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CHAPTER a
7
ADVANCE TAX, TAX
DEDUCTION AT SOURCE
AND TAX COLLECTION
AT SOURCE
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After studying this chapter, you would be able to–
 appreciate the modes of recovery of income-tax from an
assessee;
 comprehend and apply the provisions governing deduction
of tax at source from certain specified income and
payments;
 examine whether tax is deductible in a particular case(s)
considering the provisions of the relevant section;
 compute the tax deductible at source in respect of a
particular case(s);
 identify the cases where tax is not required to be deducted
at source and the conditions to be satisfied for this purpose;
 comprehend and appreciate the duty of the person
deducting tax;
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 examine the consequences of failure to deduct tax at

source or make payment of the tax deducted at source;
 appreciate when the liability to pay advance tax arises;
 compute advance tax liability and the schedule of
instalments for payment of advance tax;
 comprehend the concept of tax collection at source and
appreciate when tax is collectible at source;
 appreciate the difference between tax deduction at source
and tax collection at source.

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ADVANCE TAX, TDS AND TCS 7.3 a
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
Tax deduction Tax collection

Advance Tax
at source at source
Deduction of tax at Liability to pay Collection of tax

source advance tax at source
[Section 192 to 196] [Section 207 to 208] [Section 206C]
Certificate of Computation of TCS for non-

deduction of tax at advance tax filers of income-
a lower rate tax return and
[Section 209] non-furnishers
[Section 197]
of PAN [Section
Instalments of 206CCA &
No deduction of tax 206CC]
advance tax and due
in certain cases
dates
[Section 197A] [Section 211]
Difference
between TDS
Miscellaneous Credit for advance and TCS
Provisions tax
[Section 198 to
[Section 219]
206AB] Common
Number for TDS
Interest on non- and TCS
payment / short [Section 203A]
payment or deferment
of advance tax
[Section 234B & 234C]

1. DEDUCTION OF TAX AT SOURCE AND

ADVANCE PAYMENT [SECTION 190]
The total income of an assessee for the previous year is taxable in the relevant
assessment year. For example, the total income for the P.Y. 2023-24 is taxable in
the A.Y. 2024-25. However, income-tax is recovered from the assessee in the
previous year itself through –
(1) Tax deduction at source (TDS)
(2) Tax collection at source (TCS)
(3) Payment of advance tax

Another mode of recovery of tax is from the employer through tax paid by him
under section 192(1A) on the non-monetary perquisites provided to the
employee.
These taxes are deductible from the total tax due from the assessee. The assessee,
while filing his return of income, has to pay self-assessment tax under section
140A, if tax is due on the total income as per his return of income after adjus ting,
inter alia, TDS, TCS, relief of tax claimed under section 89, tax credit claimed to be
set off in accordance with the provisions of section 115JD, in case assessee
exercises the option of shifting out of the default tax regime provided under section
115BAC(1A), any tax or interest payable according to the provisions of section
191(2) and advance tax.
2. DIRECT PAYMENT [SECTION 191]

Direct payment of tax - Section 191(1) provides that in the following cases, tax is
payable by the assessee directly –
(i) in the case of income in respect of which tax is not required to be deducted
at source; and
(ii) income in respect of which tax is liable to be deducted but is not actually
deducted.
In view of this provision, the proceedings for recovery of tax necessarily had to be
taken against the assessee whose tax was liable to be deducted, but not
deducted.

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In order to overcome this difficulty, the Explanation to this section provides that if
any person, including the principal officer of a company –
(i) who is required to deduct tax at source; or

(ii) an employer paying tax on non-monetary perquisites under section 192(1A),
does not deduct, or after deducting fails to pay such tax, or does not pay, the
whole or part of the tax, then, such person shall be deemed to be an assessee-in-
default.
However, if the assessee himself has paid the tax, this provision will not apply.
3. DEDUCTION OF TAX AT SOURCE

3.1 Salary [Section 192]
(1) Applicability of TDS under section 192
This section casts an obligation on every person responsible for paying any
income chargeable to tax under the head ‘Salaries’ to deduct income-tax at
the time of payment on the amount payable.
(2) Manner of deduction of tax
(i) Such income-tax has to be calculated at the average rate of income-
tax computed on the basis of the rates in force for the relevant
financial year in which the payment is made, on the estimated total
income of the assessee where the employee intimates to the
employer his intent to exercise the option of shifting out of the
default tax regime provided under section 115BAC(1A).
(ii) Average rate of income-tax means the rate arrived at by dividing the
amount of income-tax calculated on the total income, by such total
income.
(iii) A deductor, being an employer, has to seek information from each of its
employees having income under section 192 regarding their intended
tax regime and each such employee would intimate the same to the
deductor, being his employer, regarding his intended tax regime for
each year and upon intimation, the deductor has to compute his total
income, and deduct tax at source thereon according to the option
exercised.

If intimation is not made by the employee, it would be presumed that

the employee continues to be in the default tax regime u/s 115BAC and
has not exercised the option to opt out of the default tax regime.
Accordingly, in such a case, the employer has to deduct tax at source,
on income under section 192, in accordance with the rates provided
under section 115BAC(1A).
It is also clarified that the intimation would not amount to exercising
option under section 115BAC(6) and the person shall be required to do
so separately in accordance with the provisions of that section [Circular
No. 4/2023 dated 5.4.2023].
(iv) The concept of payment of tax on non-monetary perquisites has been
provided in sections 192(1A) and (1B). These sections provide that the
employer may pay this tax, at his option, in lieu of deduction of tax at
source from salary payable to the employee. Such tax will have to be
worked out at the average rate applicable to aggregate salary income
of the employee and payment of tax will have to be made every
month along with tax deducted at source on monetary payment of
salary, allowances etc.
ILLUSTRATION 1
Mr. A, the employer, pays gross salary including allowances and
monetary perquisites amounting to ` 7,30,000 to his General Manager.
Besides, the employer provides non-monetary perquisites to him
whose value is estimated at ` 1,20,000. The General Manager is
exercising the option to shift out of the default tax regime and pay tax
under the optional tax regime as per the normal provisions of the Act.
What is the tax implication in the hands of Mr. A, the employer and
General Manager, the employee?
SOLUTION
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Gross salary, allowances and monetary perquisites 7,30,000
Non-Monetary perquisites 1,20,000
8,50,000
Less: Standard deduction under section 16(ia) 50,000
8,00,000

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Tax Liability 75,400

Average rate of tax (` 75,400 / ` 8,00,000 × 100) 9.425%
Mr. A can deduct ` 75,400 at source from the salary of the General
Manager at the time of payment.
Alternatively, Mr. A can pay tax on non-monetary perquisites as under –
Tax on non-monetary perquisites = 9.425% of ` 1,20,000 = ` 11,310
Balance to be deducted from salary = ` 64,090

If Mr. A pays tax of ` 11,310 on non-monetary perquisites, the same is
not a deductible expenditure as per section 40(a). The amount of tax
paid towards non-monetary perquisite by the employer, however, is
not chargeable to tax in the hands of the employee as per section
10(10CC).
(v) In cases where an assessee is employed simultaneously under more

than one employer or the assessee takes up a job with another
employer during the financial year after his resignation or retirement
from the services of the former employer, he may furnish the details of
the income under the head “Salaries” due or received by him from the
other employer, the tax deducted therefrom and such other particulars
to his current employer. Thereupon, the subsequent employer should
take such information into consideration and then deduct the tax
remaining payable in respect of the employee’s remuneration from
both the employers put together for the relevant financial year.
(vi) In respect of salary payments to employees of Government or to
employees of companies, co-operative societies, local authorities,
universities, institutions, associations or bodies, deduction of tax at
source should be made after allowing relief u/s 89(1), where eligible.
(vii) A tax payer having salary income in addition to other income
chargeable to tax for that financial year, may send to the employer,
the following particulars of:
(a) such other income and of any tax deducted under any other
provision;
(b) loss, if any, under the head ‘Income from house property’ if the
assessee intimated to the employer his intent to exercise the

option of shifting out of the default tax regime provided under

section 115BAC(1A).
The employer shall take the above particulars into account while
calculating tax deductible at source.
(viii) It is also provided that except in cases where loss from house property
has been adjusted against salary income, the tax deductible from
salary should not be reduced as a consequence of making the above
adjustments. Loss from house property would be adjusted against salary
where the assessee intimated to the employer his intent to exercise the
option of shifting out of the default tax regime provided under section
115BAC(1A). However, loss under the head “income from house
property” shall be allowed to be set off against salary and income
under any other head subject to maximum of ` 2,00,000.
(3) Furnishing of statement of particulars of perquisites or profits in lieu of
salary by employer to employee
Sub-section (2C) provides that the employer shall furnish to the employee, a
statement in Form No. 12BA giving correct and complete particulars of
perquisites or profits in lieu of salary provided to him and the value thereof.
The statement shall be in the prescribed form and manner. This requirement
is applicable only where the salary paid/payable to an employee exceeds
` 1,50,000. For other employees, the particulars of perquisites/profits in lieu
of salary shall be given in Form 16 itself.
(4) Circular issued by CBDT
Every year, the CBDT issues a circular giving details and direction to all
employers for the purpose of deduction of tax from salaries payable to the
employees during the relevant financial year. These instructions should be
followed.
(5) Requirement to obtain evidence/ proof/ particulars of claims from the
employee by the employer
Sub-section (2D) casts responsibility on the person responsible for paying
any income chargeable under the head “Salaries” to obtain from the
assessee, the evidence or proof or particulars of prescribed claims (including
claim for set-off of loss) under the provisions of the Act in the prescribed
form and manner, for the purposes of –

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(1) estimating income of the assessee; or

(2) computing tax deductible under section 192(1).
In case an employee has intimated his employer of his intent to exercise the
option of shifting out of the default tax regime provided under section
115BAC(1A), Rule 26C requires furnishing of evidence of the following claims
by him to the person responsible for making payment under section 192(1) in
Form No.12BB for the purpose of estimating his income or computing the
amount of tax to be deducted at source:
S. Nature of Claim Evidence or particulars

No.
1. House Rent Allowance Name, address and PAN of the

landlord(s) where the aggregate rent
paid during the previous year
exceeds ` 1 lakh.
2. Leave Travel Concession Evidence of expenditure

or Assistance
3. Deduction of interest Name, address and PAN of the lender

under the head “Income
from house property”
4. Deduction under Evidence of investment or

Chapter VI-A expenditure.
3.2 Interest on securities [Section 193]

(1) Person responsible for deduction of tax at source
This section casts responsibility on every person responsible for paying to a
resident any income by way of interest on securities.
(2) Meaning of interest on securities [Section 2(28B)]
Interest on securities means -
(i) interest on any security of the Central Government or a State

Government

(ii) interest on debentures or other securities for money issued by or on

behalf of a local authority or a company or a corporation established
by a Central, State or Provincial Act.
(3) Rate of TDS
Such person is vested with the responsibility to deduct income-tax at the
rates in force from the amount of interest payable.
The rate at which tax is deductible under section 193 is 10%, both in the
case of domestic companies and non-corporate resident assessees.
(4) Time of tax deduction at source
Tax should be deducted at the time of credit of such income to the account
of the payee or at the time of payment thereof in cash or by issue of a
cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier.
Where any income by way of interest on securities is credited to any
account in the books of account of the person liable to pay such income,
such crediting is deemed to be credit of such income to the account of the
payee and tax has to be deducted at source. The account to which such
interest is credited may be called “Interest Payable account” or “Suspense
account” or by any other name.
(5) Non-applicability of TDS under section 193
No tax deduction is to be made from any interest payable:
(i) on National Development Bonds;

(ii) on 7-year National Savings Certificates (IV Issue);
(iii) on debentures issued by any institution or authority or any public
sector company or any co-operative society (including a co-operative
land mortgage bank or a co-operative land development bank), as
notified by the Central Government;
Accordingly, the Central Government has, vide Notification No. 27

& 28/2018, dated 18-06-2018, notified-
(i) “Power Finance Corporation Limited 54EC Capital Gains Bond”
issued by Power Finance Corporation Limited {PFCL} and

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(ii) “Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited 54EC Capital Gains

Bond” issued by Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited
{IRFCL}
Thus, no tax is required to be deducted at source on interest payable
on “Power Finance Corporation Limited 54EC Capital Gains Bond” and
“Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited 54EC Capital Gains Bond”.
(iv) on any security of the Central Government or a State Government

Note – It may be noted that tax has to be deducted at source in
respect of interest payable on 8% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2003, or
7.75% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2018, only if such interest payable
exceeds ` 10,000 during the financial year.
(v) on any debentures (whether listed or not listed on a recognized stock
exchange) issued by the company in which the public are substantially
interested to a resident individual or HUF. However,
(a) the interest should be paid by the company by an account payee
cheque;
(b) the amount of such interest or the aggregate thereof paid or
likely to be paid during the financial year by the company to
such resident individual or HUF should not exceed ` 5,000.
(vi) on securities to LIC, GIC, subsidiaries of GIC or any other insurer,
provided –
(a) the securities are owned by them or
(b) they have full beneficial interest in such securities.
3.3 Interest other than interest on securities [Section 194A]

This section deals with the scheme of deduction of tax at source from interest
other than interest on securities. The main provisions are the following:
(1) Applicability of TDS under section 194A

This section applies only to interest, other than “interest on securities”,
credited or paid by assessees other than individuals or Hindu undivided
family. However, an individual or Hindu undivided family whose total sales,
gross receipts or turnover from the business or profession carried on by him

exceed ` 1 crore in case of business and ` 50 lakhs in case of profession

during the immediately preceding financial year is liable to deduct tax at
source under this section.
(2) Time of tax deduction at source
The deduction of tax must be made at the time of crediting such interest to
the account of the payee or at the time of its payment in cash or by any
other mode, whichever is earlier.
Where any such interest is credited to any account in the books of account
of the person liable to pay such income, such crediting is deemed to be
credit of such income to the account of the payee and the tax has to be
deducted at source. The account to which such interest is credited may be
called “Interest Payable account” or “Suspense account” or by any other
name.
The CBDT has, vide Circular No.3/2010 dated 2.3.2010, given a clarification
regarding deduction of tax at source on payment of interest on time
deposits under section 194A by banks following Core-branch Banking
Solutions (CBS) software. It has been clarified that Explanation to section
194A is not meant to apply in cases of banks where credit is made to
provisioning account on daily/monthly basis for the purpose of macro
monitoring only by the use of CBS software. It has been further clarified that
since no constructive credit to the depositor’s/payee’s account takes place
while calculating interest on time deposits on daily or monthly basis in the
CBS software used by banks, tax need not be deducted at source on such
provisioning of interest by banks for the purposes of macro monitoring
only. In such cases, tax shall be deducted at source on accrual of interest at
the end of financial year or at periodic intervals as per practice of the bank
or as per the depositor's/ payee's requirement or on maturity or on
encashment of time deposits, whichever event takes place earlier, whenever
the aggregate of amounts of interest income credited or paid or likely to be
credited or paid during the financial year by the banks exceeds the limits
specified in section 194A.
Note - The time for making the payment of tax deducted at source would
reckon from the date of credit of interest made constructively to the
account of the payee.

