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Posted on 07 November 2026
Show the benefit as income, and claim the TDS:
• 194R covers benefits or perquisites (free goods, sponsored trips, incentives in kind) received in the course of business or profession. The value is taxable as business income (Sec 28(iv)).
• In the ITR (business assessee): include the value of the benefit in "Other income" in the P&L (Schedule BP / P&L "other income"), and claim the 194R TDS in the TDS schedule. In books: Dr Asset or Expense (benefit received), Cr Other income; Dr TDS receivable for the TDS paid by the provider.
• If the provider bore the TDS (common in 194R), the TDS itself is also a benefit, so gross up.
• Non-business recipients (e.g. a doctor at a hospital receiving a sponsored trip from a pharma company): it's still professional income. Salaried employees aren't covered by 194R (their perks are taxed through 192).
• If the benefit is a capital asset (e.g. a car), record it as an asset at FMV.