Common use of Corporate Taxes Clause in Contracts

Corporate Taxes. 15.4.1 The CONTRACTOR shall bear all direct taxes, levied or imposed on the CONTRACTOR under the laws of India, as in force from time to time. 15.4.2 Tax shall be deducted at source by ONGC from all sums due to an Indian tax resident Contractor in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961, as in force at the relevant point of time. 15.4.3 A non-resident Contractor i.e., a Contractor who is not an Indian tax resident according to the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961, has the option to obtain on its own either (A) a Certificate u/s. 195(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, or (B) a Certificate u/s. 197 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and furnish the said Certificate u/s. 195(3) or the Certificate u/s.197, as the case may be, to ONGC along with each of its Invoices. In case the non resident Contractor wishes to exercise this option, it should convey the same in writing to ONGC at the time of signing the Contract and an option so exercised shall be final and cannot be changed during the currency of this Contract. In case an option is so exercised, ONGC shall deduct tax at source in accordance with the directions contained in the Certificate u/s. 195(3) or the Certificate u/s. 197, as the case may be, as in force at the point in time when tax is required to be deducted at source. 15.4.4 In case the non resident Contractor does not exercise the option in clause 15.4.3 above, an Order u/s. 195(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, for the purpose of deduction of tax at source will be obtained by ONGC from the Indian Income Tax Department and tax shall be deducted at source by ONGC as directed in the said Order u/s. 195(2). The Corporation, at its discretion, may obtain a Certificate in Form 15CB from a practicing Chartered Accountant in lieu of obtaining an Order u/s 195(2) from Income Tax Department, and , in such case, TDS shall be regulated as per the said Certificate in Form 15CB 15.4.5 In case the non resident Contractor does not exercise the option in clause