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2022 (12) TMI 690 - AT - Income TaxTDS u/s 194C or 194I - Short-deduction of taxes - payments towards maintenance charges - Addition u/s 201(1) / 201(1 A) - assessee-in-default’ - HELD THAT:- Payments received by Ambience group are split into two companies of same group on single contract one for rent and the other for maintenance charges. However, the AO noted that this arrangement has been made to avoid the higher deduction of TDS rate applicable to which we do not agree as when the receiver of rent and receiver of maintenance charges are different and distinct and the character of the payment is also different and distinct, then, the payments towards maintenance charges has to be made after TDS @ 2% u/s 194C of the Act and not @ 10% u/s 194I. From the material available on record, it is clearly discernible that the assessee company has paid rent to the owner after deduction u/s 194 of the Act @ 10% and the payment for operation/maintenance was made directly to the service provider company after deduction of tax u/s 194C - we are inclined to hold that in the present case the common area maintenance charges was not forming part of the actual rent paid to the owner by the assessee company. Payments of rent and common area maintenance charges have been made to distinct entities/companies, therefore, the authorities below were not right in creating the impugned liability payable by the assessee firm under the provisions of subsections (1) and (1A) of section 201 - respectfully following the case of Nijhawan Travel Service (P) Ltd. [2022 (7) TMI 176 - ITAT DELHI] the grievance/grounds of the assessee are allowed and the AO is directed to delete the impugned liability u/s 201(1) and 201(1A) of the Act. Appeals filed by the assessee are allowed.
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