In an apartment with more than 300 flats ,the builder has enetred into an agreemment with a third party service provider to provide common maintenance & catering service to the residents.Though there is a resident association, the buiulder has bypassed it in connivance with some residents & directly entererf into the contract
The residents have been dircted by the builder to pay the maintenance and catering bills directly to the service provider(each month's bill is running to around 6 to 7 lakhs)
Till now no TDS is being deducted (the contract is in force for nearly 4 years) & there is no way no know whether the contractor is reflecting the income correctly to IT authorities
What action should residents take
Who is responsible for deducting TDS & who will have pay the TDS & penalty to the government for TDS not deducted till date
Is the residents any way resposibble for nonb deduction of TDS
