Tribunal held that the assessee made payments on behalf of its clients as Clearing and Forwarding Agent which were reimbursed to assessee. Assessee did not make claim of deduction in P & L A/c. Since, under domestic Law as well as under DTAA, income received by non-resident airline/shipping companies or their Agents, were not taxable in India, therefore, assessee was not liable to deduct TDS.
KGL Network (P) Ltd. v. ACIT (2018) 195 TTJ 265 / (2019) 176 DTR 102 (Delhi) (Trib.)
S. 40(a)(i) : Amounts not deductible – Deduction at source -Non-resident–Airfreight-Payments on behalf of its clients as Clearing and Forwarding Agent which were reimbursed-Expenditure was not claimed as deduction- No disallowance can be made. [S.44B, 172]