Assessee Faces Conflict: Payment Secrecy vs. TDS Compliance Under Income Tax Act, Seeks Relief u/s 197.

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....TDS u/s 194C OR 194J - Short deduction of tds - payment of Special Services - The assessee is facing genuine hardship as on the one hand it is bound to maintain complete secrecy of payments as is mandated by State Government as the nature of expenses is claimed to be for supply of pre-printed examination paper, while on the other hand, the provisions of the 1961 Act requires the deduction of income-tax at source under Chapter XVII-B if the payment falls under the said provisions. The assessee has not obtained any certificate from the AO for non deduction of TDS on these payments as is mandated under the provisions of Section 197 of the 1961 Act. - one more opportunity need to be granted to the assessee - AT....