29 March 2011
There is a practice of deducting tax at source inclusive of Service tax component is it correct doing so? whether such a deduction amounts to double taxation as what will be the tax bifurcation in such a case?
29 March 2011
Thanks for the reply sir. I got one more reply from Mr.Subhash Kumar Jha where he says Tds would be on Gross amount in all the cases except in case of Rent where it will be on Net amount exclusive of Service tax component.
29 March 2011
As per Circular No.4/2008 dated 28.4.2008, it was clarified that TDS on rental payments would be required to be made only on the basic rental amount without including service tax. In other words, TDS should not be made on the service tax portion of the rent. However, this analogy is not applicable to TDS under other sections. So in case of other section TDS to be deducted on amount inclusive of Service Tax.
But your view is correct it results in double taxation. So this rule of deducting TDS on amount exclusive of service tax should be made applicable to all sections instead of only sec 194I.