16 September 2014
Sir, I need to Rs.31,000 one time payment to a party for hiring of vehicle. The amount Rs. 31000 is inclusive of service tax of rs.3410. on base value of 27590.
16 September 2014
First of all will it fall under 194c or 194I that needs to be decided.
To decide under which section it should be covered we have underlined some major points Taxi on specific job:when ever taxi or any other vehicle booked for a specific Job like giving a contract to take employees from home to office and office to home .In these type of work a specific job has been assigned to vehicle and vehicle has not been hired as such so it should be covered u/s 194C and not under section 194I Control of owner of vehicle:In most of the time vehicles are hired with driver and control of the vehicle remain with the owner of the vehicle through driver,but this is not the deciding factor at all though its a point to be considered,whenever the control of vehicle remains with the the owner of the vehicle then it generally means that vehicle is specific job and not hired as such ,so deduction should be under 194C .but some times vehicle with drivers are also hired without specific jobs in that case person who has hired the vehicle can travel on it any where thought there may be some restriction but point is that no specific job has been assigned ,so in this case it will be covered under section 194-I. Same has been held by Chattisgarh State Electricity Board vs. ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Read more: http://www.simpletaxindia.net/search/label/SEC%20194%20I#ixzz1x4FT2b4U Contract agreement:The main paper which will decide the issue is contract agreement and issue will be decided mainly on the basis of the term of agreements and if there are slight differences from contract that can be ignored.TDS on hired vehicle for fixed amount is covered under section 194C and not section 194I.(read case law here)
16 September 2014
in any of your earlier reply have u mentioned about any agreement? then in such case its always assumed to be covered under section 194I, its a request to you that while posting the initial query all the details must be given at one place only
for giving correct suggestion as only on limited detail u asking for a debate?
16 September 2014
Details are like this: 1. A firm hired a car for going to a specific place and total KM run is suppose 2153 Km and car stayed with company employee for 8 nights. Total one time payment to be made is as follows: 2153 Km @ Rs.12 = 25840 8 nights @ 200 = 1600 Total = 27440 Add: Service Tax= 3392
Now my question is whether TDS will be applicable u/s 194C or 194I, and if applicable u/s 194C whether TDS will be deductible as the base amount is less than Rs.30000. I hope now you are clear about my query???
16 September 2014
yes then in such case sec 194C is applicable as it falls within the definition of "works contract" u/s 194C however still it does not cross the threshold limit of Rs 30,000 for 1 time transaction as stated and hence no tds will be deducted.
Hope now my reply is acceptable to u on ur details as provided above.
16 September 2014
I agree to your point, but I need to convince my boss that the threshold limit as of Rs.30000 is exclusive of service tax. No where it is mentioned.
In book it is mentioned "tax is required to be deducted at source where the amount credited or paid exceeds Rs.30000. in a single payment.
refer to circular 1/2014 issued by CBDT this year. after this circular, service tax amounts are not to be considered for TDS deductions. It is natural to extrapolate this to say that service tax is not to be included in computing the threshold limits