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TDS on Payments to Non-Residents & Residents
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OBJECTIVE OF SECTION 195 OF THE OBJECTIVE OF SECTION 195 OF THE OBJECTIVE OF SECTION 195 OF THE OBJECTIVE OF SECTION 195 OF THE ACTACTACTACT
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� Objective of section 195 of the Act. (XYZ , in Re: P.No.18 of 1995- 238 ITR 575)
“the objective is to ensure, as best as possible, that the tax liability on the incomeelement, on the amount paid is got deducted at source itself so that the departmentis not put to the hassles of recovering it from a non-resident whose connection withIndia may be transient or whose assets in India may not be sufficient to meet thetax liability.”
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Objective of Section 195 of the Act
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OVERVIEW OF S.195 OF THE ACTOVERVIEW OF S.195 OF THE ACTOVERVIEW OF S.195 OF THE ACTOVERVIEW OF S.195 OF THE ACT
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“Any Person responsible for paying to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a
foreign company, any interest 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 or by the issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier, deduct income tax thereon at the rates in force…………….”
“Provided further that no such deduction shall be made in respect of any dividendsreferred to in section 115-O”
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Provision of section 195 of the Act
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Overview of S.195 of the Act
S.195
S.195(1) S.195(5)S.195(4)S.195(3)S.195(2)
Scope and Conditions for Applicability
Application by payer for lower
or nil withholding certificate
Application by payee for lower or nil withholding certificate
Validity period of the
Certificate
Power of the CBDT to issue notifications
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S.195(1)S.195(1)S.195(1)S.195(1)---- SCOPE & CONDITIONS FOR SCOPE & CONDITIONS FOR SCOPE & CONDITIONS FOR SCOPE & CONDITIONS FOR
APPLICABILITY APPLICABILITY APPLICABILITY APPLICABILITY
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� Who is responsible to deduct tax at source?
- Any person – Person as defined in section 2(31)
- Includes non-residents and foreign companies
• Satellite Television Asia Region Ltd (99 ITD 92 – Mum ITAT)
• Vodafone B.V. (SC)
• E-trade Mauritius Ltd (Mum HC)
� On Payments made to non residents
- Includes all non residents having presence in India or not
- It does not include RNOR
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S.195(1)- Scope & Conditions for applicability
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� What are the payments covered?
- Any sum chargeable under the Act
- Except Salary and dividends referred to in section 115-O
- Income not taxable in India (Exempt Income)
• Hyderabad Industries Ltd (188 ITR 749 – Kar HC)
� When to deduct tax
- At the time of payment or credit whichever is earlier
� What rate to apply?
- Lower of the two rates
• Relevant rates in force; or
• Rates under the Tax Treaty – sec 2(37A)(iii) – Circular No. 728 dt. 30-10-1995
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S.195(1)- Scope & Conditions for applicability
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� Points to remember
• No limit has been provided unlike other sections dealing with tax required to be
deducted while making payment to residents (section 194 to 194L)
• CBDT has issued a number of circulars relating to taxability of non residents
• Tax required to be deducted on sum chargeable to tax – Section 5 and section 9
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S.195(1)- Scope & Conditions for applicability
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Issues:
�Whether payment made by Branch to HO / other branch is subject to TDS?
�Circular No. 740 dt 17-4-996/Dresdner Bank-108 ITD375/ABN Amro 97 ITD89
�Whether tax required to be deducted where -
- Payment has been made to the representative assessee or agent of a non resident
- Payment made by Representative assessee or Agent of a Non Resident to a Non
resident
- Payment made to agent of a Non Resident on his instructions – 35 ITR 134 (Bom)-
Narsee Nagsee v/s CIT
- Assessee treating himself as agent of Non Resident – 200 ITR 441 (Cal) – Grindlays
bank Ltd v/s. CIT
�Are the rates that are being prescribed under the DTAA being required to be increasedby surcharge and education cess?
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S.195(1)- Scope & Conditions for applicability
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� Whether tax under section 195 is required to be deducted in following situations
- On void agreements – Erricsson Communications Ltd (81 ITD 77)
� What about payments made to non resident partner?
� What about payments made in kind?
- Kanchanganga Sea Foods Ltd (265 ITR 644)
� What about payments pending FERA/FEMA approval?
- United Breweries (211 ITR 256)
- Motor Industries Co (249 ITR 141)
- Pfizer Corporation (259 ITR 391)
� On adjustment against dues?
- Raymond Ltd (80 TTJ 120) / (86 ITD 179)
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� What happens if a particular source of income is chargeable to tax under the Act,but not under the DTAA? Is tax required to be deducted?
� Is tax required to be deducted from reimbursement of expenses?
