required to be deducted as per the provisions of section 206AA, such deduction shall not exceed the amount of rent payable for the last month
having Permanent Account Number (PAN). The
Department under the provisions of section 206AA treated the tax
deducted by assessee as 'short deduction ... erred in law in concluding that sec 206AA is not applicable in
case of non-residents as the DT AA overrides
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25. It is evident that section 206AA contains a non-obstante clause and
relying on the same, the stand taken ... time of hearing before us, is that the
provisions of section 206AA have a overriding effect and since the said
provisions override all other provisions
deductee and, therefore,
in terms of subsection(6) of section 206AA of the Act, it
would have the effect as if the deductee ... deductor and the effect of provisions of sub
section(1) of section 206AA would follow. We may notice
that in terms of subsection
Whether on the facts and circumstances of the case,
provisions of section 206AA of the Act will have a overriding
effect for all other provisions ... furnish valid Permanent Account Numbers
as per the provisions of section 206AA of the Act. In case of other non-
residents, who were the residents
required to be
deducted @ 20% in view of the provisions of section 206AA of the
Act as the assessee was not having PAN and accordingly ... cess). The AO on the contrary has raised
demand by invoking section 206AA of the Act holding that the tax should have
been withheld
absolve the
assessee from the application of the provision of the section 206AA of
the I.T. Act.
2) Whether ... facts in
coming to the conclusion that the Sec.206AA of the I.T. Act, does not
override the provision
issue of short
deduction of TDS, invoking the provisions of Section 206AA of the
Income Tax Act [Act].
2. Briefly stated facts are that assessee ... applied, as per provisions of section
206AA . At the same time, there cannot be any doubt over the claim of the
appellant that provisions
DTAA on the
provisions of the Income-tax Act including section 206AA of the Act in
the facts and circumstances of the case ... that they are
beneficial to the assessee overrides the provisions of section 206AA
by virtue of provisions of section
Bangalore Trib.) wherein it was held that.
The provisions of sec. 206AA clearly overrides the other provisions of the Act.
Therefore, a non resident whose ... liable to
withhold tax at the higher of rates prescribed under section 206AA i.e. 20% and the
Commissioner (Appeals) has rightly held that