| COURT: | ITAT Panaji |
| CORAM: | George Mathan (JM), N. S. Saini (AM) |
| SECTION(S): | 195, 40(a)(ia) |
| GENRE: | Domestic Tax, International Tax |
| CATCH WORDS: | Accrual of income, commission, non-resident, TDS disallowance |
| COUNSEL: | Sharmila Prabhu |
| DATE: | August 20, 2015 (Date of pronouncement) |
| DATE: | December 21, 2015 (Date of publication) |
| AY: | 2009-10 |
| FILE: | Click here to view full post with file download link |
| CITATION: | |
| S. 195/ 40(a)(ia): In view of retrospective amendment to s. 195 to provide that s. 195 applies whether or not the non-resident person has a residence or place of business or business connection in India, commission to non-resident agents for services rendered outside India is liable for TDS u/s 195 and has to suffer disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) | |
In respect of the issue as to whether the Assessee was liable to deduct TDS u/s 195 and whether the disallowance was liable to be made u/s 40(a)(ia) of the Act, it is noticed that the provisions of s. 195 has been amended by the introduction of the Explanation-II to the said section by the Finance Act, 2012, with retrospective effect from 1.4.1962, whereby it is clarified that ‘the obligation to comply with sub-section (1) and to make deduction thereunder applies and shall be deemed to have applied and extends and shall be deemed to have always extended to all persons, resident or non-resident, whether or not the non-resident person has (i) a residence or place of business or business connection in India…’ In view of the introduction of Explanation II to s. 195… the disallowance… would have to be restored
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