Court Rules IT Support Services Exempt from TDS Without Human Intervention u/s 195 of Income Tax Act.

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....TDS u/s 195 - TDS on Admin and Network Support service charge - The revenue failed to consider the fact that the IT support services availed by the Assessee did not involve any human intervention. The Ld. CIT(A) reproduced extracts of the Master Service Agreement and observed that human intervention is an integral part of the Master Service Agreement which is completely misconceived. In fact, no reasons were provided by the Ld. CIT(A) as to how human intervention was an integral part of the Master Service Agreement. - It is held that the IT support services availed by the Assessee from Hitachi Ltd., Japan, and Hitachi Asia Ltd., Singapore are standard connectivity and networking services cannot be termed as technical services within the meaning of Section 9(1)(vii) of the Act. - AT....