Withholding tax india to singaport

Sandeep Gupta (5 Points)

12 August 2016  

Hi, We are Microsoft partners and we need to make payments to Microsoft’s Singapore subsidiary for licenses and technical services. This is our first transaction to their Singapore subsidiary, I have few questions, would appreciate if you experts can help me in understanding & clearing the doubt.

1. Rate of withholding tax, so far I am aware of, it should be 25% but MS says it is 10% ( 10.815 % with all cesses) now. Please confirm which one is correct and would be great if you can forward any guidelines to refer.

2. Which cesses & what rates are applicable while withholding the tax.

3. In which clause / section, we should deduct the tax.

Thanks in advance for the help