Exemption from TDS - Notification

[rathna prakash]

We are in the business of printing and do offset printing of all kind. We are informed that there is exemption from TDS on printing job. Please help us by clarifying whether we are exempted from TDS deduction on our bills. If so, kindly give us the relevant notification/circular details. Currently our clients are deducting 2% TDS on our invoices.

[Rama Krishana]

As such there is no such exemption. However, manufacturing or supplying a product according to the requirement or specification of a customer by using material purchased from a person, other than such customer, would be excluded from TDS.

AI Summary

TDS exemption denied for printing services; only excluded where supplier manufactures goods using third party materials per customer's specifications. There is no general exemption from TDS for printing jobs; invoices for printing services are subject to withholding. An exclusion applies only where a supplier manufactures or supplies a product according to the customer's specification using material purchased from a person other than that customer, in which case the transaction may be excluded from TDS.