20 March 2015
yes tds is deductible as firstly its a partnership firm and the threshold limit of rs30,000 is crossed for payment of professional fees u/s 194J and the rule of prev year tax audit applied only to ind or huf only and not to partnership firm.
hence ur liable to deduct tds and also pay tds to department and also file tds retrun and issue tds certificate in form 16A