22 November 2013
Is TDS on fees of professional and technical services required if as per terms of agreement service tax is paid seprately and was not included in fees of professional/technical services.
TDS will be paid on amount inclusive of service tax. Remember the client has raise an invoice and if he is liable to pay service tax, his invoice shall include the service tax payable. Just by way of a clause in agreement or by paying service tax separately, operation of Income tax provisions cannot be negated.
All these are fancy models that we provide to clients which do no good to client but only cause pain to him/her in long term. Stick to basics and help in improving compliance instead of planning for long term litigation for clients.
23 November 2013
Dear Nikhil, If as per terms of agreement service tax billing will be done seprately like section 194I. And if i refer the case of CIT v/s Rajasthan urban infrastructure development project (2013)and as per terms of agreement service tax is not part of fees of professional or technical services and Section 194J indicates "any sum paid" for professional or technical services. So service tax is not part of the same.
23 November 2013
Dear Nikhil, If as per terms of agreement service tax billing will be done seprately like section 194I. And if i refer the case of CIT v/s Rajasthan urban infrastructure development project (2013) and as per terms of agreement service tax is not part of fees of professional or technical services and Section 194J indicates " any sum paid" for professional or technical services. So service tax is not part of the same.
1. exclusion of service tax from ambit of 194-I is specially provided for.
2. I have read the Rajasthan High Court judgment earlier too and I agree to its inference.
However, I would wait till the matter achieves finality with Supreme Court.
However, I agree that you may use this judgment specially where the matter is within the jurisdiction of Rajasthan high Court. To add to it, you may, if you wish, can also use this judgment for other jurisdictions also by referring to All India Lakshmi Commercial Bank Officers' Union v. Union of India [1984] 150 ITR 1 (Delhi)