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(3) Rate of TDS

The rate at which the deduction is to be made is given in Part II of the First
Schedule to the Annual Finance Act. The rate at which tax is to be deducted
is 10% both in the case of non-corporate resident assessees and domestic
companies.
(4) Non-applicability of TDS under section 194A

No deduction of tax shall be made in the following cases:
(a) If the aggregate amount of interest paid or credited during the
financial year does not exceed ` 5,000.
This limit is ` 40,000 where the payer is a –
(i) banking company;

(ii) a co-operative society engaged in banking business; and
(iii) post office and interest is credited or paid in respect of any
deposit under notified schemes.
In respect of (i), (ii) and (iii) above, the limit is ` 50,000, in case of
payee, being a senior citizen.
The limit will be calculated with respect to income credited or paid by

a branch of a banking company or a co-operative society or a public
company in case of:
(i) time deposits with a banking company
(ii) time deposits with a co-operative society carrying on the
business of banking; and
(iii) deposits with housing finance companies, provided:
- they are public companies formed and registered in India
- their main object is to carry on the business of providing
long-term finance for construction or purchase of houses
in India for residential purposes.
The threshold limit will be reckoned with reference to the total interest
credited or paid by the banking company or the co-operative society
or the public company, as the case may be, (and not with reference to

each branch), where such banking company or co-operative society or

public company has adopted core banking solutions.
Section 206A requires every banking company or co-operative society

or public company referred to in above to prepare such statement, for
such period as may be prescribed
- if they are responsible for paying to a resident,
- the payment should be of any income not exceeding ` 40,000,

where the payer is a banking company or a co-operative society,
and ` 5,000 in any other case and
- such income should be by way of interest (other than interest on

securities)
The statement should be in the prescribed form and should be
delivered to the DGIT (Systems) or person authorized by him.
(b) Interest paid or credited by a firm to any of its partners;

(c) Interest paid or credited in respect of deposits under any scheme
framed by the Central Government and notified by it in this behalf;
(d) Interest income credited or paid in respect of deposits (other than

time deposits made on or after 1.7.1995) with a bank to which the
Banking Regulation Act, 1949 applies;
(e) Income paid or credited by a co-operative society (other than a co-
operative bank) to a member thereof or to such income credited or
paid by a co-operative society to any other co-operative society;
(f) Interest income credited or paid in respect of -

(i) deposits with primary agricultural credit society or a primary
credit society or a co-operative land mortgage bank or a co-
operative land development bank;
(ii) deposit (other than time deposits made on or after 1.7.1995)
with a co-operative society [other than cooperative society or
bank referred to in (i)] engaged in carrying on the business of
banking.
From a combined reading of (e) and (f), it can be inferred that a co-
operative bank other than mentioned in (i) above is required to

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deduct tax at source on payment of interest on time deposit to its

members. However, it is not required to deduct tax from the payment
of interest on time deposit, to a depositor, being a co-operative
society.
However, a cooperative society referred to in (e) or (f) is liable to
deduct tax if –
(i) the total sales, gross receipts or turnover of the co-operative
society exceeds ` 50 crore during the financial year immediately
preceding the financial year in which interest is credited or paid;
and
(ii) the amount of interest or the aggregate amount of interest
credited or paid, or is likely to be credited or paid, during the
financial year is more than ` 50,000 in case of payee being a
senior citizen and ` 40,000, in any other case.
Thus, such co-operative society is required to deduct tax under

section 194A on interest credited or paid by it –
(a) to its member or to any other co-operative society; or
(b) in respect of deposits with a primary agricultural credit society
or a primary credit society or a co-operative land mortgage bank
or a co-operative land development bank or
(c) in respect of deposits with a co-operative bank other than a co-

operative society or bank engaged in carrying on the business of
banking
(g) Interest income credited or paid by the Central Government under any
provision of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
(h) Interest paid or credited to the following entities:
(i) banking companies, or co-operative societies engaged in the

business of banking, including co-operative land mortgage
banks;
(ii) financial corporations established by or under any Central, State
or Provincial Act.
(iii) the Life Insurance Corporation of India.

(iv) companies and co-operative societies carrying on the business

of insurance.
(v) the Unit Trust of India; and

(vi) notified institution, association, body or class of institutions,
associations or bodies (National Skill Development Fund and
Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO),
New Delhi have been notified by the Central Government for this
purpose).
(i) income credited by way of interest on the compensation amount
awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal;
(j) income paid by way of interest on the compensation amount awarded
by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal where the amount of such
income or, as the case may be, the aggregate of the amounts of such
income paid during the financial year does not exceed ` 50,000.
(k) income paid or payable by an infrastructure capital company or
infrastructure capital fund or infrastructure debt fund or public sector
company or scheduled bank in relation to a zero coupon bond issued
on or after 1.6.2005.
Notes
(1) The expression “time deposits” [for the purpose of (4)(a), (d) and (f)
above] means the deposits, including recurring deposits, repayable
on the expiry of fixed periods.
(2) Senior citizen means an individual resident in India who is of the age
of 60 years or more at any time during the relevant previous year.
(5) Power to the Central Government to issue notification
The Central Government is empowered to issue notification for non-
deduction of tax at source or deduction of tax at a lower rate, from such
payment to such person or class of persons, specified in that notification.

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ILLUSTRATION 2
Examine the TDS implications under section 194A in the cases mentioned
hereunder–
(i) On 1.10.2023, Mr. Harish made a six-month fixed deposit of ` 10 lakh@9%
p.a. with ABC Co-operative Bank. The fixed deposit matures on 31.3.2024.
(ii) On 1.6.2023, Mr. Ganesh made three nine months fixed deposits of ` 3 lakh
each, carrying interest@9% p.a. with Dwarka Branch, Janakpuri Branch and
Rohini Branch of XYZ Bank, a bank which has adopted CBS. The fixed deposits
mature on 28.2.2024.
(iii) On 1.10.2023, Mr. Rajesh started a six months recurring deposit of ` 2,00,000
per month@8% p.a. with PQR Bank. The recurring deposit matures on
31.3.2024.
SOLUTION
(i) ABC Co-operative Bank has to deduct tax at source@10% on the interest of
` 45,000 (9% × ` 10 lakh × ½) under section 194A. The tax deductible at
source under section 194A from such interest is, therefore, ` 4,500.
(ii) XYZ Bank has to deduct tax at source@10% u/s 194A, since the aggregate
interest on fixed deposit with the three branches of the bank is ` 60,750
[3,00,000 × 3 × 9% × 9/12], which exceeds the threshold limit of ` 40,000.
Since XYZ Bank has adopted CBS, the aggregate interest credited/paid by all
branches has to be considered. Since the aggregate interest of ` 60,750
exceeds the threshold limit of ` 40,000, tax has to be deducted@10%
u/s 194A.
(iii) No tax has to be deducted under section 194A by PQR Bank on the interest
of ` 28,000 falling due on recurring deposit on 31.3.2024 to Mr. Rajesh,
since such interest does not exceed the threshold limit of ` 40,000.
3.4 Payments to contractors and sub-contractors

[Section 194C]
(1) Applicability of TDS under section 194C
Section 194C provides for deduction of tax at source from the payment
made to resident contractors and sub-contractors.

Tax has to be deducted at source under section 194C by any person

responsible for paying any sum to a resident contractor for carrying out any
work (including supply of labour for carrying out any work) in pursuance of
a contract between the contractor and the –
(i) the Central Government or any State Government; or
(ii) any local authority; or

(iii) any statutory corporation; or
(iv) any company; or
(v) any co-operative society; or

(vi) any statutory authority dealing with housing accommodation or for
the purpose of planning, development or improvement of cities, towns
and villages or for both; or
(vii) any society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860; or
(viii) any trust; or
(ix) any university established or incorporated by or under a Central, State
or Provincial Act and an institution declared to be a university under
the UGC Act, 1956; or
(x) any firm; or

(xi) any Government of a foreign State or foreign enterprise or any
association or body established outside India; or
(xii) any person, being an individual, HUF, AOP or BOI, who has total sales,
gross receipts or turnover from the business or profession carried on
by him exceeding ` 1 crore in case of business and ` 50 lakhs in case
of profession during the financial year immediately preceding the
financial year in which such sum is credited or paid to the account of
the contractor.
(2) Time of deduction

Tax has to be deducted at the time of payment of such sum or at the time
of credit of such sum to the account of the contractor, whichever is earlier.
Where any such sum is credited to any account in the books of account of
the person liable to pay such income, such crediting is deemed to be credit

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of such income to the account of the payee and the tax has to be deducted
at source. The account to which such sum is credited may be called
“Suspense account” or by any other name.
However, no tax has to be deducted at source in respect of payments made
by individuals/HUF to a contractor exclusively for personal purposes.
(3) Rate of TDS

The rate of TDS under section 194C on payments to contractors would be
1%, where the payee is an individual or HUF and 2% in respect of other
payees. The same rates of TDS would apply for both contractors and sub-
contractors.
The applicable rates of TDS under section 194C are as follows –
Payee TDS rate
Individual HUF contractor/sub-contractor 1%

Other than individual/HUF contractor/ sub-contractor 2%
Contractor in transport business (if PAN is furnished) Nil
Sub-contractor in transport business (if PAN is furnished) Nil
(4) Threshold limit for deduction of tax at source under section 194C
No deduction will be required to be made if the consideration for the
contract does not exceed ` 30,000. However, to prevent the practice of
composite contracts being split up into contracts valued at less than
` 30,000 to avoid tax deduction, it has been provided that tax will be
required to be deducted at source where the amount credited or paid or
likely to be credited or paid to a contractor or sub-contractor exceeds
` 30,000 in a single payment or ` 1,00,000 in the aggregate during a
financial year.
Therefore, even if a single payment to a contractor does not exceed
` 30,000, TDS provisions under section 194C would be attracted where the
aggregate of the amounts of such sums credited or paid or likely to be
credited or paid to the contractor during the financial year exceeds
` 1,00,000.

ILLUSTRATION 3
ABC Ltd. makes the following payments to Mr. X, a contractor, for contract
work during the P.Y.2023-24–
` 20,000 on 1.5.2023
` 25,000 on 1.8.2023
` 28,000 on 1.12.2023
On 1.3.2024, a payment of ` 30,000 is due to Mr. X on account of a contract work.
Discuss whether ABC Ltd. is liable to deduct tax at source under section 194C
from payments made to Mr. X.
SOLUTION
In this case, the individual contract payments made to Mr. X does not
exceed ` 30,000. However, since the aggregate amount paid to Mr. X
during the P.Y. 2023-24 exceeds ` 1,00,000 (on account of the last payment
of ` 30,000, due on 1.3.2024, taking the total from ` 73,000 to ` 1,03,000),
the TDS provisions under section 194C would get attracted. Tax has to be
deducted@1% on the entire amount of ` 1,03,000 from the last payment of
` 30,000 and the balance of ` 28,970 (i.e., ` 30,000 – ` 1,030) has to be paid
to Mr. X.
(5) Definition of work
Work includes –
(a) advertising;
(b) broadcasting and telecasting including production of programmes for
such broadcasting or telecasting;
(c) carriage of goods or passengers by any mode of transport other than
by railways;
(d) catering;
(e) manufacturing or supplying a product according to the requirement

or specification of a customer by using material purchased from such
customer or its associate, being a person related to the customer in
such manner as defined u/s 40A(2)(b), (i.e., the customer would be in
the place of assessee; and the associate would be the related
person(s) mentioned in that section).

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However, “work” shall not include manufacturing or supplying a product

according to the requirement or specification of a customer by using raw
material purchased from a person, other than such customer or associate of
such customer, as such a contract is a contract for ‘sale’. However, this will
not be applicable to a contract which does not entail manufacture or supply
of an article or thing (e.g. a construction contract).
It may be noted that the term “work” would include manufacturing or
supplying a product according to the requirement or specification of a
customer by using material purchased from such customer or its associate.
In such a case, tax shall be deducted on the invoice value excluding the
value of material purchased from such customer or its associate, if such
value is mentioned separately in the invoice. Where the material component
has not been separately mentioned in the invoice, tax shall be deducted on
the whole of the invoice value.
(6) Non-applicability of TDS under section 194C

No deduction is required to be made from the sum credited or paid or likely
to be credited or paid during the previous year to the account of a
contractor, during the course of the business of plying, hiring or leasing
goods carriages, if he furnishes his PAN to the deductor.
In order to convey the true intent of law, it has been clarified that this
relaxation from the requirement to deduct tax at source shall only be
applicable to the payment in the nature of transport charges (whether paid
by a person engaged in the business of transport or otherwise) made to a
contractor, who fulfills the following three conditions cumulatively -
is engaged in the
business of plying,
owns ten or hiring or leasing
less goods goods carriages
has furnished a
carriages at any declaration to this
time during the effect along with
previous year his PAN
Exemption
u/s
194C(6)

Meaning of Goods carriage:

Goods carriage means -
(i) any motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use solely for the
carriage of goods; or
(ii) any motor vehicle not so constructed or adapted, when used for the
carriage of goods.
The term “motor vehicle” does not include vehicles having less than
four wheels and with engine capacity not exceeding 25cc as well as
vehicles running on rails or vehicles adapted for use in a factory or in
enclosed premises.
(7) Important points
(i) The deduction of income-tax will be made from sums paid for carrying
out any work or for supplying labour for carrying out any work. In
other words, the section will apply only in relation to ‘works contracts’
and ‘labour contracts’ and will not cover contracts for sale of goods.
(ii) Contracts for rendering professional services by lawyers, physicians,
surgeons, engineers, accountants, architects, consultants etc., cannot
be regarded as contracts for carrying out any “work” and, accordingly,
no deduction of income-tax is to be made from payments relating to
such contracts under this section. Separate provisions for fees for
professional services have been made under section 194J.
(iii) The deduction of income-tax must be made at the time of credit of the sum
to the account of the contractor, or at the time of payment thereof in cash
or by issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier.
ILLUSTRATION 4
Certain concessions are granted to transport operators in the context of cash
payments u/s 40A(3) and deduction of tax at source u/s 194-C. Elucidate.
SOLUTION
Section 40A(3) provides for disallowance of expenditure incurred in respect of

which payment or aggregate of payments made to a person in a day exceeds
` 10,000, and such payment or payments are made otherwise than by account
payee cheque or account payee bank draft or use of electronic clearing system
through bank account or through other prescribed electronic modes.

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However, in case of payment made to transport operators for plying, hiring or

leasing goods carriages, the disallowance will be attracted only if the payment
made to a person in a day exceeds ` 35,000. Therefore, payment or aggregate of
payments up to ` 35,000 in a day can be made to a transport operator otherwise
than by way of account payee cheque or account payee bank draft or use of
electronic system through bank account or through other prescribed electronic
modes, without attracting disallowance u/s 40A(3).
Under section 194C, tax had to be deducted in respect of payments made to
contractors at the rate of 1%, in case the payment is made to individual or Hindu
Undivided Family or at the rate of 2%, in any other case.
However, no deduction is required to be made from any sum credited or paid or
likely to be credited or paid during the previous year to the account of a
contractor, during the course of the business of plying, hiring or leasing goods
carriages, if the following conditions are fulfilled:-
(1) He owns ten or less goods carriages at any time during the previous year.
(2) He is engaged in the business of plying, hiring or leasing goods carriages;
(3) He has furnished a declaration to this effect along with his PAN.
3.5 Commission or brokerage [Section 194H]

(1) Applicability and Rate of TDS
Any person other than an individual or HUF, who is responsible for paying
any income by way of commission (other than insurance commission) or
brokerage to a resident shall deduct income tax at the rate of 5%.
However, an individual or HUF whose total sales, gross receipts or turnover

from the business or profession carried on by him exceed ` 1 crore in case
of business and ` 50 lakhs in case of profession during the financial year
immediately preceding financial year in which such commission or
brokerage is credited or paid, is liable to deduct tax at source.

The deduction shall be made at the time such income is credited to the
account of the payee or at the time of payment in cash or by issue of
cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier.

