TDS u/s 194 R Applicability

Need opinion on TDS liability of distributor u/s 194R

Case Study: An MNC is passing sell out scheme payout to their wholesale distributor as per eligibility of sub-distributors. Company is deducting TDS u/s 194R of wholesale distributor on such payouts. Is wholesale distributor is liable to deduct TDS again on said payout while passing to sub- distributors.
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This discussion examines the TDS u/s 194R liability for wholesale distributors receiving payouts from an MNC. The core question is whether distributors must deduct TDS again when passing these benefits to sub-distributors. While initially suggested that distributors are merely distributing benefits, the feasibility of collecting sub-distributor PANs for direct TDS deduction is a challenge. If collecting PANs isn't possible, distributors may indeed be liable for TDS deduction, provided the transaction values exceed the threshold.

194R APPLICABILITY

No. They are just distributing the same benefit to retailers.

Actually, they should advice to rectify the tds deduction over the retailers by giving their PAN numbers.

Providing Retailers Or Sub-distributors PAN is not feasible....considering the volume of retailer count and number of payouts.

In that case, TDS deduction by Distributors would be applicable, subject to applicability of the section over distributor/s.

194 R
post actual values of the transaction.
Transaction values are more than threshold limits

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