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Issues: Whether reinsurance premium ceded to non-resident reinsurers was chargeable to tax in India so as to attract deduction of tax at source under section 195 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, and consequent disallowance under section 40(a)(i) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Analysis: The payment of reinsurance premium to non-resident reinsurers was held to be not chargeable to tax in India. The reasoning proceeded on the basis that the non-resident reinsurers had no business connection or permanent establishment in India, the reinsurance income did not accrue or arise in India, and the obligation under section 195 arises only when the sum paid is chargeable to tax in India. Since the payment was outside the tax net, the disallowance under section 40(a)(i) could not be sustained.
Conclusion: The disallowance of reinsurance premium under section 40(a)(i) was not justified and was deleted.