Amendment
of section 40.
11.
In section 40 of the Income-tax Act, in clause (a), for sub-clause (i), the
following shall be substituted, namely :ó
ë(i)Ý
any interest (not being interest on a loan issued for public subscription
before the 1st day of April, 1938), royalty, fees for technical services or
other sum chargeable under this Act, which is payable,ó
(A)Ý outside
India; or
(B)Ý in India
to a non-resident, not being a company or to a foreign company,
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ
on which tax is deductible at source under Chapter XVII-B and such tax has
not been deducted or, after deduction, has not been paid during the previous
year, or in the subsequent year before the expiry of the time prescribed under
sub-section (1) of secñtion 200 :
Provided
that where in respect of any such sum, tax has been deducted in any subsequent
year or, has been deductñed in the previous year but paid in any subsequent
year after the expiry of the time prescribed under sub-section (1) of section
200, such sum shall be allowed as a deduction in computing the income of the
previous year in which such tax has been paid.
Explanation.óFor the purposes of this sub-clause,ó
(A)Ý ìroyaltyî
shall have the same meaning as in Explanation 2 to clause (vi) of sub-section
(1) of section 9;
(B)Ý ìfees for
technical servicesî shall have the same meaning as in Explanation 2 to clause
(vii) of sub-section (1) of section 9;
(ia)Ý any interest, commission or brokerage, fees for profesñsional services
or fees for technical services payable to a resident, or amounts payable to
a contractor or sub-contractor, being resident, for carrying out any work
(including supply of labour for carrying out any work), on which tax is deductible
at source under Chapter XVII-B and such tax has not been deducted or, after
deduction, has not been paid during the previous year, or in the subsequent
year before the expiry of the time preñscribed under sub-section (1) of section
200 :
Provided
that where in respect of any such sum, tax has been deducted in any subsequent
year or, has been deductñed in the previous year but paid in any subsequent
year after the expiry of the time prescribed under sub-section (1) of section
200, such sum shall be allowed as a deduction in computing the income of the
previous year in which such tax has been paid.
Explanation.óFor the purposes of this sub-clause,ó
(i)Ý ìcommission
or brokerageî shall have the same meaning as in clause (i) of the Explanation
to section 194H;
(ii)Ý ìfees
for technical servicesî shall have the same meaning as in Explanation 2 to
clause (vii) of sub-section (1) of section 9;
(iii)Ý ìprofessional
servicesî shall have the same meanñing as in clause (a) of the Explanation
to section 194J;
(iv)Ý ìworkî
shall have the same meaning as in Explanation III to section 194C;
(ib)Ý any sum paid on account of securities transaction tax under Chapter
VII of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004;í.