Commissioner of Income Tax (TDS) vs. Hyderabad Race Club
ITTA/658/2015HC Telangana13 Jul 2016
Bench: The Tribunal, That The Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals), Hyderabad Had Erred In Granting The Threshold Limit Of Rs.2,500/- On Each Transaction For The Assessment Years 2007-08 & 2008-09 & In Deleting The Addition Made Under Section 194Bb Of The Income Tax Act, 1961 (For Short “The Act”). The Tribunal, However, Proceeded On The Premise That What Was Disallowed By The Assessing Authority Was The Aggregate Of The Transactions; & Held That It Is Only If Each Payment Exceeds A Sum Of Rs.2,500/- Can Tax Be Deducted At Source & Not Otherwise. The Question Before The Tribunal Was Not Whether Tax Deduction At Source Is Applicable For Each Payment Exceeding Rs.2,500/-, Or Payments Exceeding Rs.2,500/- In Aggregate. What Was Put In Issue By The Revenue Before The Tribunal Was That, Even For Each Individual Payment Exceeding Rs.2,500/-, Whether The Assessee Was Entitled To Deduct Rs.2,500/- As The Threshold Limit & Deduct Tds Only For The Balance. This Question Of Law, Though Specifically Raised By The Revenue Before The Tribunal, Has Not Even Been Considered, Let Alone Answered. We Consider It Appropriate, Therefore, To Set Aside The Orders Under Appeal & Remand The Matter To The Tribunal To Examine This Question Afresh In Accordance With Law.
Section 194B
disallowed by the assessing authority was the aggregate of the
transactions; and held that it is only if each payment exceeds a sum of
Rs.2,500/- can tax be deducted at source and not otherwise.
The question before the Tribunal was not whether tax deduction
at source is applicable for each payment exceeding Rs.2,500/-, or
payments exceeding Rs.2