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2018 (5) TMI 1182 - HC - Income TaxTDS u/s 195 - commission payment for the business activity accruing and airing in India - obligation on the part of the assessee to deduct tax at source in relation to the commission payment made to its foreign Commission Agent - Held that:- Explanation inserted with retrospective effect provides that obligation to comply with subsection [1] of Section 195 would extend to any person resident or non-resident, whether or not non-resident person has a residence or place of business or business connections in India or any other persons in any manner whatsoever in India Once the conclusion is arrived that such payment did not entail tax liability of the payee under the Act, as held by the Supreme Court in the case of GE India Technology Centre P. Limited [2010 (9) TMI 7 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA], sub-section [1] of Section 195 of the Act would not apply. The fundamental principle of deducting tax at source in connection with payment only, where the sum is chargeable to tax under the Act, still continues to hold the field. In the present case, the Revenue has not seven seriously contended that the payment to foreign commission agent was not taxable in India. - Decided against revenue
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