has agreed to pay USD 400 million more to its Indian partner Essar for buying its 33 pe...

July 3, 2011 943 Views 0 comment Print

After Vodafone verdict IT department will investigate more cross-border mergers involving Indian assets

Income Tax : The government will look into more cross-border mergers involving Indian assets, like the Vodafone-Hutchison deal, after the Bomba...

September 11, 2010 1163 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 1355 Views 0 comment Print

Replacement of dividend distribution tax with withholding tax to boost business

Income Tax : The cost of doing business in India could come down if the dividend distribution tax (DDT) levied on foreign shareholders is repla...

June 30, 2010 3029 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


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

Virtual Service PE Not Valid Ground to Deny Nil Withholding Certificate: Delhi HC

Income Tax : The court examined whether withholding tax could be imposed solely on the basis of an alleged virtual service permanent establishm...

January 19, 2026 459 Views 0 comment Print

DDT Must Follow DTAA Limits Because Dividend Is Shareholder Income: Bombay HC

Income Tax : Court held that dividend remains income of the shareholder and DDT is an additional income tax covered under Article 2, restrictin...

December 11, 2025 1293 Views 0 comment Print

SC Admits Tesco Plea on Service Tax for Overseas Employee Secondment

Income Tax : Supreme Court admits appeal by Tesco Bengaluru against CESTAT ruling on reverse charge service tax for seconded overseas employees...

October 17, 2025 480 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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

S. 40(a)(i) Tax Withholding on ‘Other sum chargeable’ of non residents

Income Tax : For the purpose of making disallowance of other sums chargeable under Section 40(a)(i) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, in the case of...

October 29, 2016 7321 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 14752 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT relaxes conditions for furnishing of Form 15CA & Form 15CB

Income Tax : Notification No. 93/2015 - Income Tax G.S.R. 978(E) dated 16th December, 2015 A CA certificate in Form No. 15CB will be required t...

December 16, 2015 187048 Views 28 comments Print


Budget 2017-Person responsible for paying’ in case of payments covered U/s. 195(6)

February 3, 2017 4917 Views 0 comment Print

The existing provisions of section 204 of Act, has defined the meaning of ‘person responsible for paying’ to include employer, company or its principal officer or the payer. Further clause (iii) of section 204 of the Act, inter alia, provides that in the case of credit or payment of any sum chargeable under the provisions of this Act

S. 40(a)(i) Tax Withholding on ‘Other sum chargeable’ of non residents

October 29, 2016 7321 Views 0 comment Print

For the purpose of making disallowance of other sums chargeable under Section 40(a)(i) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, in the case of non-residents, the appropriate portion of the sum chargeable to tax under the Act, ie, income component therein shall form the basis of such disallowance.

All about Section 206AA read with Rule 37BC & recent Changes

July 3, 2016 96028 Views 3 comments Print

All about Section 206AA of Income Tax Act, 1961 to be read with Rule 37BC of Income Tax Rules, 1962 alognwith recent changes as applicable from 24th June 2016 after considering the amendment effected by Notification No. 53/2016-Income Tax dated: 24.06.2016. Section-206AA Analysis (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, any […]

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

June 24, 2016 14752 Views 1 comment Print

37BC. Relaxation from deduction of tax at higher rate under section 206AA.– (1) In the case of a non-resident, not being a company, or a foreign company and not having PAN the provisions of section 206AA shall not apply in respect of payments in the nature of interest, royalty, fees for technical services and payments on transfer of any capital asset, if the deductee furnishes details and documents specified in sub-rule (2) to the deductor.

CBDT relaxes conditions for furnishing of Form 15CA & Form 15CB

December 16, 2015 187048 Views 28 comments Print

Notification No. 93/2015 – Income Tax G.S.R. 978(E) dated 16th December, 2015 A CA certificate in Form No. 15CB will be required to be furnished only in respect of such payments made to non-residents which are chargeable to tax and the amount of payment during the year exceeds Rs. 5 lakh. No Form 15CA and 15CB will be required to be furnished by an individual for remittance which do not requiring RBI approval under its Liberalised Remmittace Scheme (LRS)

Withholding tax Impact on Property transaction by Non-Residents Indian/Foreign Nationals

July 11, 2015 14738 Views 7 comments Print

As per Section 194-IA If property is sold by resident than buyer requires to deduct TDS at 1% on sale Value. Whereas section 195 require deducting TDS on payment to Non-Resident at normal tax rate applies to transaction i.e. 20% in case long term held property and 30%+cess on short term held property.

Withholding Taxes – Applicable Section, Rules, Rates and Procedures

May 27, 2015 9959 Views 0 comment Print

Any person responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, any interest (not being interest referred to in section 194LB , 194LC or 194LD) or any other sum chargeable under the provisions of this Act (not being income chargeable under the head “Salaries” ) shall, at the time of credit of such income to the account of the payee or at the time of payment thereof in cash , cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier, deduct income-tax thereon at the rates in force.

Section 206AA cannot override beneficial provisions of tax treaty

April 8, 2015 6215 Views 0 comment Print

In this article, author attempts to brief ITAT (Pune) judgement of Serum Institute of India Limited describing the rate of tax deduction on payments made to non-resident recipient who do not have Permanent Account Number (PAN).

Purchase cannot be treated Bogus based merely on the basis of statements given before Sales tax department

April 2, 2015 3217 Views 0 comment Print

AO was not justified in making the addition on the basis of statements given by the third parties before the Sales Tax Department, without conducting any other investigation. In the instant case also, the assessing officer has made the impugned addition on the basis of statements given by the parties before the Sales tax department.

Taxability of sale of software and support services under India US DTAA

March 22, 2015 5674 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee, a US company, entered into agreements with various customers in India for rendering software services – Assessing Officer held that payments received by assessee from sale of software and provision of maintenance and other support services to customers in India

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