TDS on discounted lottery ticket sales is not commission where the transaction is principal-to-principal and no payment is credited.

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....Section 194G applies only where income by way of commission, remuneration or prize is paid or credited to the payee, and a mere margin on resale does not constitute such payment. A reduced-price onward sale of lottery tickets to dealers on a principal-to-principal basis was treated as a discounted sale, not commission, because no amount was paid or credited by the assessee to the dealers. Section 194G was therefore inapplicable, TDS was not required, and the consequential proceedings under sections 201(1) and 201(1A) were unsustainable.....