Market fee and cess payable under a State enactment are...

Market fee and cess payable under a State enactment are statutory levies, not consideration for contractual work, and therefore do not attract tax deduction at source under the provision governing contractual payments. Government-prescribed procurement payments to societies, supported by sanctioned rates, reimbursement arrangements, control accounts and separately identifiable remuneration, constitute pass-through disbursements rather than contractor or subcontractor expenditure. The related disallowances for non-deduction of tax were deleted. Remission or cessation of a trading liability requires proof of a benefit obtained through an actual waiver, write-back, remission or extinguishment during the relevant year. Outstanding balances, without more, do not establish cessation where liabilities remain recorded, transactions continue and subsequent payments occur; the creditor-liability addition was deleted.