Opinion: TDS relief granted by Mumbai Tribunal to Uber

The Mumbai Tribunal in the recent judgement of Uber India Systems Private Limited (“Uber India”)v. Jt. CIT (TDS) [ITA 5862 amp; 5863/Mum/2018] has held that no TDS is required by Uber on payments made to various drivers which are driving the vehicles registered with Uber. This comes as a breakthrough to settle the ongoing litigation which was troubling the recent e-commerce boom as there was lot of uncertainty around the withholding tax provisions applied in case of an e-commerce transactions.The Mumbai Tribunal in the recent judgement of Uber India Systems Private Limited (“Uber India”)v. Jt. CIT (TDS) [ITA 5862 amp; 5863/Mum/2018] has held that no TDS is required by Uber on payments made to various drivers which are driving the vehicles registered with Uber. This comes as a breakthrough to settle the ongoing litigation which was troubling the recent e-commerce boom as there was lot of uncertainty around the withholding tax provisions applied in case of an e-commerce transactions.taxmann.com Latest ArticlesRead More

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