Even where income is credited to some other account, whether called

“Suspense account” or by any other name, in the books of account of the
person liable to pay such income, such crediting shall be deemed to be
credit to the account of the payee for the purposes of this section.
(3) Threshold limit
No deduction is required if the amount of such income or the aggregate of

such amount does not exceed ` 15,000 during the financial year.
(4) Meaning of “Commission or brokerage”

“Commission or brokerage” includes any payment received or receivable,
directly or indirectly, by a person acting on behalf of another person
- for services rendered, or
- for any services in the course of buying or selling of goods, or
- in relation to any transaction relating to any asset, valuable article or
thing, other than securities.
(5) Non-applicability of TDS under section 194H

(i) This section is not applicable to professional services. “Professional
Services” means services rendered by a person in the course of
carrying on legal, medical, engineering or architectural profession or
the profession of accountancy or technical consultancy or interior
decoration or such other profession as notified by the CBDT for the
purpose of compulsory maintenance of books of account under
section 44AA.
(ii) Further, there would be no requirement to deduct tax at source on
commission or brokerage payments by BSNL or MTNL to their public
call office (PCO) franchisees.
(6) Applicability of TDS provisions on payments by television channels and
publishing houses to advertisement companies for procuring or
canvassing for advertisements [Circular No. 05/2016, dated 29-2-2016]
There are two types of payments involved in the advertising business:
(i) Payment by client to the advertising agency, and
(ii) Payment by advertising agency to the television channel/newspaper
company

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The applicability of TDS on these payments has already been dealt with in
Circular No. 715 dated 8-8-1995, where it has been clarified in Question
Nos. 1 & 2 that while TDS under section 194C (as work contract) will be
applicable on the first type of payment, there will be no TDS under section
194C on the second type of payment e.g. payment by advertising agency to
the media company.
However, another issue has been raised in various cases as to whether the
fees/charges taken or retained by advertising companies from media
companies for canvasing/booking advertisements (typically 15% of the
billing) is ‘commission’ or ‘discount’ for attracting the provisions of
section 194H.
The CBDT has clarified that no TDS is attracted on payments made by television
channels/newspaper companies to the advertising agency for booking or
procuring of or canvassing for advertisements. It is also further clarified that
‘commission’ referred to in Question No.27 of the CBDT’s Circular No. 715
dated 8-8-1995 does not refer to payments by media companies to advertising
companies for booking of advertisements but to payments for engagement of
models, artists, photographers, sportspersons, etc. and, therefore, is not
relevant to the issue of TDS referred to in this Circular.
ILLUSTRATION 5
Moon TV, a television channel, made payment of ` 50 lakhs to a production house
for production of programme for telecasting as per the specifications given by the
channel. The copyright of the programme is also transferred to Moon TV. Would
such payment be liable for tax deduction at source under section 194C? Discuss.
Also, examine whether the provisions of tax deduction at source under section 194C
would be attracted if the payment was made by Moon TV for acquisition of
telecasting rights of the content already produced by the production house.
SOLUTION
In this case, since the programme is produced by the production house as per the
specifications given by Moon TV, a television channel, and the copyright is also
transferred to the television channel, the same falls within the scope of definition
of the term ‘work’ under section 194C. Therefore, the payment of ` 50 lakhs made
by Moon TV to the production house would be subject to tax deduction at source
under section 194C.

If, however, the payment was made by Moon TV for acquisition of telecasting
rights of the content already produced by the production house, there is no
contract for ‘’carrying out any work”, as required in section 194C(1). Therefore,
such payment would not be liable for tax deduction at source under
section 194C.
3.6 Rent [Section 194-I]

Any person other than individual or HUF, who is responsible for paying to a
resident any income by way of rent, is liable to deduct tax at source.
However, an individual or HUF whose total sales, gross receipts or turnover

from the business or profession carried on by him exceed ` 1 crore in case
of business and ` 50 lakhs in case of profession during the financial year
immediately preceding financial year in which such rent was credited or
paid, is liable to deduct tax at source.
(2) Rate of TDS
Tax has to be deducted at the rate of:
(i) 2% in respect of rent for plant, machinery or equipment;
(ii) 10% in respect of other rental payments (i.e., rent for use of any land
or building, including factory building, or land appurtenant to a
building, including factory building, or furniture or fittings).
This deduction is to be made at the time of credit of such income to the

account of the payee or at the time of payment thereof in cash or by issue
of cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier.
Where any such income is credited to any account, whether called
“Suspense account” or by any other name, in the books of account of the
person liable to pay such income, such crediting shall be deemed to be
credit of such income to the account of the payee and the provisions of this
section will apply accordingly.
(4) Threshold limit
No deduction need be made where the amount of such income or the

aggregate of the amounts of such income credited or paid or likely to be

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credited or paid during the financial year to the account of the payee does
not exceed ` 2,40,000.
(5) Meaning of Rent

“Rent” means any payment, by whatever name called, under any lease, sub-
lease, tenancy or any other agreement or arrangement for the use of (either
separately or together) any –
(a) land; or
(b) building (including factory building); or
(c) land appurtenant to a building (including factory building); or

(d) machinery; or
(e) plant; or
(f) equipment; or
(g) furniture; or
(h) fittings,
whether or not any or all of the above are owned by the payee.
(6) Applicability of TDS provisions under section 194-I to payments made
by the customers on account of cooling charges to the cold storage
owners
CBDT Circular No.1/2008 dated 10.1.2008 provides clarification regarding
applicability of provisions of section 194-I to payments made by the
customers on account of cooling charges to the cold storage owners.
The main function of the cold storage is to preserve perishable goods by
means of a mechanical process, and storage of such goods is only incidental
in nature. The customer is also not given any right to use any demarcated
space/place or the machinery of the cold store and thus does not become a
tenant. Therefore, the provisions of 194-I are not applicable to the cooling
charges paid by the customers of the cold storage.
However, since the arrangement between the customers and cold storage
owners are basically contractual in nature, the provision of section 194-C
will be applicable to the amounts paid as cooling charges by the customers
of the cold storage.

(7) No requirement to deduct tax at source under section 194-I on

remittance of Passenger Service Fees (PSF) by an Airline to an Airport
Operator [Circular No. 21/2017, dated 12.06.2017]
The primary requirement of any payment to qualify as rent is that the
payment must be for the use of land and building and mere
incidental/minor/ insignificant use of the same while providing other
facilities and service would not make it a payment for use of land and
buildings so as to attract section 194-I.
Accordingly, the CBDT has, vide this circular, clarified that the provisions of
section 194-I shall not be applicable on payment of PSF by an airline to
Airport Operator.
(8) Applicability of TDS provisions under section 194-I to service tax
component of rental income
CBDT Circular No.4/2008 dated 28.4.2008 provides clarification on
deduction of tax at source (TDS) on service tax component of rental income
under section 194-I.
As per the provisions of 194-I, tax is deductible at source on income by way
of rent paid to any resident. Further, rent has been defined in 194-I to mean
any payment, by whatever name called, under any lease, sub-lease, tenancy
or any other agreement or arrangement for the use of (either separately or
together) any,-
(a) land; or
(b) building (including factory building); or
(c) land appurtenant to a building (including factory building); or

(d) machinery; or
(e) plant; or
(f) equipment; or
(g) furniture; or
(h) fittings,
whether or not any or all of the above are owned by the payee.

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Service tax paid by the tenant doesn’t partake the nature of income of the
landlord. The landlord only acts as a collecting agency for Government for
collection of service tax. Therefore, tax deduction at source under section
194-I would be required to be made on the amount of rent paid/payable
without including the service tax.
Note - It is possible to take a view that the clarification given in Circular
No.4/2008 would apply in the GST regime also.
Clarification regarding TDS on Goods and Services Tax (GST)
component comprised in payments made to residents
[Circular No. 23/2017 dated 19.07.2017]
The CBDT has, vide this circular, clarified that wherever in terms of the
agreement or contract between the payer and the payee, the component of
‘GST on services’ comprised in the amount payable to a resident is indicated
separately, tax shall be deducted at source on the amount paid or payable
without including such ‘GST on services’ component.
GST shall include Integrated Goods and Services Tax, Central Goods and
Services Tax, State Goods and Services Tax and Union Territory Goods and
Services Tax.
Further, for the purposes of this Circular, any reference to “service tax” in an
existing agreement or contract which was entered into prior to 01.07.2017
shall be treated as “GST on services” with respect to the period from
01.07.2017 onward till the expiry of such agreement or contract.
(9) Clarification on applicability of TDS provisions of section 194-I on
lumpsum lease premium paid for acquisition of long term lease
[Circular No.35/2016, dated 13-10-2016]
The issue of whether or not TDS under section 194-I is applicable on ‘lump
sum lease premium’ or ‘one-time upfront lease charges” paid by an
assessee for acquiring long-term leasehold rights for land or any other
property has been examined by the CBDT.
Accordingly, the CBDT has, vide this Circular, clarified that lump sum lease
premium or one-time upfront lease charges, which are not adjustable
against periodic rent, paid or payable for acquisition of long-term leasehold
rights over land or any other property are not payments in the nature of

rent within the meaning of section 194-I. Therefore, such payments are not
liable for TDS under section 194-I.
ILLUSTRATION 6
XYZ Ltd. pays ` 50,000 per month as rent to the Mr. Kishore for a building in which
one of its branches is situated. Discuss whether TDS provisions under section 194-I
are attracted.
SOLUTION
Section 194-I, which governs the deduction of tax at source on payment of rent,
exceeding ` 2,40,000 p.a., is applicable to all taxable entities except individuals
and HUFs, whose total sales, gross receipts or turnover from the business or
profession carried on by him does not exceed ` 1 crore in case of business and
` 50 lakhs in case of profession during the financial year immediately preceding
financial year in which such rent was credited or paid, is liable to deduct tax at
source.
Since the rent paid by XYZ Ltd. to Mr. Kishore exceeds ` 2,40,000, the provisions
of section 194-I for deduction of tax at source attracted.
The rate applicable for deduction at source under section 194-I on rent paid is
10%, assuming that Mr. Kishore had furnished his PAN to XYZ Ltd.
Therefore, the amount of tax to be deducted at source
= ` 6,00,000 x 10% = ` 60,000
3.7 Payment of rent by certain individuals or Hindu

undivided family [Section 194-IB]
Section 194-IB requires any person, being individual or HUF, other than
those individual or HUF whose total sales, gross receipts or turnover from
the business or profession exceeds ` 1 crore in case of business and ` 50
lakhs in case of profession in the financial year immediately preceding the
financial year in which such rent was credited or paid, responsible for paying
to a resident any income by way of rent, to deduct income tax @5%.

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(2) Threshold limit

Under this section, tax has to be deducted at source only if the amount of
such rent exceeds ` 50,000 for a month or part of a month during the
previous year.
This deduction is to be made at the time of credit of such rent, for the last
month of the previous year or the last month of tenancy, if the property is
vacated during the year, as the case may be, to the account of the payee or
at the time of payment thereof in cash or by issue of cheque or draft or by
any other mode, whichever is earlier.
(4) No requirement to obtain TAN
The provisions of section 203A containing the requirement of obtaining Tax
deduction account number (TAN) shall not apply to the person required to
deduct tax in accordance with the provisions of section 194-IB.
(5) Meaning of “Rent”
“Rent” means any payment, by whatever name called, under any lease, sub-
lease, tenancy or any other agreement or arrangement for the use of any
land or building or both.
(6) Deduction not to exceed rent for last month
Where the tax is required to be deducted as per the provisions of section
206AA, such deduction shall not exceed the amount of rent payable for the
last month of the previous year or the last month of the tenancy, as the case
may be [Section 206AA providing for deduction of tax at source at a higher
rate is discussed at length later on in this chapter]
ILLUSTRATION 7
Mr. X, a salaried individual, pays rent of ` 55,000 per month to Mr. Y from June,
2023. Is he required to deduct tax at source? If so, when is he required to deduct
tax? Also, compute the amount of tax to be deducted at source.
Would your answer change if Mr. X vacated the premises on 31st December, 2023?
Also, what would be your answer if Mr. Y does not provide his PAN to Mr. X?

SOLUTION
Since Mr. X pays rent exceeding ` 50,000 per month in the F.Y. 2023-24, he is
liable to deduct tax at source @5% of such rent for F.Y. 2023-24 under section
194-IB. Thus, ` 27,500 [` 55,000 x 5% x 10] has to be deducted from rent payable
for March, 2024.
If Mr. X vacated the premises in December, 2023, then tax of ` 19,250 [` 55,000 x
5% x 7] has to be deducted from rent payable for December, 2023.
In case Mr. Y does not provide his PAN to Mr. X, tax would be deductible@20%,
instead of 5%.
In case 1 above, this would amount to ` 1,10,000 [` 55,000 x 20% x 10], but the
same has to be restricted to ` 55,000, being rent for March, 2024.
In case 2 above, this would amount to ` 77,000 [` 55,000 x 20% x 7], but the same
has to be restricted to ` 55,000, being rent for December, 2023.
3.8 Fees for professional or technical services [Section 194J]

Every person other than an individual or a HUF, who is responsible for
paying to a resident any sum by way of –
(i) fees for professional services; or
(ii) fees for technical services; or
(iii) any remuneration or fees or commission, by whatever name called,
other than those on which tax is deductible under section 192, to a
director of a company; or
(iv) royalty, or
(v) non-compete fees referred to in section 28(va)
shall deduct tax at source at the rate of –
(a) 2% in case of fees for technical services (not being professional
services) or royalty in the nature of consideration for sale, distribution
or exhibition of cinematographic films; and
(b) 10% in other cases.
However, in case of a payee, engaged only in the business of operation of

call centre, the tax shall be deducted at source @2%

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The deduction is to be made at the time of credit of such sum to the
account of the payee or at the time of payment thereof in cash or by issue
of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier.
Where such sum is credited to any account, whether called suspense
account or by any other name, in the books of accounts of the person liable
to pay such sum, such crediting shall be deemed to be credit of such sum to
the account of the payee and tax has to be deducted accordingly.
(3) Threshold limit
No tax deduction is required if the amount of fees or the aggregate of the
amounts of fees credited or paid or likely to be credited or paid during a
financial year does not exceed ` 30,000 in the case of fees for professional
services, ` 30,000 in the case of fees for technical services, ` 30,000 in the
case of royalty and ` 30,000 in the case of non-compete fees.
The limit of ` 30,000 under section 194J is applicable separately for fees for
professional services, fees for technical services, royalty and non-compete
fees referred to in section 28(va). It implies that if the payment to a person
towards each of the above is less than ` 30,000, no tax is required to be
deducted at source, even though the aggregate payment or credit exceeds
` 30,000. However, there is no such exemption limit for deduction of tax on
any remuneration or fees or commission payable to director of a company.
Summary of rates and threshold limit under section 194J for deduction
of tax at source
Separate
Nature of payment TDS rate
Limit
Fees for technical services (not being 2% ` 30,000

professional services)
Fees for professional services 10% ` 30,000
Royalty in the nature of consideration for 2%

sale, distribution or exhibition of
` 30,000
cinematographic films
Other royalty 10%

Any remuneration or fees or commission, 10% Nil

by whatever name called, other than those
on which tax is deductible under section
192, to a director of a company
Non-compete fees 10% ` 30,000
In case of a payee, engaged only in the business of operation of call centre,

the tax shall be deducted at source @2%
ILLUSTRATION 8
XYZ Ltd. makes a payment of ` 28,000 to Mr. Ganesh on 2.8.2023 towards
fees for professional services and another payment of ` 25,000 to him on the
same date towards fees for technical services. Discuss whether TDS provisions
under section 194J are attracted.
SOLUTION
TDS provisions under section 194J would not get attracted, since the limit of
` 30,000 is applicable for fees for professional services and fees for technical
services, separately. It is assumed that there is no other payment to
Mr. Ganesh towards fees for professional services and fees for technical
services during the P.Y.2023-24.
(4) Non-applicability of TDS under section 194J

(i) An individual or a Hindu undivided family is not liable to deduct tax at
source.
However, an individual or HUF, whose total sales, gross receipts or

turnover from business or profession carried by him exceeds ` 1 crore
in case of business or ` 50 lakhs in case of profession in the financial
year immediately preceding the financial year in which the fees for
professional services or fees for technical services is credited or
paid is required to deduct tax on such fees.
Since this provision requires such individuals/HUFs to

deduct tax at source only in respect of fees for professional
services or fees for technical services, it can be inferred
that individuals and HUFs are not required to deduct tax at source
under section 194J on royalty and non-compete fees.

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(ii) Further, an individual or Hindu Undivided Family, shall not be liable to

deduct income-tax on the sum payable by way of fees for professional
services, in case such sum is credited or paid exclusively for personal
purposes.
(5) Meaning of “Professional services”
“Professional services” means services rendered by a person in the course of

carrying on legal, medical, engineering or architectural profession or the
profession of accountancy or technical consultancy or interior decoration or
advertising or such other profession as is notified by the CBDT for the
purposes of section 44AA or of this section.
Other professions notified for the purposes of section 44AA are as follows:
(a) Profession of “authorised representatives”;
(b) Profession of “film artist”;
(c) Profession of “company secretary”;
(d) Profession of “information technology”.
The CBDT has notified the services rendered by following persons in relation
to the sports activities as Professional Services for the purpose of the
section 194J:
(a) Sports Persons,
(b) Umpires and Referees,
(c) Coaches and Trainers,
(d) Team Physicians and Physiotherapists,
(e) Event Managers,
(f) Commentators,
(g) Anchors and
(h) Sports Columnists.
Accordingly, the requirement of TDS as per section 194J would apply to all
the aforesaid professions. The term “profession”, as such, is of a very wide
import. However, the term has been defined in this section exhaustively. For
the purposes of TDS, therefore, all other professions would be outside the

scope of section 194J. For example, this section will not apply to professions
of teaching, sculpture, painting etc. unless they are notified.
(6) Meaning of “Fees for technical services”

The term ‘fees for technical services’ means any consideration (including any
lump sum consideration) for rendering of any of the following services:
(i) Managerial services;

(ii) Technical services;
(iii) Consultancy services;
(iv) Provision of services of technical or other personnel.

