TDS Policy

This policy explains how Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) relates to creator Payouts on Influora. Influora deducts no tax from a creator Payout. We do not calculate, withhold or file TDS, and the invoices the app generates carry no TDS line. This page exists so you know that, and so we have somewhere to say it if it ever changes.

1. What TDS is

TDS ("Tax Deducted at Source") is a general feature of Indian tax law: a payer holds back part of a payment and sends it to the government in the recipient's name. Whether any such provision — Section 194-O of the Income Tax Act (e-commerce operators), for example — reaches an Influora Payout is a question for our Chartered Accountant, and it is open. [PENDING CA / LEGAL REVIEW — which provision, if any, applies to Influora Payouts]

Until that is answered, we withhold nothing. What we transfer to you is the released amount less the creator commission, and nothing else. Your own income tax on what you earn is still yours to file — not deducting tax at source does not make a Payout tax-free.

2. How it works, step by step

1. The brand approves your draft, you post within the campaign window, and you submit the live link. The live link is what triggers payment — approval on its own does not.
2. The reserved amount is released to your Influora wallet, minus the creator commission (see our Pricing page for the current rate).
3. An invoice is generated for the Payout. It does not show a TDS line.
4. Influora pays you by bank transfer (NEFT/IMPS) to the account in your payout details, within 2 working days of that live link. There is no withdrawal for you to request — we send it.
5. Nothing is taken out of that Payout for tax. If that ever changes, this policy changes first and we tell you before it reaches a Payout — questions to info@influora.in.

3. The rate

There is no rate to publish, because we take nothing out. [TDS RATE — not applicable today; pending CA confirmation that any provision applies]

If our Chartered Accountant confirms that a provision such as Section 194-O reaches Influora Payouts, we will publish the rate then in force here, and give you notice, before we act on it. Rates and thresholds are set by the Finance Act and change — we will not guess or publish an unconfirmed number in a live tax policy.

4. Why we still need your PAN

Your PAN does not change what you are paid today, because nothing is withheld either way. We ask for it for three reasons that are true now:

• It is part of KYC, and KYC is what lets us pay you at all — see our KYC Policy.
• It puts the right identity on your Payout invoices, which is what you will need at filing time.
• Indian tax law treats payments made without a PAN on record far less kindly (Section 206AA is the usual example). If a provision is ever confirmed to reach Influora Payouts, a PAN already verified is what keeps you out of that bracket. [PENDING CA / LEGAL REVIEW — whether Section 206AA would reach Influora Payouts, and from when]

Keep your PAN verified in KYC — see our KYC Policy.

5. TDS is not the same thing as GST on our Platform fee

Two different taxes, owed by different parties. We do not combine them in this document or on an invoice:

• TDS is a withholding a payer makes under the Income Tax Act. Influora withholds nothing from your Payout.
• GST applies to Influora's Platform fee (charged to brands) and is a separate line item — see our Pricing page.

So do not read GST on the Platform fee as tax taken out of your money: it is a charge to the brand on our fee, and nothing comes out of your Payout for tax.

6. Certificates

There is nothing to certify. Influora has not withheld tax from any Payout, so no Form 16A or TDS statement is due from us, and none is available in the app. If that ever changes we will issue whatever Indian law then requires, and this section will say how and by when. [PENDING CA / LEGAL REVIEW — certificate process and timelines, if a provision is ever confirmed to apply]

7. What we recommend

• Keep your PAN updated and verified in KYC at all times.
• Consult your own tax advisor or CA about your personal filing — this policy explains what Influora does and does not do, and is not tax advice.
• Keep your Payout invoices for your records. Because nothing is withheld, those invoices are the whole paper trail for what you were paid.

8. Changes to this policy

Tax rates, thresholds and the provisions behind them are set by Indian law and can change. We'll update this policy and the "Last updated" date whenever our CA tells us something here has stopped being true, and we'll never publish a number here that hasn't been CA-confirmed.

9. Questions

For questions about any of this, contact info@influora.in. For personal tax advice, please consult your own CA — we can't provide that.