Where assessee-trust’s hospital availed services of some doctors, since there did not exist employer-employee relationship between parties, assessee was justified in deducting tax at source under section 194J while making payments of professional fee to doctors

Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital[2017] 86 taxmann.com 107 (Mumbai – Trib.) SEPTEMBER  8, 2017

Chandigarh ITAT in the case of IVY Health Life Sciences where the facts are almost identical to the case of the appellant, in that case also, the professional doctors were paid on the basis of fees received from the patients. Their remuneration was not fixed and they were also free to render services to the patients as they considered appropriate in terms of time or duration. Such professional doctors were also not entitled to PF, ESI, LTC and any other perquisites or retirement benefits. In these circumstances therefore, it was held by Hon’ble Chandigarh ITAT that there was no employer and employee relationship between the assessee and the professional doctors. Hence the assessee had rightly deducted tax at source under section 194J from the payments made to the professional doctors