It is expressly provided that the term ‘fees for technical services’ will not
include following types of consideration:
(i) Consideration for any construction, assembly, mining or like project,
or
(ii) Consideration which is chargeable under the head ‘Salaries’.
(7) TPAs liable to deduct tax under section 194J on payment to hospitals
on behalf of insurance companies
The CBDT has, through Circular No.8/2009 dated 24.11.2009, clarified that
TPAs (Third Party Administrator’s) who are making payment on behalf of
insurance companies to hospitals for settlement of medical/insurance claims
etc. under various schemes including cashless schemes are liable to deduct
tax at source under section 194J on all such payments to hospitals etc. This
is because the services rendered by hospitals to various patients are
primarily medical services and, therefore, the provisions of section 194J are
applicable to payments made by TPAs to hospitals etc.
(8) Consideration for use or right to use of computer software is royalty
within the meaning of section 9(1)(vi)
As per section 9(1)(vi), any income payable by way of royalty in respect of

any right, property or information is deemed to accrue or arise in India. The
term “royalty” means consideration for transfer of all or any right in respect
of certain rights, property or information.
As per Explanation 4 to section 9(1)(vi), the consideration for use or right to
use of computer software would be royalty. This Explanation clarifies that

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transfer of all or any rights in respect of any right, property or information

includes and has always included transfer of all or any right for use or right
to use a computer software (including granting of a licence) irrespective of
the medium through which such right is transferred.
Consequently, the provisions of tax deduction at source under section 194J
would be attracted in respect of consideration for use or right to use
computer software since the same falls within the definition of royalty as
per the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
The Central Government has, vide Notification No.21/2012 dated

13.6.2012, effective from 1 st July, 2012, exempted certain software
payments from the applicability of tax deduction under section
194J. Accordingly, where payment is made by the transferee for acquisition of
software from a resident-transferor, the provisions of section 194J would not
be attracted if-
(1) the software is acquired in a subsequent transfer without any
modification by the transferor;
(2) tax has been deducted under section 194J on payment for any
previous transfer of such software; and
(3) the transferee obtains a declaration from the transferor that tax has
been so deducted along with the PAN of the transferor.
3.9 Payment made by an individual or a HUF for contract

work or by way of commission or brokerage or fees for
professional services [Section 194M]
(1) Applicability and rate of TDS
Section 194M provides for deduction of tax at source @5% by an individual
or a HUF responsible for paying any sum during the financial year to any
resident –
(i) for carrying out any work (including supply of labour for carrying out
any work) in pursuance of a contract; or
(ii) by way of commission (not being insurance commission referred to in
section 194D) or brokerage; or
(iii) by way of fees for professional services.

It may be noted that only individuals and HUFs (other than those who are
required to deduct income-tax as per the provisions of section 194C or
194H or 194J) are required to deduct tax in respect of the above sums
payable during the financial year to a resident.
The tax should be deducted at the time of credit of such sum or at the time
of payment of such sum, whichever is earlier.
(3) Threshold limit
No tax is required to be deducted where such sum or, as the case may be,
aggregate amount of such sums credited or paid to a resident during the
financial year does not exceed ` 50,00,000
(4) Non-applicability of TDS under section 194M

An individual or a Hindu undivided family is not liable to deduct tax at
source u/s 194M if –
(i) they are required to deduct tax at source u/s 194C for carrying out any
work (including supply of labour for carrying out any work) in
pursuance of a contract i.e., an individual or a HUF whose total sales,
by him exceeds ` 1 crore in case of business and ` 50 lakhs in case of
profession during the immediately preceding financial year and such
amount is not exclusively credited or paid for personal purposes of
such individual or HUF.
(ii) they are required to deduct tax at source u/s 194H on commission
(not being insurance commission referred to in section 194D) or
brokerage i.e., an individual or a HUF whose total sales, gross receipts
or turnover from the business or profession carried on by him exceeds
` 1 crore in case of business and ` 50 lakhs in case of profession
during the immediately preceding financial year.
(iii) they are required to deduct tax at source u/s 194J on fees for
professional services i.e., an individual or a HUF whose total sales,
by him exceeds ` 1 crore in case of business and ` 50 lakhs in case of

a
profession during the immediately preceding financial year and such

amount is not exclusively credited or paid for personal purposes of
such individual or HUF.
(5) No requirement to obtain TAN
The provisions of section 203A containing the requirement of obtaining Tax
deduction account number (TAN) shall not apply to the person required to
deduct tax in accordance with the provisions of section 194M.
Note - For the meaning of the terms “Work”, “Professional services” and
“Commission or brokerage” refer sub-heading “3.4 Payments to contractors and
sub-contractors [Section 194C]”, “3.8 Fees for professional or technical services
[Section 194J]” and “3.5 Commission or brokerage [Section 194H]”, respectively.
ILLUSTRATION 9
Examine whether TDS provisions would be attracted in the following cases, and if
so, under which section. Also specify the rate of TDS applicable in each case.
Assume that all payments are made to residents.
Particulars of the Nature of payment Aggregate of

payer payments made in
the F.Y.2023-24
1. Mr. Ganesh, an Contract Payment for ` 5 lakhs

individual carrying repair of residential house
on retail business
with turnover of ` 2.5 Payment of commission to ` 80,000
crores in the Mr. Vallish for business
P.Y.2022-23 purposes
2. Mr. Rajesh, a Contract Payment for ` 20 lakhs in

wholesale trader reconstruction of January, 2024,
whose turnover was residential house (made ` 15 lakhs in Feb
` 95 lakhs in P.Y. during the period January- 2024 and ` 20 lakhs
2022-23. March, 2024) in March 2024.
3. Mr. Satish, a salaried Payment of brokerage for ` 51 lakhs

individual buying a residential house
in March, 2024

4. Mr. Dheeraj, a Contract payment made ` 48 lakhs

pensioner during October-November
2023 for reconstruction of
residential house
SOLUTION
Particulars Nature of Aggregate Whether TDS

of the payer payment of payments provisions are
in the attracted?
F.Y.2023-24
1. Mr. Ganesh, Contract ` 5 lakhs No; TDS under section

an individual Payment for 194C is not attracted
carrying on repair of since the payment is for
retail residential personal purpose. TDS
business with house under section 194M is
turnover of not attracted as
` 2.5 crores aggregate of contract
in the payment to the payee in
P.Y.2022-23 the P.Y.2023-24 does not
exceed ` 50 lakh.
Payment of ` 80,000 Yes, u/s 194H, since the

commission to payment exceeds ` 15,000,
Mr. Vallish for and Mr. Ganesh’s turnover
business exceeds ` 1 crore in the
purposes P.Y.2022-23.
2. Mr. Rajesh, a Contract ` 55 lakhs Yes, u/s 194M, since the

wholesale Payment for aggregate of payments
trader whose reconstruction (i.e., ` 55 lakhs) exceed
turnover was of residential ` 50 lakhs. Since, his
` 95 lakhs in house turnover does not
P.Y. 2022-23 exceed 1 crore in the
P.Y.2022-23, TDS
provisions under section
194C are not attracted in
respect of payments
made in the
P.Y. 2023-24.

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3. Mr. Satish, a Payment of ` 51 lakhs Yes, u/s 194M, since the

salaried brokerage for payment of ` 51 lakhs
individual buying a made in March 2024
residential exceeds the threshold of
house ` 50 lakhs. Since
Mr. Satish is a salaried
individual, the provisions
of section 194H are not
applicable in this case.
4. Mr. Dheeraj, a Contract ` 48 lakhs TDS provisions under

pensioner payment for section 194C are not
reconstruction attracted since
of residential Mr. Dheeraj is a
house pensioner. TDS provisions
under section 194M are
also not applicable in this
case, since the payment
of ` 48 lakhs does not
exceed the threshold of
` 50 lakhs.
3.10 TDS on cash withdrawal [Section 194N]

(1) Applicability and rate of TDS
Section 194N provides that every person, being
- a banking company to which the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 applies
(including any bank or banking institution referred under section 51 of
that Act)
- a co-operative society engaged in carrying on the business of banking or
- a post office
who is responsible for paying any sum, being the amount or aggregate of
amounts, as the case may be, in cash exceeding ` 1 crore during the
previous year, to any person from one or more accounts maintained by
such recipient-person with it, shall deduct tax at source @2% of such sum
However, if the recipient is a co-operative society, tax is required to be

deducted on any sum exceeding ` 3 crore.


This deduction is to be made at the time of payment of such sum.
(3) Modification in rate of TDS and threshold limit of withdrawal for
recipient who has not furnished return of income for last 3 years
If the recipient has not furnished the returns of income for all the three
assessment years relevant to the three previous years, for which the time
limit to file return of income under section 139(1) has expired, immediately
preceding the previous year in which the payment of the sum is made, “the
sum” shall mean the amount or the aggregate of amounts, as the case
may be, in cash > ` 20 lakhs during the previous year, and the tax shall
be deducted at the rate of -
- 2% of the sum, where the amount or aggregate of amounts, as the
case may be, being paid in cash > ` 20 lakhs but ≤ ` 1 crore (` 3
crore in case the recipient is a co-operative society)
- 5% of the sum, where the amount or aggregate of amounts, as the
case may be, being paid in cash > ` 1 crore (` 3 crore in case the
recipient is a co-operative society).
However, the Central Government is empowered to specify, with the

consultation of RBI, by notification, the recipient in whose case this
provision shall not apply or apply at reduced rate, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions specified in such notification.
(4) Non-applicability of TDS under section 194N
Liability to deduct tax at source under section 194N shall not be applicable
to any payment made to –
(i) the Government
(ii) any banking company or co-operative society engaged in carrying on
the business of banking or a post-office
(iii) any business correspondent of a banking company or co-operative
society engaged in carrying on the business of banking, in accordance
with the RBI guidelines
(iv) any white label ATM operator of a banking company or co-operative
society engaged in carrying on the business of banking, in accordance

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with the authorisation issued by the RBI under the Payment and
Settlement Systems Act, 2007
The Central Government may specify, with the consultation of RBI, by

notification, the recipient in whose case section 194N shall not apply or
apply at reduced rate, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions specified
in such notification.
Example
The persons referred to in (i) to (vi) in Column (2) of the table below have always
been filing their returns of income on or before the due date u/s 139(1). The persons
mentioned in (vii) to (x) in Column (2) of the table below have not filed their returns
of income for the last five years. Determine the liability of deduction of tax at
source u/s 194N by the bank/co-operative bank referred to in column (3) of the
table below in each of the following individual cases, assuming that this is the only
withdrawal in the P.Y.2023-24 by the persons referred to in Column (2).
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Bank/Co- Date of Amount of
Person operative withdrawal withdrawal TDS u/s 194N
making the Bank from (` ) (` )
withdrawal which
money is
withdrawn
(i) Mr. Harishit SBI 1.7.2023 1,10,00,000 ` 10,00,000 x
2% = ` 20,000
(ii) Mr. Pranav SBI 1.8.2023 90,00,000 Nil (since
withdrawals <
` 1 crore)
(iii) ABC Co- SBI 1.9.2023 2,70,00,000 Nil (since
operative withdrawals <
Society ` 3 crore)
(iv) XYZ Co- MNO Co- 1.9.2023 3,10,00,000 ` 10,00,000 x
operative operative 2% = ` 20,000
Society bank
(v) Mr. Vaibhav MNO Co- 1.9.2023 2,10,00,000 ` 1,10,00,000 x
operative 2% = ` 2,20,000
bank

(vi) A Ltd. MNO Co- 1.10.2023 1,05,00,000 ` 5,00,000 x 2%

operative = ` 10,000
bank
(vii) M/s. DEF & MNO Co- 1.2.2024 90,00,000 ` 70,00,000 x
Co., a firm operative 2% = ` 1,40,000
bank
(viii) Mr. Varun BOI 1.2.2024 1,20,00,000 ` 80,00,000 x
2% (+)
` 20,00,000 x
5% = ` 2,60,000
(ix) Mr. Rakesh BOI 1.2.2024 45,00,000 ` 25,00,000 x
2% = ` 50,000
(x) PQR Co- BOI 1.2.2024 3,30,00,000 ` 2,80,00,000 x
operative 2% (+)
Society ` 30,00,000 x
5% = ` 7,10,000
3.11 OTHER TDS PROVISIONS

The other TDS provisions are given below in tabular form -

Section Nature of Threshold Payer Payee Rate of Time of Other relevant points
payment Limit for TDS deduction
deduction of
tax at source
192A Premature Payment or Trustees of the Individual 10% on At the time Exemption from TDS
withdrawal aggregate EPF Scheme or (Employee) premature of payment 1. Withdrawal after
from payment ≥ any authorised taxable continuous service of 5
Employees’ ` 50,000 person under withdrawal. years
Provident the Scheme
2. In case of
Fund
withdrawal before
continuous service of 5
years and –
(a) employee opts for

transfer of
accumulated balance
to the new employer
(b) termination is due to
ill health, contraction
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or discontinuance of
business, cessation of
a
employment etc.
194 Dividend Amount or The Principal Resident 10% Before Exemption from TDS
(including aggregate Officer of a shareholder making any Dividend credited or paid to -
7.45
dividends on amount > domestic payment

(a) LIC, GIC, subsidiaries
preference ` 5,000 in a company by any
of GIC or any other
a
shares) F.Y., in case mode in

a
deduction of
tax at source
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of dividend respect of insurer provided the

paid or any shares are owned by
credited to dividend or them, or they have
an individual before full beneficial interest
shareholder making any in such shares
by any mode distribution (b) any other person as
other than or payment may be notified by
cash of the Central
> No dividend. Government.

threshold in
other cases
194B Winnings from Amount or The person Any Person 30% At the time (a) Where the winnings
any lottery, the responsible for of are wholly in kind or
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crossword aggregate of paying income payment. partly in cash and

puzzle or card amounts > by way of such partly in kind but the
game or other ` 10,000 in a winnings part in cash is not
game of any F.Y. sufficient to meet the
sort or from liability of deduction of
gambling or tax in respect of whole
betting of of the winnings, the
any form or person responsible for
nature (other paying shall, before
than releasing the winnings,
deduction of
tax at source
winnings ensure that tax has
from any been paid in respect of
online game the winnings.
in respect of (b) Where winnings are to
which TDS be credited and losses
u/s 194BA are to be debited to
would be the individual a/c of the
applicable) punter, tax has to be
deducted on winnings

before set-off of losses.
Thereafter, the net
amount, after
deduction of tax and
losses, has to be paid
to the winner.
194BA Winnings On the net Any person Any person 30% At the end Where the net winnings
from online winnings in a responsible for of the F.Y. are wholly in kind or
a
games person’s user paying income partly in cash and partly

account as by way of such in kind but the part in
In case,
computed in winnings cash is not sufficient to
there is
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prescribed meet the liability of

withdrawal
manner. deduction of tax in respect
from user
a
of whole of the net

a
deduction of
tax at source
account winnings, the person
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during the responsible for paying

F.Y., tax shall, before releasing the
would be winnings, ensure that tax
deducted at has been paid in respect
the time of of the net winnings.
such Meaning of certain
withdrawal terms:
on net
Online gaming
winnings

intermediary – An
comprised
intermediary that offers
in such
one or more online
withdrawal.
games.
In addition,
User – Any person who
tax would
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accesses or avails any

also be
computer resource of an
deducted
online gaming
on the
intermediary.
remaining
User account – Account
amount of
of a user registered with
net
an online gaming
winnings in
intermediary.
the user
deduction of
tax at source
account as
computed
in
prescribed
manner at
the end of
the F.Y.
194BB Winnings Amount or Book Maker or Any Person 30% At the time ‘Any horse race’ includes,
from horse aggregate of a person of payment wherever the

race amounts > holding licence circumstances so
` 10,000 in a for horse necessitate, more than
F.Y. racing or for one horse race.
arranging for
wagering or
betting in any
race course.
194D Insurance Amount or Any person Any 5%, if the At the time
Commission aggregate responsible for Resident payee is of credit of
a
amount > paying any non- such

