2013 (12) TMI 1664

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....to the order passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Cochin Bench in I.T.A.No.415/Coch/2011. 2. The issue involved in the above appeal is with reference to non-deduction of tax at the time of making payment to a foreign company as agency commission. The assessee entered into a contract for providing marketing support to win the contract for construction of bore wells in a foreign country. Th....

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....therefore the assessee was liable to deduct tax on such payments in the foreign country. The assessee preferred a further appeal before the Tribunal. The Tribunal found that the agency commission was payable in foreign exchange. Reference was made to Clause III, the responsibilities under the contract which reads as under: "Clause III Responsibilities of the Contractor 3.1 The Contracto....

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.... income of M/s. Mozambique Holdings Ltd. in India is taxable under the Income Tax Act. The Tribunal referred to the judgment of the Supreme Court in GE Technology Centre (P.) Ltd. v. CIT [2010] 327 ITR 456 (SC) and found that the assessee is not liable to deduct tax since no part of the payment made to M/s. Mozambique Holdings Ltd. is liable to tax in India. 5. On behalf of the Revenue the main c....