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Central Board of Direct Taxes1 month ago39 sec readHigh impact
TDS Rate on Payments to E-commerce Operators Revised
Section 194-O TDS rate reduced from 1% to 0.1% for payments to e-commerce participants, aligning with government's ease-of-doing-business push.
Key points
- TDS rate cut from 1% to 0.1%
- Threshold unchanged at ₹5 lakh per participant
- New Form 26Q schedule effective FY 2026-27
Impact analysis
- Materially eases working-capital pressure on small e-commerce sellers who previously faced 1% TDS on gross sales.
Who should care
E-commerce ops · Sellers · Tax teams
Affected industries
E-commerce · D2C · Payments