` 15,000 in a income by way corporate income to
F.Y. of resident the
remuneration
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10%, if the account of

a
a
deduction of
tax at source
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or reward for payee is the payee

soliciting or domestic or at the
procuring company time of
insurance payment,
business whichever
(including the is earlier.
business
relating to the
continuance,
renewal or

revival of
policies of
insurance)
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194DA Any sum Amount or Any person Any 5% of the At the time Exemption from TDS
under a Life aggregate responsible for resident amount of of payment The sum received under a
Insurance amount ≥ paying any sum income life insurance policy
Policy not ` 1,00,000 in under a LIP, comprised which fulfills the
fulfilling the a financial including the therein conditions specified
conditions year sum allocated under section 10(10D).
specified u/s by way of
10(10D) bonus
deduction of
tax at source
194G Commission > ` 15,000 Any person Any 5% At the Where income is
on sale of in a F.Y. responsible for person time of credited to some other
lottery paying any stocking, credit of account, whether called
tickets income by way distributin such “Suspense account” or
of commission, g, income to by any other name, in
remuneration purchasin the the books of account of
or prize (by g or account of the person liable to pay
whatever name selling the payee such income, such
called) on lottery or at the crediting shall be

lottery tickets tickets time of deemed to be credit to
payment, the account of the
whichever payee for the purposes
is earlier. of this section.
194-IA Payment on ≥ ` 50 lakh Any person, Resident 1% of At the time Meaning of

transfer of (Consideration being a transferor consideration of credit of consideration for
certain for transfer or transferee for transfersuch sum transfer of immovable
a
immovable stamp duty (other than a or stamp to the property

property other value) person referred duty value, account of Consideration for transfer
than to in section whichever the of immovable property
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agricultural 194LA is higher. transferor include all charges of the

land responsible for No or at the nature of club
paying
a
requirement time of membership fee, car

compensation of payment,
a
deduction of
tax at source
for compulsory obtaining whichever parking fee, electricity or
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acquisition of TAN u/s is earlier. water facility fee,

immovable 203A. maintenance fee, advance
property other fee or any other charges
than rural of similar nature, which
agricultural are incidental to transfer
land) of the immovable
property.
194K Income on Amount or Any person Any 10% At the time

units other aggregate responsible for resident of credit of
than in the amount > paying any such sum
nature of ` 5,000 in a income in to the
capital gains F.Y. respect of units account of
of a mutual the payee
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fund/ or at the
Administrator time of
of the specified payment,
undertaking/ whichever
specified is earlier.
company
194LA Compensation Amount or Any person Any 10% At the time TDS provisions are not
on acquisition aggregate responsible for Resident of payment applicable on
deduction of
tax at source
of certain amount > paying any sum compensation on
immovable ` 2,50,000 in in the nature of acquisition of agricultural
property a F.Y. compensation land in India, whether
(other than or enhanced rural or urban.
agricultural compensation
land situated on compulsory
in India) acquisition of
immovable
property (other
than

agricultural
land situated in
India)
194P Pension Basic Notified Specified Rates in Specified senior citizen
(along with exemption specified bank senior force, means an individual,
interest on limit (a banking citizen where the being a resident in India,

bank account) [` 3,00,000 company which individual who –
(in case the is a scheduled has - is of the age of 75
a
specified bank and has exercised years or more at any

senior citizen been appointed the option time during the P.Y.;
pays tax as agents of RBI of shifting
- is having pension
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under the u/s 45 of the out of the

income and no other
default tax RBI Act, 1934 default tax
a
a
deduction of
tax at source
regime u/s regime. income except
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115BAC), Rates interest income

` 3,00,000 / specified in received or receivable
` 5,00,000, as section from any account
the case may 115BAC, maintained by such
be, if the where the individual in the same
specified individual specified bank in
senior citizen pays tax which he is receiving
has exercised under the his pension income;
the option of and

default tax
shifting out regime. - has furnished a
of the default declaration to the
tax regime specified bank.
providing u/s
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115BAC] [i.e.,
Specified bank to
total income
compute the total income
after giving
for the relevant A.Y. of
effect to the
the specified senior
deduction
citizen who furnishes
allowable
declaration in prescribed
under
form, and deduct
Chapter VI-A,
income-tax, after giving
if any
effect to deduction under
deduction of
tax at source
allowable Chapter VI-A, if any
should exceed allowable (on the basis of
the basic evidence furnished by the
exemption specified senior citizen)
limit. Further, and rebate allowable
in case the u/s 87A.
individual is [CBDT Notification No.
entitled to 99/2021 dated 2.9.2021]
rebate u/s
The provisions of section
87A from tax

139, relating to filing of
payable, then
return, would not apply
the same
to a specified senior
should be
citizen for the A.Y.
given effect
relevant to the P.Y. in
to]
which tax has been

deducted u/s 194P(1).
194Q Purchase of > ` 50 lakhs Buyer, who is Any 0.1% of At the time Non-applicability of
a
goods in a previous responsible for resident sum of credit of TDS u/s 194Q
year paying any sum exceeding such sum Transactions on which
to any resident ` 50 lakhs to the
(a) Tax is deductible
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for purchase of account of

under any of the
goods. the seller
provisions of the Act;
a
a
deduction of
tax at source
Buyer means a or at the (b) Tax is collectible u/s
7.56
person whose time of 206C, other than

total sales, payment, section 206C(1H)
gross receipts whichever In case of a transaction to
or turnover is earlier. which both section
from business 206(1H) and section 194Q
exceeds ` 10 applies, tax is required to
crores during be deducted u/s 194Q.
the FY
Other points
immediately

Where the sum is
preceding the
credited to any account,
FY in which the
whether called “Suspense
purchase of
account” or by any other
goods is carried
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name, in the books of

out.
account of the person
liable to pay such
income, such crediting
shall be deemed to be
credit to the account of
the payee for the
purposes of this section.
deduction of
tax at source
194R Any benefit Value or Any person Any 10% of Before Where the benefit or
or perquisite, aggregate of (other than an resident value or providing perquisite is wholly in
whether value of individual or aggre. of such kind or partly in cash and
convertible benefit or HUF whose value of benefit or partly in kind but the part
into money or perquisite > total sales, such perquisite in cash is not sufficient to
not, arising ` 20,000 in a gross receipts benefit or meet the liability of
from business F.Y. or turnover perquisite deduction of tax in
or the does not respect of whole of such
exercise of a exceed benefit or perquisite, the

profession. ` 1 crore in person responsible for
The case of providing such benefit or
provisions business or perquisite shall, before
would apply ` 50 lakhs in releasing the benefit or
to any benefit case of perquisite, ensure that
or perquisite, profession tax has been paid in
whether in during the respect of the benefit or

cash or in immediately perquisite.
a
kind or partly preceding F.Y.)

in cash and responsible for
partly in kind. providing to a
resident, any
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benefit or
perquisite.
a
a
deduction of
tax at source
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In case of a
company,
“person
responsible for
paying” means
the company
itself including
the Principal
Officer thereof.

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ILLUSTRATION 10
Examine the applicability of the provisions for tax deduction at source under section
194DA in the following cases -
(i) Mr. X, a resident, is due to receive ` 4.50 lakhs on 31.3.2024, towards maturity
proceeds of LIC policy taken on 1.4.2021, for which the sum assured is ` 4
lakhs and the annual premium is ` 1,25,000.
(ii) Mr. Y, a resident, is due to receive ` 3.95 lakhs on 31.3.2024 on LIC policy
taken on 31.3.2012, for which the sum assured is ` 3.50 lakhs and the annual
premium is ` 26,100.
(iii) Mr. Z, a resident, is due to receive ` 95,000 on 1.8.2023 towards maturity
proceeds of LIC policy taken on 1.8.2017 for which the sum assured is
` 90,000 and the annual premium was ` 10,000.
SOLUTION
(i) Since the annual premium exceeds 10% of sum assured in respect of a
policy taken after 31.3.2012, the maturity proceeds of ` 4.50 lakhs due on
31.3.2024 are not exempt under section 10(10D) in the hands of Mr. X.
Therefore, tax is required to be deducted@5% under section 194DA on the
amount of income comprised therein i.e., on ` 75,000 (` 4,50,000, being
maturity proceeds - ` 3,75,000, being the aggregate amount of insurance
premium paid).
(ii) Since the annual premium is less than 20% of sum assured in respect of a
policy taken before 1.4.2012, the sum of ` 3.95 lakhs due to Mr. Y would be
exempt under section 10(10D) in his hands. Hence, no tax is required to be
deducted at source under section 194DA on such sum payable to Mr. Y.
(iii) Even though the annual premium exceeds 10% of sum assured in respect of
a policy taken after 31.3.2012, and consequently, the maturity proceeds of
` 95,000 due on 1.8.2023 would not be exempt under section 10(10D) in the
hands of Mr. Z, the tax deduction provisions under section 194DA are not
attracted since the maturity proceeds are less than ` 1 lakh.
ILLUSTRATION 11
Mr. X sold his house property in Bangalore as well as his rural agricultural land for
a consideration of ` 60 lakh and ` 15 lakh, respectively, to Mr. Y on 1.8.2023. He
has purchased the house property and the land in the year 2022 for ` 40 lakh and

` 10 lakh, respectively. The stamp duty value on the date of transfer, i.e., 1.8.202 3,
is ` 85 lakh and ` 20 lakh for the house property and rural agricultural land,
respectively. Examine the tax implications in the hands of Mr. X and Mr. Y and the
TDS implications, if any, in the hands of Mr. Y, assuming that both Mr. X and Mr. Y
are resident Indians.
SOLUTION
(i) Tax implications in the hands of Mr. X

As per section 50C, the stamp duty value of house property (i.e. ` 85 lakh)
would be deemed to be the full value of consideration arising on transfer
of property, since the stamp duty value exceeds 110% of the
consideration received. Therefore, ` 45 lakh (i.e., ` 85 lakh – ` 40 lakh,
being the purchase price) would be taxable as short-term capital gains in
the A.Y.2024-25.
Since rural agricultural land is not a capital asset, the gains arising on sale
of such land is not taxable in the hands of Mr. X.
(ii) Tax implications in the hands of Mr. Y
In case immovable property is received for inadequate consideration, the
difference between the stamp value and actual consideration would be
taxable under section 56(2)(x), if such difference exceeds the higher of
` 50,000 and 10% of the consideration.
Therefore, in this case ` 25 lakh (` 85 lakh – ` 60 lakh) would be taxable in
the hands of Mr. Y under section 56(2)(x).
Since agricultural land is not a capital asset, the provisions of section
56(2)(x) are not attracted in respect of receipt of agricultural land for
inadequate consideration, since the definition of “property” under section
56(2)(x) includes only capital assets specified thereunder.
(iii) TDS implications in the hands of Mr. Y
Since the sale consideration of house property or the stamp duty value of
house property exceeds ` 50 lakh, Mr. Y is required to deduct tax at
source under section 194-IA. The tax to be deducted under section 194-IA
would be ` 85,000, being 1% of ` 85 lakhs (higher of ` 60 lakhs or ` 85
lakhs).
TDS provisions under section 194-IA are not attracted in respect of
transfer of rural agricultural land.

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ILLUSTRATION 12
Mr. Sharma, a resident Indian aged 77 years, gets pension of ` 52,000 per month
from the UP State Government. The same is credited to his savings account in
SBI, Lucknow Branch. In addition, he gets interest@8% p.a. on fixed deposit of
` 20 lakh with the said bank. Out of the deposit of ` 20 lakh, ` 2 lakh represents
five year term deposit made by him on 1.4.2023. Interest on savings bank credited
to his SBI savings account for the P.Y.2023-24 is ` 9,500.
(1) From the above facts, compute the total income and tax liability of
Mr. Sharma for the A.Y. 2024-25, assuming that he has exercised the option of
shifting out of the default tax regime provided under section 115BAC(1A).
(2) What would be the amount of tax deductible at source by SBI, assuming that
the same is a specified bank? Is Mr. Sharma required to file his return of
income for A.Y.2024-25, if tax deductible at source has been fully deducted?
Examine.
(3) Is Mr. Sharma required to file his return of income for A.Y. 2024-25, if the
fixed deposit of ` 20 lakh was with Canara Bank instead of SBI, other facts
remaining the same?
SOLUTION
(1) Computation of total income of Mr. Sharma for A.Y.2024-25
Particulars ` `
I Salaries
Pension (` 52,000 x 12) 6,24,000
Less: Standard deduction u/s 16(ia) 50,000
5,74,000
II Income from Other Sources
Interest on fixed deposit (` 20 lakhx8%) 1,60,000
Interest on savings account 9,500 1,69,500
Gross total income 7,43,500
Less: Deductions under Chapter VI-A
Under Section 80C
Five year term deposit (` 2 lakh, 1,50,000
restricted to ` 1.5 lakh)

Under section 80TTB

Interest on fixed deposit and savings
account, restricted to 50,000, since
Mr. Sharma is a resident Indian of the age 50,000 2,00,000
of 77 years.
Total Income 5,43,500
Computation of tax liability for A.Y.2024-25
Particulars `
Tax payable [` 43,500 x 20% + ` 10,000] 18,700
Add: Health and Education Cess@4% 748
Tax liability 19,448
Tax liability (rounded off) 19,450
(2) SBI, being a specified bank, is required to deduct tax at source u/s 194P and
remit the same to the Central Government. In such a case, Mr. Sharma
would not be required to file his return of income u/s 139.
(3) If the fixed deposit of ` 20 lakh is with a bank other than SBI, which is the
bank where his pension is credited, then, Mr. Sharma would not qualify as a
“specified senior citizen”. In this case, Mr. Sharma would have to file his
return of income u/s 139, since his total income (without giving effect to
deduction under Chapter VI-A) exceeds the basic exemption limit.
3.12 Income payable “net of tax” [Section 195A]

(1) Where, under an agreement or other arrangement, the tax chargeable on
any income referred to in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter is to be
borne by the person by whom the income is payable, then, for the purposes
of deduction of tax under those provisions such income shall be increased
to such amount as would, after deduction of tax thereon, be equal to the
net amount payable under such agreement or arrangement.
(2) However, no grossing up is required in the case of tax paid under section
192(1A) by an employer on the non-monetary perquisites provided to the
employee.
(3) When an amount is paid net of tax, the taxability has to be calculated by
grossing up the amount, since the tax itself represents the income of the
payee.

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3.13 Interest or dividend or other sums payable to

Government, Reserve Bank or certain corporations
[Section 196]
(1) No deduction of tax shall be made by any person from any sums payable to -
(i) the Government; or

(ii) the Reserve Bank of India; or
(iii) a corporation established by or under a Central Act, which is, under any
law for the time being in force, exempt from income-tax on its income; or
(iv) a Mutual Fund1.
(2) This provision for non-deduction is applicable when such sum is payable to
the above entities by way of -
(i) interest or dividend in respect of securities or shares -
(a) owned by the above entities; or
(b) in which they have full beneficial interest or
(ii) any income accruing or arising to them.
4. CERTIFICATE FOR DEDUCTION OF TAX AT A

LOWER RATE [SECTION 197]
(1) This section applies where, in the case of any income of any person or sum
payable to any person, income-tax is required to be deducted at the time of
credit or payment, as the case may be, at the rates in force as per the
provisions of sections 192, 193, 194, 194A, 194C, 194D, 194G, 194H, 194-I,
194J, 194K, 194LA and 194M.
(2) In such cases, the assessee can make an application to the Assessing Officer
for deduction of tax at a lower rate or for non-deduction of tax.
(3) If the Assessing Officer is satisfied that the total income of the recipient
justifies the deduction of income-tax at lower rates or no deduction of
income-tax, as the case may be, he may give to the assessee such
certificate, as may be appropriate.
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Specified under section 10(23D)

(4) Where the Assessing Officer issues such a certificate, then the person
responsible for paying the income shall deduct income-tax at such lower
rates specified in the certificate or deduct no tax, as the case may be, until
such certificate is cancelled by the Assessing Officer.
(5) Enabling powers have been conferred upon the CBDT to make rules for
prescribing the procedure in this regard.
5. NO DEDUCTION IN CERTAIN CASES

[SECTION 197A]
(1) Enabling provision for filing of declaration for receipt of dividend
without deduction of tax [Sub-section (1)]
(i) This section enables an individual, who is resident in India and whose
estimated total income of the previous year is less than the basic
exemption limit, to receive dividend, without deduction of tax at
source under section 194 on furnishing a declaration in duplicate in
the prescribed form [Form 15G] and verified in the prescribed manner.
(ii) The declaration in the above form is to be furnished in writing in
duplicate by the declarant to the person responsible for paying any
income of the nature referred to in section 194. The declaration will
have to be to the effect that the tax on the estimated total income of
the declarant of the previous year in which such income is to be
included in computing his total income will be Nil.
(2) Enabling provision for filing of declaration for non-deduction of tax
under section 192A or 193 or 194A or 194D or 194DA or 194-I or 194K
by persons, other than companies and firms [Sub-section (1A)]
No deduction of tax shall be made under the above provisions of the Act,
where a person, who is not a company or a firm, furnishes to the person
responsible for paying any income of the nature referred to in these
sections, a declaration in writing in duplicate in the prescribed form [Form
15G] to the effect that the tax on his estimated total income of the previous
year in which such income is to be included in computing his total income
will be Nil.