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S.195(1)- Scope & Conditions for applicability
Nature of Expense Case Laws in Favor of assessee Case laws against the assessee
Reimbursement of cost of services of a third party engaged by Non resident
Wallace Pharmaceuticals P. Ltd (278 ITR 97)
Reimbursement of allocated cost (ie. cost sharing arrangements)
Dunlop Rubber Co (142 ITR 493) Danfoss Industries (India) Ltd (268 ITR 1)
Payment for services rendered at cost
Timkin India Ltd (273 ITR 67)
Reimbursement of incidental expenses in addition to payments of FTS? royalty
Telco Ltd (245 ITR 823)
Industries Engg. Project (P) Ltd (202 ITR 1014)
Clifford Chance (82 ITD 106)
Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (1 SOT 896)
Cochin Refineries Ltd (222 ITR 354)
SRK Consulting (230 ITR 206)
Hindalco Industries Ltd (278 ITR (AT) 125)
Reimbursement of living allowance, etc of a person deputed to India by the non-resident
BHEL (252 ITR 218)
Morgenstern Werner (233 ITR 751)
Goslino Mario (241 ITR 312)
Hyderabad Industries Ltd (188 ITR 749)
HCL Infosystems Ltd (274 ITR 261)
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� Whether payer is under obligation to withhold tax , even if the receipt is not taxablein the hands of the payee?
- Prasad Production ITA No. 663/MDS/2003 Chennai ITAT – Special Bench
- Van Oord Acz India (P) Ltd – 2010 –TIOL – 187-HC- Del – IT
- Samsung Electronics 2009- TIOL – 629 – HC- KAR- IT
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S.195(2)S.195(2)S.195(2)S.195(2)---- APPLICATION BY PAYERAPPLICATION BY PAYERAPPLICATION BY PAYERAPPLICATION BY PAYER
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� Deals with a scenario where payer makes an application for an order
� No prescribed format for an application
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S.195(2)- Application by Payer
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Issues:
� Where a work involves multiple phases, in such scenario, Is it sufficient if orderunder section 195(2) is obtained for phase I of the work or whether order is to beobtained for all the phases of the work?
� Whether order passed under section 195(2) is appealable?
� Whether order under section 195(2) of the Act is subject to revision under section263 of the Act?
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S.195(2)- Application by Payer
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S.195(3)S.195(3)S.195(3)S.195(3)---- APPLICATION BY PAYEEAPPLICATION BY PAYEEAPPLICATION BY PAYEEAPPLICATION BY PAYEE
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� Payee can make an application for a certificate
� Application can be made in prescribed format:
o Form No. 15C in the Case of Banking Company
o Form No. 15D in any other case
� Condition for issue of Certificate under section 195(3) of the Act (Rule 29B)
� Validity of Certificate
� Whether “certificate under section 195(3) of the Act is appealable?
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S.195(3)- Application by Payee
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Bird eye view of Section 195 of the Act
Payment made to non resident
Deduct TDS
Taxable under the Act
DTAA accessibleDTAA not-accessible
Remittance of payment to Non-Resident
NoTDS
No
Income not exempt under DTAA
Income exempt under DTAA
Not Taxable under the Act
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Refund of sum deducted- under different scenario
Sr.no
Scenario Criteria
a Contract is cancelled No remittance is made to the non-resident
b Remittance is duly made tothe non-resident, butcontract is cancelled
Remitted amount is duly refunded tothe payer by the payee
c Contract cancelled afterpartial execution
No remittance is made to the non-resident for the non executed part
d The contract is cancelledafter partial execution andremittance related to non-executed part is made to thenon-resident
Amount refunded to the payer or noremittance was made but tax wasdeducted and deposited when amountwas credited to the account of the non-resident
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Refund of sum deducted- under different scenario
Sr.no
Scenario Criteria
e Amendment in law or bynotification under the Act
There occurs exemption of theremitted amount from tax
f Order passed under section154 or 248 or 264 of the Act
Tax deduction liability of the payer isreduced
g Double deduction of taxamount
Same amount deducted twice bymistake
h Other than discussed above Grossing up not required or paymentof tax at higher rate under domesticlaw while a lower rate is prescribedunder DTAA
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Comparison between S.195(2),195(3) & 197 of the Act
S. 195(2) S. 195(3) S. 197
Payer applies to determineappropriate portion of sumchargeable to tax andliability for withholding tax
Nil withholding- payeeapplies to the AO
Lower or Nil withholding-Payee applies to the Ao
No Prescribed format for anapplication
Prescribed format for anapplication (Form No. 15Cor 15D as the case may be)
Prescribed format for anapplication (i.e Form No. 13)
Order appealable under section 248 of the Act
Order not appealable- Writpetition to High Court
Order not appealable-Writpetition to High Court