Deduction of tax u/s 195 and the taxability of export commission payable to non-resident agents rendering services abroad - clarification

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.... Report for 1997-98 (D P No 79(I.T.) The Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG) raised an objection that the Assessing Officer in computing the Profits and Gains of Business or Profession, in a case in Mumbai charge, had wrongly allowed a deduction in respect of a payment to a non-resident where tax had not been deducted at source. The nature of the payment in this case was export commission and cha....

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....income arises in India. Further, since the payment is usually remitted directly abroad it cannot be held to have been received by or on behalf of the agent in India. Such payments were therefore held to be not taxable in India. The relevant sections, namely section 5(2) and section 9 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 not having undergone any change in this regard, the clarification in Circular No 23 sha....