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(3) Filing declaration not permissible if income/aggregate of incomes

exceed basic exemption limit [Sub-section (1B)]
Declaration cannot be furnished as per the above provisions, where -

(i) payments of dividend; or
(ii) payment of premature withdrawal from Employee Provident Fund; or
(iii) income from interest on securities or
(iv) interest other than “interest on securities” or units; or
(v) insurance commission; or
(vi) payment in respect of life insurance policy; or

(vii) rent; or
(viii) income from units; or
(ix) the aggregate of the amounts of such incomes in (i) to (viii) above
credited or paid or likely to be credited or paid during the previous year in
which such income is to be included exceeds the basic exemption limit.
(4) Enabling provision for filing of declaration by resident senior citizens

for non-deduction of tax at source [Sub-section (1C)]
For a resident individual, who is of the age of 60 years or more at any time
during the previous year, no deduction of tax shall be made under section
192A or section 193 or section 194 or section 194A or section 194D or
section 194DA or section 194EE or section 194-I or section 194K, if such
individual furnishes a declaration in writing in duplicate in Form 15H to the
payer, that tax on his estimated total income of the previous year in which
such income is to be included in computing his total income is Nil. The
restriction contained in sub-section (1B) will not apply to resident senior
citizens.
(5) Non-deduction of tax in certain cases
Payments to notified person or class of persons including
institutions/class of institutions etc. [Sub-section (1F)]
No deduction of tax shall be made or deduction of tax shall be made at
such lower rate, from such payment to such person or class of persons,
including institution, association or body or class of institutions or

associations or bodies as may be notified by the Central Government in the

Official Gazette in this behalf. Therefore, in respect of such payments made
to notified person or class of persons, no tax is to be deducted at source or
tax is to be deducted at lower rate.
(6) Time limit for delivery of one copy of declaration [Sub-section (2)]
On receipt of the declaration referred to in sub-sections (1), (1A) or (1C), the

person responsible for making the payment will be required to deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief
Commissioner or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner, one copy of the
declaration on or before the 7th of the month following the month in
which the declaration is furnished to him.
6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
6.1 Tax deducted is income received [Section 198]
(1) All sums deducted in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall, for the
purpose of computing the income of an assessee, be deemed to be income
received.
(2) However, the following tax paid or deducted would not be deemed to be
income received by the assessee for the purpose of computing the total
income –
(i) the tax paid by an employer under section 192(1A) on non-monetary
perquisites provided to the employees
(ii) tax deducted under section 194N
6.2 Credit for tax deducted at source [Section 199]

(1) Tax deducted at source in accordance with the above provisions and paid to
the credit of the Central Government shall be treated as payment of tax on
behalf of the-
(i) person from whose income the deduction was made; or
(ii) owner of the security; or
(iii) depositor; or
(iv) owner of property; or

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(v) unit-holder; or
(vi) shareholder.
(2) Any sum referred to in section 192(1A) and paid to the Central Government,
shall be treated as the tax paid on behalf of the person in respect of whose
income, such payment of tax has been made.
(3) The CBDT is empowered to frame rules for the purpose of giving credit in
respect of tax deducted or tax paid under Chapter XVII. The CBDT also has
the power to make rules for giving credit to a person other than the persons
mentioned in (1) and (2) above. Further, the CBDT can specify the
assessment year for which such credit may be given.
6.3 Duty of person deducting tax [Section 200]

(1) The persons responsible for deducting the tax at source should deposit the
sum so deducted to the credit of the Central Government or as the Board
directs, within the prescribed time.
(2) Further, an employer paying tax on non-monetary perquisites provided to
employees in accordance with section 192(1A), should deposit within the
prescribed time, the tax to the credit of the Central Government or as the
Board directs.
(3) Rule 30 prescribes the time and mode of payment to Government account
of TDS or tax paid under section 192(1A) and Rule 31A provides for
submission of quarterly statements by every person responsible for
deduction of tax [depicted in the diagram given in page 7.73]
However, every person responsible for deduction of tax under section 194-
IA, 194-IB or 194M have to furnish to the Principal Director General of
Income-tax (Systems) (in case of sections 194-IB and 194M) or Director
General of Income-tax (System) or the person authorised by them, a
challan-cum-statement in Form No.26QB, 26QC or 26QD respectively, within
thirty days from the end of the month of deduction of tax.

6.4 Correction of arithmetic mistakes and adjustment of

incorrect claim during computerized processing of TDS
statements [Section 200A]
(1) At present, all statements of tax deducted at source are filed in an electronic
mode, thereby facilitating computerised processing of these statements.
Therefore, in order to process TDS statements on computer, electronic
processing on the same lines as processing of income-tax returns has been
provided in section 200A.
(2) The following adjustments can be made during the computerized
processing of statement of tax deducted at source or a correction statement
–
(i) any arithmetical error in the statement; or
(ii) an incorrect claim, if such incorrect claim is apparent from any
information in the statement.
(3) The term “an incorrect claim apparent from any information in the
statement” shall mean such claim on the basis of an entry, in the
statement,–
(i) of an item, which is inconsistent with another entry of the same or
some other item in such statement;
(ii) in respect of rate of deduction of tax at source, where such rate is not
in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
(4) The interest, if any, has to be computed on the basis of the sums deductible
as computed in the statement;
(5) The fee, if any, has to be computed in accordance with the provision of
section 234E. A fee of ` 200 for every day would be levied under section
234E for late furnishing of TDS statement from the due date of furnishing of
TDS statement to the date of furnishing of TDS/ statement. However, the total
amount of fee shall not exceed the total amount of tax deductible/collectible
and such fee has to be paid before delivering the TDS statement.
(6) The sum payable by, or the amount of refund due to, the deductor has to
be determined after adjustment of interest and fee against the amount paid
under section 200 or section 201 or section 234E and any amount paid
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(7) An intimation will be prepared and generated and sent to the deductor,
specifying his tax liability or the refund due, within one year from the end of
the financial year in which the statement is filed. The refund due shall be
granted to the deductor.
(8) For this purpose, the CBDT is empowered to make a scheme for centralized
processing of statements of TDS to determine the tax payable by, or refund
due to, the deductor.
6.5 Consequences of failure to deduct or pay [Section 201]

(1) Deemed assessee-in-default
Any person including the principal officer of a company -

(i) who is required to deduct any sum in accordance with the provisions
of the Act; or
(ii) an employer paying tax on non-monetary perquisites under section

192(1A).
shall be deemed to be an assessee-in-default, if he does not deduct, or
does not pay or after deducting, fails to pay, the whole or any part of the
tax, as required by or under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
(2) Non-applicability of deeming provision
Any person (including the principal officer of the company) who fails to
deduct the whole or any part of the tax on the amount credited or paid to a
payee shall not be deemed to be an assessee-in-default in respect of such
tax if such payee –
(i) has furnished his return of income under section 139;
(ii) has taken into account such sum for computing income in such return
of income; and
(iii) has paid the tax due on the income declared by him in such return of
income,
and the payer furnishes a certificate to this effect from an accountant in
such form as may be prescribed.

(3) Interest Liability

(i) A person deemed to be an assessee-in-default under section 201(1),
for failure to deduct tax or to pay the tax after deduction, is liable to
pay simple interest @ 1% for every month or part of month on the
amount of such tax from the date on which tax was deductible to the
date on which such tax was actually deducted and simple interest
@ 1½% for every month or part of month from the date on which tax
was deducted to the date on which such tax is actually paid [Section
201(1A)].
(ii) Such interest should be paid before furnishing the statements in
accordance with section 200(3).
(iii) Where the payer fails to deduct the whole or any part of the tax on
the amount credited or payment made to a payee and is not deemed
to be an assessee-in-default under section 201(1) on account of
payment of taxes by such payee, interest under section 201(1A)(i)
i.e.,@1% p.m. or part of month, shall be payable by the payer from the
date on which such tax was deductible to the date of furnishing of
return of income by such payee. The date of deduction and payment
of taxes by the payer shall be deemed to be the date on which return
of income has been furnished by the payee.
However, where an order is made by the Assessing Officer for
assessee-in-default, the interest shall be paid by the person in
accordance with such order.
(iv) Where the tax has not been paid after it is deducted, the amount of the
tax together with the amount of simple interest thereon shall be a charge
upon all the assets of the person or the company, as the case may be.
6.6 Certificate for tax deducted [Section 203]

(1) Every person deducting tax at source have to issue a certificate to the effect
that tax has been deducted and specify the amount so deducted, the rate at
which tax has been deducted and such other particulars as may be
prescribed.
(2) Every person, being an employer, referred to in section 192(1A) shall, within
such period, as may be prescribed, furnish to the person in respect of whose
income such payment of tax has been made, a certificate to the effect that
tax has been paid to the Central Government, and specify the amount so

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paid, the rate at which the tax has been paid and such other particulars as
may be prescribed.
(3) Certificate of TDS to be furnished under section 203 [Rule 31]

The certificate of deduction of tax at source to be furnished under section
203 shall be in Form No.16 in respect of tax deducted or paid under section
192 and in any other case, Form No.16A.
Form No.16 shall be issued to the employee annually by 15th June of the
financial year immediately following the financial year in which the income
was paid and tax deducted. Form No.16A shall be issued quarterly within 15
days from the due date for furnishing the statement of TDS under Rule 31A.
Form No. 16B, 16C or 16D shall be issued by the every person responsible
for deduction of tax under section 194-IA, 194-IB or 194M to the payee
within fifteen days from the due date for furnishing the challan-cum-
statement in Form No. 26QB, 26QC or 26QD, respectively, under rule 31A.
Note – The entire TDS process can be understood at a glance from the
diagram given in the next page. The reference to Rules and Forms are only for
the information of students. They are, however, not required to memorize the
Rule numbers and Form numbers for examination purposes.

Deduction of tax at source
Sections 193, 194A, 194C, 194D, 194G, 194H, 194- Sections 192, 192A, 194, 194B, 194BB, 194DA, 194LA,
I/IA/IB, 194J, 194K, 194M, 194Q 194N, 194P2, 194R
Deduct tax at the time of credit to the Deduct tax at the time of payment
a/c of the payee or payment, Remittance [Rule 30]
whichever is earlier
Tax deducted by an office of Govt. Other deductors
Where tax is Where tax is paid (i) Cases (other than # (ii) (iii) (iv) (iv)
paid without accompanied by (ii), (iii) & (iv) u/s u/s u/s u/s
production of an IT challan 192/ 194- 194- 194M
challan 194A/ IA IB
194D/
Income/Amt is 194H
credited or paid in
March Any other
On the same day On or before 7 month Qtly payt 30 days from the end of the
days from the 30th On or before 7 7th July/ month of deduction
end of the month April days from the 7th Oct/ 7th
of deduction end of the Jan/ 30th
month of April
dedn.
PAO/TO/CDDO Furnishing Stt of TDS [Rule 31A] Rule 31A - Furnish Challan-
[Form 24Q3/27Q4/26Q5] cum-stt in Form
Qtr ending Due date 26QB/26QC/26QD with 30
Submit Statement in Form 24G to 30th June 31st July days from the end of the
agency authorised by PDIT (Sys) 30th Sep 31st Oct month of deduction
31st Dec 31st Jan
31St March 31st May
Where Where Stt Furnishing Certificate of TDS Rule 31 -Furnish

Stt relates to [Rule 31] Certificate to the payee
relates to other months within 15 days from the
Deduction u/s 192 or Deduction under
March above due date in Form
194P other sections
16B/16C/16D
Form 16 Form 16A
On or On or before By 15thJune of the Within 15 days from
before 15 days from immediately following the due date for
30th April end of the F.Y. furnishing TDS
relevant month statement
# In special cases, the A.O. may,
with the prior approval of the JC,
permit quarterly payment of TDS
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TDS is required to be deducted at the time of payment, if declaration is furnished by the specified senior citizen
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If deduction of tax is under section 192 or 194P
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If deduction of tax is u/s 193 to 196D other than section 194P in respect of deductee who is a non-corporate non-
resident or a foreign company or RNOR
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If deduction of tax is u/s 193 to 196D other than section 194P in respect of all other deductees

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6.7 Person responsible for paying taxes deducted at source

[Section 204]
For purposes of deduction of tax at source the expression “person responsible
for paying” means:
Nature of income/payment Person responsible for paying tax

(1) Salary (other than payment of (i) the employer himself; or
salaries by the Central or State (ii) if the employer is a company, the
Government) company itself, including the
principal officer thereof.
(2) Interest on securities (other than the local authority, corporation or
payments by or on behalf of the company, including the principal
Central or State Government) officer thereof.
(3) Any sum payable to a non- the “Authorised Person” responsible for
resident Indian, representing remitting such sum to the non-resident
consideration for the transfer by Indian or for crediting such sum to his
him of any foreign exchange Non-resident (External) Account
asset, which is not a short term maintained in accordance with the
capital asset Foreign Exchange Management Act,
1999 and any rules made thereunder.
(4) furnishing of information (i) the payer himself; or
relating to payment to a non- (ii) if the payer is a company, the
corporate non-resident, or to a company itself including the
foreign company, of any sum, principal officer thereof.
whether or not chargeable
under the provisions of this Act
(5) Credit/payment of any other (i) the payer himself; or
sum chargeable under the (ii) if the payer is a company, the
provisions of the Act company itself including the
principal officer thereof.
(6) Credit/payment of any sum (i) the drawing and disbursing
chargeable under the provisions officer; or
of the Act made by or on behalf (ii) any other person, by whatever
of the Central Government or name called, responsible for
the Government of a State. crediting, or as the case may be,
paying such sum.

