A person whose total sales, gross receipts or turnover from business > ₹ 10 crores during the F.Y. immediately preceding the F.Y. in which the purchase is made.
## Payee
Any resident seller.
## On What
Any sum paid for purchase of goods.
## Threshold
Purchase of goods from one seller > ₹ 50 lakhs in a P.Y.
## Rate of TDS
0.1% of sum exceeding ₹ 50 lakhs.
## When to Deduct
At the time of credit to the seller's account OR at the time of payment, whichever is earlier.
## Interplay with 206C(1H) — Seller's TCS
If both 194Q (buyer's TDS) and 206C(1H) (seller's TCS on sale of goods > ₹ 50 lakhs) could apply, 194Q prevails — buyer deducts TDS, seller need not collect TCS.
## Quick Recall
Particular
Details
Buyer T/O threshold (preceding F.Y.)
> ₹ 10 cr
Purchase threshold
> ₹ 50 lakhs from one seller
Rate
0.1% on excess over ₹ 50 lakhs
Worked example
### Example 1
Example: Buyer Ltd. (T/O ₹ 15 crore in preceding F.Y.) purchases goods of ₹ 1.5 crore from Seller Pvt. Ltd. (resident).
Solution: TDS u/s 194Q applies on excess over ₹ 50 lakhs.
Computing TDS on full ₹ 1.5 crore instead of only the excess over ₹ 50 lakhs
Buyer with turnover ≤ ₹ 10 crore deducting TDS — buyer must satisfy the turnover criterion
Both buyer and seller collecting/deducting tax — 194Q takes precedence over 206C(1H)
Bare-Act text Section 194Q · Income-tax Act, 1961 · click to expand
Any person, being a buyer who is responsible for paying any sum to any resident (hereafter in this section referred to as the seller) for purchase of any goods of the value or aggregate of such value exceeding fifty lakh rupees in any previous year, shall, at the time of credit of such sum to the account of the seller or at the time of payment thereof by any mode, whichever is earlier, deduct an amount equal to 0.1 per cent of such sum exceeding fifty lakh rupees as income-tax. 'Buyer' means a person whose total sales, gross receipts or turnover from the business carried on by him exceed ten crore rupees during the financial year immediately preceding the financial year in which the purchase of goods is carried out.