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2022 (11) TMI 419 - AT - Income TaxTDS u/s 195 - payment made to non-resident - Disallowance u/s.40(a)(i) - HELD THAT:- Since, the assessee is in the business of providing software solutions and services to various industries, in our considered view, said services definitely requires technical expertise and knowledge. When the marketing partner provides pre-sale services and post-sale services to customers, the employees of marketing partner should be expertise in technical knowledge of the products. Therefore, we are of the considered view that the AO has rightly held that services rendered by marketing partner in terms of agreement between the assessee and M/s.SSG Technologies, LLC, comes under FTS as per Explanation-2 to Sec.9(1)(vii) - Since, the services rendered by marketing partner is in the nature of FTS, the assessee ought to have deducted TDS in terms of Sec.195 - Since, the assessee has failed to deduct TDS when payment made to non-resident, the AO has rightly disallowed said payment u/s.40(a)(i) of the Act. The Ld.CIT(A) after considering relevant facts rightly upheld addition made by the AO. Hence, we are inclined to uphold the findings of Ld.CIT(A) and reject the ground taken by the assessee.
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