(7) In case of a person not resident (i) the person himself; or

in India (irrespective of the (ii) any person authorized by such
nature of payment or income) person; or
(iii) the agent of such person in India
including any person treated as an
agent under section 163.
6.8 Bar against direct demand on assessee [Section 205]

Where tax is deductible at source under any of the aforesaid sections, the
assessee shall not be called upon to pay the tax himself to the extent to which tax
has been deducted from that income.
6.9 Mandatory requirement of furnishing PAN in all TDS

statements, bills, vouchers and correspondence between
deductor and deductee [Section 206AA]
(1) The non-furnishing of PAN by deductees in many cases have led to delay in
issue of refund on account of problems in the processing of returns of
income and in granting credit for tax deducted at source.
(2) With a view to strengthening the PAN mechanism, section 206AA provides
that any person whose receipts are subject to deduction of tax at source i.e.
the deductee, shall mandatorily furnish his PAN to the deductor failing
which the deductor shall deduct tax at source at higher of the following
rates –
(i) the rate prescribed in the Act;
(ii) at the rate in force i.e., the rate mentioned in the Finance Act; or
(iii) at the rate of 20%. [5% in case tax is required to be deducted at
source u/s 194Q]
For instance, in case of rental payment for plant and machinery, where the
payee does not furnish his PAN to the payer, tax would be deductible @20%
instead of @2% prescribed under section 194-I. However, non-furnishing of
PAN by the deductee in case of income by way of winnings from lotteries,
card games etc., would result in tax being deducted at the existing rate of
30% under section 194B. Therefore, wherever tax is deductible at a rate
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(3) Tax would be deductible at the rates mentioned above also in cases where
the taxpayer files a declaration in Form 15G or 15H (under section 197A) but
does not provide his PAN.
(4) Further, no certificate under section 197 will be granted by the Assessing
Officer unless the application contains the PAN of the applicant.
(5) Both the deductor and the deductee have to compulsorily quote the PAN of
the deductee in all correspondence, bills, vouchers and other documents
exchanged between them.
(6) If the PAN provided to the deductor is invalid or it does not belong to the
deductee, it shall be deemed that the deductee has not furnished his PAN to the
deductor. Accordingly, tax would be deductible at the rate specified in (2) above.
Note: The applicability of provisions of section 206AA on non-resident will be

dealt with at the Final Level.
6.10 Higher rate of TDS for non-filers of income-tax return

[Section 206AB]
(1) Section 206AB requires tax to be deducted at source under the provisions of
this Chapter on any sum or income or amount paid, or payable or credited,
by a person to a specified person, at higher of the following rates –
(i) at twice the rate prescribed in the relevant provisions of the Act;
(ii) at twice the rate or rates in force i.e., the rate mentioned in the
Finance Act; or
(iii) at 5%
However, section 206AB is not applicable in case of tax deductible at source
under sections 192, 192A, 194B, 194BA, 194BB, 194-IA, 194-IB, 194M6 or
194N.
(2) In case the provisions of section 206AA are also applicable to the specified
person, in addition to the provisions of this section, then, tax is required to
be deducted at higher of the two rates provided in section 206AA and
section 206AB.
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or section 194LBC (this section will be dealt with at the Final level)

(3) Meaning of “specified person” – A person who has not furnished the
return of income for assessment year relevant to the previous year
immediately preceding the financial year in which tax is required to be
deducted, for which the time limit for furnishing the return of income under
section 139(1) has expired, and the aggregate of tax deducted at source and
tax collected at source in his case is ` 50,000 or more in the said previous
year.
However, the specified person would not include
- a non-resident who does not have a permanent establishment in India 7;
or
- a person who is not required to furnish the return of income for the
assessment year relevant to the said previous year and is notified by the
Central Government in this behalf.
7. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF TAX [SECTIONS 207

TO 219]
7.1 Liability for payment of advance tax
(1) Tax shall be payable in advance during any financial year, in accordance
with the provisions of sections 208 to 219, in respect of an assessee’s
current income i.e. the total income of the assessee which would be
chargeable to tax for the assessment year immediately following that
financial year [Section 207].
(2) Under section 208, obligation to pay advance tax arises in every case where
the advance tax payable is ` 10,000 or more.
Note - An assessee who is liable to pay advance tax of less than ` 10,000 will
not be saddled with interest under sections 234B and 234C for defaults in
payment of advance tax. However, the consequences under section 234A
regarding interest for belated filing of return would be attracted.
(3) In case of senior citizens who have passive source of income like interest,
rent, etc., the requirement of payment of advance tax causes genuine
7“Permanent establishment” includes a fixed place of business through which the business of the enterprise
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compliance hardship. Therefore, in order to reduce the compliance burden

on such senior citizens, exemption from payment of advance tax has been
provided to a resident individual-
(i) not having any income chargeable under the head “Profits and gains
of business or profession”; and
(ii) of the age of 60 years or more.

Such senior citizens need not pay advance tax and are allowed to discharge
their tax liability (other than TDS) by payment of self-assessment tax.
7.2 Computation of advance tax

(1) An assessee has to estimate his current income and pay advance tax
thereon. He need not submit any estimate or statement of income to the
Assessing Officer, except where he has been served with notice by the
Assessing Officer.
(2) Where an obligation to pay advance tax has arisen, the assessee shall
himself compute the advance tax payable on his current income at the rates
in force in the financial year and deposit the same, whether or not he has
been earlier assessed to tax.
(3) In the case of a person who has been already assessed by way of a regular
assessment in respect of the total income of any previous year, the
Assessing Officer, if he is of the opinion that such person is liable to pay
advance tax, may serve an order under section 210(3) requiring the assessee
to pay advance tax.
(4) For this purpose, the total income of the latest previous year in respect of
which the assessee has been assessed by way of regular assessment or the
total income returned by the assessee in any return of income for any
subsequent previous year, whichever is higher, shall be taken as the basis
for computation of advance tax payable.
(5) The above order can be served by the Assessing Officer at any time during
the financial year but not later than the last date of February.
(6) If, after sending the above notice, but before 1st March of the financial year,
the assessee furnishes a return relating to any later previous year or an
assessment is completed in respect of a later return of income, the

Assessing Officer may amend the order for payment of advance tax on the
basis of the computation of the income so returned or assessed.
(7) If the assessee feels that his own estimate of advance tax payable would be
less than the one sent by the Assessing Officer, he can file estimate of his
current income and advance tax payable thereon.
(8) Where the advance tax payable on assessee’s estimation is higher than the
tax computed by the Assessing Officer, then, the advance tax shall be paid
based upon such higher amount.
(9) In all cases, the tax calculated shall be reduced by the amount of tax
deductible at source.
No reduction of ‘tax deductible but not deducted’ while computing

advance tax liability
(i) As per the provisions of section 209, the amount of advance tax payable
by a person is computed by reducing the amount of income-tax which
would be deductible at source during the financial year from any income
which has been taken into account in computing the total income.
(ii) Some courts have opined that in case where the payer pays any
amount (on which tax is deductible at source) without deduction of
tax at source, the payee shall not be liable to pay advance tax to the
extent tax is deductible from such amount.
(iii) With a view to make such a person (payee) liable to pay advance tax,
the proviso to section 209(1)(d) provides that the amount of tax
deductible at source but not so deducted by the payer shall not be
reduced from the income tax liability of the payee for determining his
liability to pay advance tax.
(iv) In effect, only if tax has actually been deducted at source, the same
can be reduced for computing advance tax liability of the payee. Tax
deductible but not so deducted cannot be reduced for computing
advance tax liability of the payee.
(10) The amount of advance tax payable by an assessee in the financial year
calculated by -
(i) the assessee himself based on his estimation of current income; or

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(ii) the Assessing Officer as a result of an order under section 210(3) or

amended order under section 210(4)
is subject to the provisions of section 209(2), as per which the net

agricultural income has to be considered for the purpose of computing
advance tax.
7.3 Instalments of advance tax and due dates

(1) Common advance tax payment schedule for both corporates and non -
corporates [Other than assessees computing profits on presumptive
basis under section 44AD(1) or section 44ADA(1)]:
Due date of instalment Amount payable

On or before 15th June Not less than 15% of advance tax liability
On or before 15th Not less than 45% of advance tax liability,
September as reduced by the amount, if any, paid in
the earlier instalment.
On or before 15th Not less than 75% of advance tax liability,
December as reduced by the amount or amounts, if
any, paid in the earlier instalment or
instalments.
On or before 15th March The whole amount of advance tax liability
as reduced by the amount or amounts, if
any, paid in the earlier instalment or
instalments.
Note - Any amount paid by way of advance tax on or before 31 st March
shall also be treated as advance tax paid during each financial year ending
on 31st March.
(2) Advance tax payment by assessees computing profits on presumptive
basis under section 44AD(1)or section 44ADA(1)
An eligible assessee, opting for computation of profits or gains of business
on presumptive basis in respect of eligible business referred to in section
44AD(1) or for computation of profits or gains of profession on presumptive
basis in respect of eligible profession referred to in section 44ADA(1), shall
be required to pay advance tax of the whole amount in one instalment on
or before 15th March of the financial year.

However, any amount paid by way of advance tax on or before 31 st March

shall also be treated as advance tax paid during each financial year ending
on 31st March.
(3) If the last day for payment of any instalment of advance tax is a day on
which the receiving bank is closed, the assessee can make the payment on
the next immediately following working day, and in such cases, the interest
leviable under sections 234B and 234C would not be charged.
(4) Where advance tax is payable by virtue of the notice of demand issued 8 by
the Assessing Officer, the whole or the appropriate part of the advance tax
specified in such notice shall be payable on or before each of such due
dates as fall after the date of service of notice of demand.
(5) Where the assessee does not pay any instalment by the due date, he shall
be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of such instalment.
7.4 Credit for advance tax [Section 219]

Any sum, other than interest or penalty, paid by or recovered from an assessee
as advance tax, is treated as a payment of tax in respect of the income of the
previous year and credit thereof shall be given in the regular assessment.
7.5 Interest for non-payment or short-payment of advance

tax [Section 234B]
(1) Interest under section 234B is attracted for non-payment of advance tax or
payment of advance tax of an amount less than 90% of assessed tax.
(2) The interest liability would be 1% per month or part of the month from
1st April following the financial year upto the date of determination of
income under section 143(1) and where a regular assessment is made, upto
the date of such regular assessment.
(3) Such interest is calculated on the amount of difference between the

assessed tax and the advance tax paid.
(4) Assessed tax is the tax calculated on total income determined under section
143(1) and where a regular assessment is made, the tax on the total income
determined under such regular assessment less
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under section 156

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- tax deducted or collected at source.

- any relief of tax allowed under section 89
- any tax credit allowed to be set off in accordance with the provisions
of section 115JD, in case the assessee exercises the option of shifting
out of the default tax regime provided under section 115BAC(1A).
Tax on the total income determined under section 143(1) would not include
the additional income-tax, if any, payable under section 140B or section 143.
Tax on the total income determined under such regular assessment would
not include the additional income-tax, if any, payable under section 140B.
Section 140B is discussed in detail in Chapter 8.
(5) However, where self-assessment tax is paid by the assessee under section
140A or otherwise, interest shall be calculated upto the date of payment of
such tax and reduced by the interest, if any, paid under section 140A
towards the interest chargeable under this section. Thereafter, interest shall
be calculated at 1% on the amount by which the tax so paid together with
the advance tax paid falls short of the assessed tax.
7.6 Interest payable for deferment of advance tax

[Section 234C]
(1) Manner of computation of interest under section 234C for deferment
of advance tax by corporate and non-corporate assessees:
In case an assessee, other than an assessee who declares profits and
gains in accordance with the provisions of section 44AD(1) or section
44ADA(1), who is liable to pay advance tax under section 208 has failed to
pay such tax or the advance tax paid by such assessee on its current
income on or before the dates specified in column (1) is less than the
specified percentage [given in column (2)] of tax due on returned income,
then simple interest@1% per month for the period specified in column (4)
on the amount of shortfall, as per column (3) is leviable under section
234C.

Specified Specified Shortfall in advance tax Period

date %
(1) (2) (3) (4)
15 th June 15% 15% of tax due on returned 3 months
income (-) advance tax paid up
to 15 th June
15 th 45% 45% of tax due on returned 3 months
September income (-) advance tax paid up
to 15 th September
15 th 75% 75% of tax due on returned 3 months
December income (-) advance tax paid up
to 15 th December
15 th March 100% 100% of tax due on returned 1 month
to 15 th March
Note – However, if the advance tax paid by the assessee on the current
income, on or before 15th June or 15th September, is not less than 12% or
36% of the tax due on the returned income, respectively, then, the assessee
shall not be liable to pay any interest on the amount of the shortfall on
those dates.
(2) Computation of interest under section 234C in case of an assessee who
declares profits and gains in accordance with the provisions of section
44AD(1) or section 44ADA(1):
In case an assessee who declares profits and gains in accordance with the
section 44AD(1) or section 44ADA(1), as the case may be, who is liable to
pay advance tax under section 208 has failed to pay such tax or the advance
tax paid by the assessee on its current income on or before 15th March is
less than the tax due on the returned income, then, the assessee shall be
liable to pay simple interest at the rate of 1% on the amount of the shortfall
from the tax due on the returned income.
(3) Non-applicability of interest under section 234C in certain cases:
Interest under section 234C shall not be leviable in respect of any shortfall
in payment of tax due on returned income, where such shortfall is on
account of under-estimation of or failure to estimate –

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(i) the amount of capital gains;

(ii) income of nature referred to in section 2(24)(ix) i.e., winnings from
lotteries, crossword puzzles etc.;
(iii) income under the head “Profits and gains of business or profession” in cases
where the income accrues or arises under the said head for the first time.
(iv) the amount of dividend income other than deemed dividend referred
u/s 2(22)(e)
However, the assessee should have paid the whole of the amount of tax
payable in respect of such income referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as the
case may be, had such income been a part of the total income, as part of
the remaining instalments of advance tax which are due or where no such
instalments are due, by 31 st March of the financial year.
(4) Meaning of tax due on returned income
Tax due on returned income means the tax calculated on total income
declared in the return furnished by the assessee less
- tax deducted or collected at source
- any relief of tax allowed under section 89
- any tax credit allowed to be set off in accordance with the provisions
of section 115JD, in case the assessee exercises the option of shifting
out of the default tax regime provided under section 115BAC(1A).
8. TAX COLLECTION AT SOURCE

(1) Applicability and Rates
(i) Sale of certain goods
Under section 206C(1), sellers of certain goods are required to collect

tax from the buyers at the specified rates. The specified percentage for
collection of tax at source is as follows:
Nature of Goods Percentage
(a) Alcoholic liquor for human consumption 1%

(b) Tendu leaves 5%

(c) Timber obtained under a forest lease 2.5%

(d) Timber obtained by any mode other than (c) 2.5%
(e) Any other forest produce not being timber or 2.5%

tendu leaves
(f) Scrap 1%
(g) Minerals, being coal or lignite or iron ore 1%
The tax should be collected at the time of debiting of the amount

payable by the buyer to his account or at the time of receipt of such
amount from the buyer, whichever is earlier.
Non-applicability of TCS u/s 206C(1) [Section 206C(1A)]
No collection of tax shall be made under section 206C(1), in the case
of a resident buyer, if such buyer furnishes to the person responsible
for collecting tax, a declaration in writing in duplicate in the
prescribed form and verified in the prescribed manner to the effect
that goods referred to in section 206C(1) above are to be utilised for
the purpose of manufacturing, processing or producing articles or
things or for the purposes of generation of power and not for trading
purposes.
(ii) Lease or a licence of parking lot, toll plaza or mine or a quarry
Section 206C(1C) provides for collection of tax by every person who
grants a lease or a licence or enters into a contract or otherwise
transfers any right or interest in any
- parking lot or
- toll plaza or
- a mine or a quarry
to another person (other than a public sector company) for the use of
such parking lot or toll plaza or mine or quarry for the purposes of
business. The tax shall be collected as provided, from the licensee or
lessee of any such licence, contract or lease of the specified nature, at
the rate of 2%.

