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Sanjeev Agarwal

Sanjeev Agarwal (Querist)
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07 January 2015 Should Tax be deducted on Telephone expenses including Telephone Lease Line expenses.

CA R SEETHARAMAN

CA R SEETHARAMAN (Expert)
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07 January 2015 No TDS applicable on telephone expenses. TDS at 2% applicable on lease line rent paid u/s 194I.

CA. Anoop Bhatia

CA. Anoop Bhatia (Expert)
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07 January 2015 Telephone expenses including lease line expenses in my opinion neither fall in the ambit of work contract nor they are covered in fees for technical services. Thus there should not be any TDS applicability.

CMA. CS. Sanjay Gupta

CMA. CS. Sanjay Gupta (Expert)
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07 January 2015 TDS not required to be deducted on telephone expenses or telephone leased line expenses.

Please refer Skycell Communications Ltd. v. Dy.CIT [2001] 119 TAXMAN 496 (MAD.)