Section 194C: TDS on Payments to Contractors

Section 194C of the Income Tax Act governs the deduction of tax on payments made to contractors or subcontractors for carrying out any work, including the supply of labour. What is Considered as ‘Work’ Under Section 194C? The term ‘work’ includes the following activities: Advertising Broadcasting and Telecasting: Includes production of programs. Carriage of Goods…

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TDS U/s 195 on payment of commission to foreign agent – not to be deducted (Judgement)

Bengal Tea & Fabrics Ltd. Vs Dy. CIT (ITAT Kolkata) ITAT held that when no business operations of commission agent were carried on in India, commission earned by them would be outside the range of income considered to appear in India for the purpose of section 5(2)(b) read with section 9(1)(i) of Income Tax act,…

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TDSMAN – you may trust for preparing error-free TDS Returns

Benefits of Using TDSMAN Prepare Returns for all Forms -24Q, 26Q, 27Q, 27EQ Prepare Correction statements Covers all previous financial years Import Data from Excel and Conso file Multi-user option available (at additional cost) Eliminate PAN errors Predict Defaults before return submission Auto Tax Calculations Prompt Support on phone/email Fully integrated with TRACES TDSMAN –…

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No TDS to be deducted if commission paid to foreign agents for rendering services abroad

ITAT Chennai Bench recently held that assessee is not liable to deduct tax at source for making payment to its foreign agents for rendering services abroad, if the foreign agent does not have a permanent establishment in India and the service rendered is not in the nature of technical service.  Facts of the case: The…

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Evaluate your TDS defaults using Justification report downloaded from TRACES

After the submission of your TDS return you have the option to evaluate your return by downloading the Justification report from the TRACES website. This report lists out the following errors that was present in the returns that was submitted: PAN Errors-List of all PANs that which is not present in the Income Tax Department…

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