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Mining and quarrying would not include mining and quarrying of

mineral oil. Mineral oil includes petroleum and natural gas.
The tax should be collected at the time of debiting of the amount

payable by the licensee or lessee to his account or at the time of
receipt of such amount from the licensee or lessee, whichever is
earlier.
(iii) Sale of motor vehicle of value exceeding ` 10 lakhs
Section 206C(1F) provides that every person, being a seller, who
receives any amount as consideration for sale of a motor vehicle of
the value exceeding ` 10 lakhs, shall, at the time of receipt of such
amount, collect tax from the buyer@1% of the sale consideration.
(iv) Remittance under LRS of RBI through an authorized dealer or
purchase of an overseas tour package
Section 206C(1G) provides for collection of tax by every person,
- being an authorized dealer, who receives amount, under the
Liberalised Remittance Scheme of the RBI, for remittance from a
buyer, being a person remitting such amount;
- being a seller of an overseas tour programme package who
receives any amount from the buyer who purchases the package
Tax has to be collected at the time of debiting the amount payable by
the buyer or at the time of receipt of such amount from the said
buyer, by any mode, whichever is earlier.
Rate of TCS in case of collection by an authorized dealer/ seller of
an overseas tour programme package
S. Amount and purpose of Rate of Rate of

No. remittance TCS TCS
upto on or
30.9.2023 after
1.10.2023
(i) Where the amount is for purchase 5% of 5% till ` 7
of an overseas tour programme such lakhs,
package amount 20% thereafter
(without

any
threshold
limit)
(ii) (a) Where the amount is remitted Nil
for the purpose of education or (No tax to be collected
medical treatment; and at source)
(b) the amount or aggregate of the
amounts being remitted by a
buyer is less than ` 7 lakhs in a
financial year
(iii) (a) Where the amount is remitted Nil
for the purpose other than (No tax to be collected
mentioned in (ii) above; and
at source)
the amount or aggregate of the
(b) amounts being remitted by a
financial year
(iv) (a) where the amount is remitted 5% of the amt or agg.

for the purpose of education or of amts in excess of ` 7
medical treatment; and lakh
(b) the amount or aggregate of the
amounts in excess of ` 7 lakhs
is remitted by the buyer in a
financial year
(v) (a) where the amount is remitted 5% of the 20% of the
for the purpose other than amt or amt or
mentioned in (iv) above; and agg. of agg. of
amts in amts in
the amount or aggregate of the
(b) amounts in excess of ` 7 lakhs is excess of excess of
` 7 lakh ` 7 lakh
remitted by the buyer in a
financial year

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(vi) (a) where the amount being 0.5% of the amt or agg.
remitted out is a loan obtained of amts in excess of ` 7
from any financial institution lakh
as defined in section 80E, for
the purpose of pursuing any
education; and
(b) the amount or aggregate of
the amounts in excess of ` 7
lakhs is remitted by the buyer
in a financial year
Cases where no tax is to be collected
(i) No TCS by the authorized dealer on an amount in respect of

which the sum has been collected by the seller
(ii) No TCS, if the buyer is liable to deduct tax at source under any
other provision of the Act and has deducted such tax
(iii) No TCS, if the buyer is the Central Government, a State

Government, an embassy, a High Commission, a legation, a
commission, a consulate, the trade representation of a foreign
State, a local authority 9 or any other person notified by the
Central Government, subject to fulfillment of conditions
stipulated thereunder.
Accordingly, the CBDT has, vide notification no. 99/2022 dated
17.8.2022, notified that the provisions of section 206C(1G)
would not apply to a person (being a buyer) who is a non-
resident in India in terms of section 6 and does not have a
permanent establishment in India.
(v) Sale of goods of value exceeding ` 50 lakh

(a) As per section 206C(1H), tax is also required to be collected by a
seller, who receives any amount as consideration for sale of
goods of the value or aggregate of such value exceeding
` 50 lakhs in a previous year [other than exported goods or
goods covered under sub-sections (1)/(1F)/(1G)].
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as defined in Explanation to section 10(20)

(b) Tax is to be collected at source @0.1% u/s 206C(1H) of the sale

consideration exceeding ` 50 lakhs, at the time of receipt of
consideration.
(c) Tax is, however, not required to be collected if the buyer is liable
to deduct tax at source under any other provision of the Act on
the goods purchased by him from the seller and has deducted
such tax.
(vi) Power of the CBDT to issue guidelines
In case of any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of

section 206C(1G)/(1H), the CBDT is empowered to issue guidelines,
with the approval of the Central Government, for the purpose of
removing the difficulty.
Every guideline issued by the CBDT shall be laid before each House of
Parliament, and shall be binding on the income-tax authorities and on
the person liable to collect tax.
(2) Meaning of certain terms
Term Meaning
(i) Overseas For section 206C(1G)
tour Any tour package which offers visit to a country/(ies)
program or territory/(ies) outside India. It includes expenses for
package travel or hotel stay or boarding or lodging or any
other expenditure of similar nature or in relation
thereto. [Clause (ii) of Explanation to section 206C(1G)]
(ii) Buyer For section 206C(1H):
A person who purchases any goods but does not
include –
(A) the Central Government, a State Government, an
embassy, a High Commission, legation,
commission, consulate and the trade
representation of a foreign State, or
(B) a local authority 7; or
(C) a person importing goods into India or any other
person as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, specify for
this purpose, subject to stipulated conditions.

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For section 206C(1):

A person who obtains in any sale, by way of auction,
tender, or any other mode, goods of the nature
specified in the Table in point (1) or the right to
receive any such goods but does not include –
(A) a public sector company, the Central
Government, a State Government, and an
embassy, a high commission, legation,
representation, of a foreign State and a club, or
(B) a buyer in the retail sale of such goods
purchased by him for personal consumption
[Explanation to section 206C]
For section 206C(1F):
A person who obtains in any sale, goods of the nature
specified therein, but does not include –
(A) the Central Government, a State Government
and an embassy, a High Commission, legation,
representation of a foreign State; or
(B) a local authority; or
(C) a public sector company which is engaged in the
business of carrying passengers. [Explanation to
section 206C]
(iii) Seller For section 206C(1H):
A person whose total sales, gross receipts or turnover
from the business carried on by him exceed ` 10
crores during the financial year immediately preceding
the financial year in which sale of goods is carried out.
However, seller does not include a person as notified
by the Central Government for this purpose, subject to
fulfillment of the stipulated conditions [Clause (b) of
Explanation to section 206C(1H)]
For section 206C(1) and section 206C(1F):
(i) The Central Government,
(ii) a State Government or
(iii) any local authority or
(iv) corporation or

(v) authority established by or under a Central, State

or Provincial Act, or
(vi) any company or
(vii) firm or
(viii) co-operative society
Seller also includes an individual or a HUF whose total
sales, gross receipts or turnover from the business or
profession carried on by him exceed ` 1 crore in case
of business and ` 50 lakhs in case of profession during
the financial year immediately preceding the financial
year in which the goods of the nature specified in the
Table in point (1) are sold.
[Explanation to section 206C]
(iv) Scrap Waste and scrap from the manufacture or mechanical
working of materials which is definitely not usable as
such because of breakage, cutting up, wear and other
reasons. [Explanation to section 206C]
(3) Higher rate of TCS for non-furnishers of PAN [Section 206CC]

(i) The provisions of section 206CC require tax collection at the higher of
the following two rates, in case of failure by the person paying any
sum or amount on which tax is collectible at source (collectee) to
furnish PAN [PAN or Aadhaar number in case of section 206C(1H)] to
the person responsible for collecting tax at source (collector) –
(a) at twice the rate specified in the relevant provision of the Act
(b) at 5% [1%, in case tax is required to be collected at source u/s
206C(1H)]
However, the maximum the rate of TCS under this section shall not
exceed 20%.

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(ii) Tax would be collectible at the rates mentioned above also in case
where the person furnishes a declaration under section 206C(1A) but
does not provide his PAN.
(iii) Both the collectee and the collector have to compulsorily quote the
PAN of the collectee in all correspondence, bills, vouchers and other
documents exchanged between them.
(iv) If the PAN provided to the collector is invalid or it does not belong to
the collectee, it shall be deemed that the collectee has not furnished
his PAN to the collector. Accordingly, tax would be collectible at the
rate specified in (i) above.
(v) The provisions of section 206CC do not apply to a non-resident who
does not have a permanent establishment in India.
(4) Higher rate of TCS for non-filers of income-tax return [Section 206CCA]
(i) Section 206CCA requires tax to be collected at source under the
provisions of this Chapter on any sum or amount received by a person
from a specified person, at higher of the following rates –
(a) at twice the rate specified in the relevant provision of the Act;
(b) at 5%
However, the maximum the rate of TCS under this section shall not
exceed 20%.
(ii) In case the provisions of section 206CC are also applicable to the
specified person, in addition to the provisions of section 206CCA,
then, tax is required to be collected at higher of the two rates
provided in section 206CC and section 206CCA.
(iii) Meaning of “specified person” – A person who has not furnished the
collected, for which the time limit for furnishing the return of income
under section 139(1) has expired, and the aggregate of tax deducted
at source and tax collected at source in his case is ` 50,000 or more in
the said previous year.

However, the specified person would not include -

- a non-resident who does not have a permanent establishment in
India10; or
- a person who is not required to furnish the return of income for
the assessment year relevant to the said previous year and is
notified by the Central Government in this behalf.
(5) CBDT Clarification relating to certain issues with respect to
section 206C(1F)
These amendments in section 206C have given rise to certain issues relating
to the scope and applicability of the provisions. Accordingly, the CBDT has,
vide Circular No. 22/2016 dated 8.6.2016, clarified the following issues in
“Question & Answer (Q&A)” format.
Q.1 Whether TCS@1% is on sale of motor vehicle at retail level or also on
sale of motor vehicles by manufacturers to dealers/ distributors?
A. To bring high value transactions within the tax net, section 206C has
been amended to provide that the seller shall collect the tax @ 1%
from the purchaser on sale of motor vehicle of the value exceeding
` 10 lakhs. This is brought to cover all transactions of retail sales and
accordingly, it will not apply on sale of motor vehicles by
manufacturers to dealers/distributors.
Q.2 Whether TCS@1% on sale of motor vehicle is applicable only to
luxury cars?
A. No, as per section 206C(1F), the seller shall collect tax@1% from the
purchaser on sale of any motor vehicle of the value exceeding ` 10 lakhs.
Q.3 Whether TCS@1% is applicable in the case of sale to Government
Departments, Embassies, Consulates and United Nation
Institutions, of motor vehicle or any other goods or provision of
services?
A. Government, institutions notified under United Nations (Privileges and
Immunities) Act 1947, and Embassies, Consulates, High Commission,
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“Permanent establishment” includes a fixed place of business through which the business of the
enterprise is wholly or partly carried on. This concept and related provisions will be dealt with at the Final
level.

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Legation, Commission and trade representation of a foreign State shall

not be liable to levy of TCS@1% under section 206C(1F).
Q.4 Whether TCS is applicable on each sale of motor vehicle or on

aggregate value of sale during the year?
A. Tax is to be collected at source@1% on sale consideration of a motor
vehicle exceeding ` 10 lakhs. It is applicable to each sale and not to
aggregate value of sale made during the year.
Q.5 Whether TCS@1% on sale of motor vehicle is applicable in case of
an individual?
A. The definition of "Seller" as given in clause (c) of the Explanation
below sub-section (11) of section 206C shall be applicable in the case
of sale of motor vehicles also.
Q.6 How would the provisions of TCS on sale of motor vehicle be
applicable in a case where part of the payment is made in cash
and part is made by cheque?
A. The provisions of TCS on sale of motor vehicle exceeding ` 10 lakhs is
not dependent on mode of payment. Any sale of motor vehicle
exceeding ` 10 lakhs would attract TCS@1%.
(6) CBDT Clarification relating to certain issues with respect to
section 206C(1H)
In exercise of the power to issue guidelines, the CBDT has, with the approval
of Central Government, vide Circular no. 17/2020 dated 29.9.2020, issued
the following guidelines for removing certain difficulties-
1. Applicability on sale of Motor vehicle:
The provisions of section 206C(1F) apply to sale of motor vehicle of
the value exceeding ` 10 lakhs. Section 206C(1H) excludes from its
applicability goods covered under section 206C(1F). It may be noted
that the scope of sections 206C(1H) and (1F) are different. While
section 206C(1F) is based on single sale of motor vehicle, section
206C(1H) is for receipt above ` 50 lakhs. Hence, in order to remove
difficulty that whether all motor vehicles are excluded from the
applicability of section 206C(1H), it is clarified that,-

- Receipt of sale consideration from a dealer would be subjected

to TCS under section 206C(1H), if such sales are not subjected to
TCS under section 206C(1F)
- In case of sale to consumer, receipt of sale consideration for sale
of motor vehicle of the value of ` 10 lakhs or less to a buyer
would be subjected to TCS under section 206C(1H), if the receipt
of sale consideration for such vehicles during the previous year
exceeds ` 50 lakhs during the previous year.
- In case of sale to consumer, receipt of sale consideration for sale
of motor vehicle of the value exceeding ` 10 lakhs would not be
subjected to TCS under section 206C(1H) if such sales are
subjected to TCS under section 206C(1F).
2. Adjustment for sale return, discount or indirect taxes:
It is been clarified that no adjustment on account of sale return or
discount or indirect taxes including GST is required to be made for
collection of tax under section 206C(1H) since the collection is made
with reference to receipt of amount of sale consideration.
Note – It can be inferred that no adjustment for GST is required to be
made under section 206C(1F) also, since collection is made with
reference to receipt of amount of sale consideration.
ILLUSTRATION 13
Mr. Gupta, a resident Indian, is in retail business and his turnover for F.Y.2022-23
was ` 12 crores. He regularly purchases goods from another resident, Mr. Agarwal,
a wholesaler, and the aggregate payments during the F.Y.2023-24 was ` 95 lakh
(` 20 lakh on 1.6.2023, ` 25 lakh on 12.8.2023, ` 22 lakh on 23.11.2023 and ` 28
lakh on 25.3.2024). Assume that the said amounts were credited to Mr. Agarwal’s
account in the books of Mr. Gupta on the same date. Mr. Agarwal’s turnover for
F.Y.2022-23 was ` 15 crores.
(1) Based on the above facts, examine the TDS/TCS implications, if any, under the
Income-tax Act, 1961.
(2) Would your answer be different if Mr. Gupta’s turnover for F.Y.2022-23 was
` 8 crores, all other facts remaining the same?
(3) Would your answer to (1) and (2) change, if PAN has not been furnished by
the buyer or seller, as required?

a
SOLUTION
(1) Since Mr. Gupta’s turnover for F.Y.2022-23 exceeds 10 crores, and payments
made by him to Mr. Agarwal, a resident seller exceed ` 50 lakhs in the
P.Y.2023-24, he is liable to deduct tax@0.1% of ` 45 lakhs (being the sum
exceeding ` 50 lakhs) in the following manner –
No tax is to be deducted u/s 194Q on the payments made on 1.6.2023 and
12.8.2023, since the aggregate payments till that date i.e. 45 lakhs, has not
exceeded the threshold of ` 50 lakhs.
Tax of ` 1,700 (i.e., 0.1% of ` 17 lakhs) has to be deducted u/s 194Q from
the payment/ credit of ` 22 lakh on 23.11.2023 [` 22 lakh – ` 5 lakhs, being
the balance unexhausted threshold limit].
Tax of ` 2,800 (i.e., 0.1% of ` 28 lakhs) has to be deducted u/s 194Q from
the payment/ credit of ` 28 lakhs on 25.3.2024.
Note – In this case, since both section 194Q and 206C(1H) applies, tax has to
be deducted u/s 194Q.
(2) If Mr. Gupta’s turnover for the F.Y.2022-23 was only ` 8 crores, TDS
provisions under section 194Q would not be attracted. However, TCS
provisions under section 206C(1H) would be attracted in the hands of
Mr. Agarwal, since his turnover exceeds ` 10 crores in the F.Y.2022-23 and
his receipts from Mr. Gupta exceed ` 50 lakhs.
No tax is to be collected u/s 206C(1H) on 1.6.2023 and 12.8.2023, since the
aggregate receipts till that date i.e. 45 lakhs, has not exceeded the threshold
of ` 50 lakhs.
Tax of ` 1,700 (i.e., 0.1% of ` 17 lakhs) has to be collected u/s 206C(1H) on
23.11.2023 (` 22 lakh – ` 5 lakhs, being the balance unexhausted threshold limit).
Tax of ` 2,800 (i.e., 0.1% of ` 28 lakhs) has to be collected u/s 206C(1H) on
25.3.2024.
(3) In case (1), if PAN is not furnished by Mr. Agarwal to Mr. Gupta, then,
Mr. Gupta has to deduct tax@5%, instead of 0.1%. Accordingly, tax of
` 85,000 (i.e., 5% of ` 17 lakhs) and ` 1,40,000 (5% of ` 28 lakhs) has to be
deducted by Mr. Gupta u/s 194Q on 23.11.2023 and 25.3.2024, respectively.
In case (2), if PAN is not furnished by Mr. Gupta to Mr. Agarwal, then,
Mr. Agarwal has to collect tax@1% instead of 0.1%. Accordingly, tax of
` 17,000 (i.e., 1% of ` 17 lakhs) and ` 28,000 (1% of ` 28 lakhs) has to be
collected by Mr. Agarwal u/s 206C(1H) on 23.11.2023 and 25.3.2024,
respectively.

Overview - TCS u/s 206C(1)/(1F)/(1H) v. TDS u/s 194Q
Particulars 206C(1) 206C(1F) 206C(1H) 194Q

TCS TCS TCS TDS
1. Point of time At the time of debit At the time of receipt At the time of receipt At the time of
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or at the time of payment or credit,

receipt, whichever is whichever is earlier
earlier
2. % of TDS/TCS, as Different rates for 1% of sale consideration 0.1% of the sale 0.1% of the value of
the case may be different goods (See consideration exceeding purchases
below) ` 50 lakhs from a buyer exceeding ` 50
lakhs from a seller
3. Seller Central Govt., State Govt., Local Authority, Seller’s turnover should Buyer’s turnover
[206C(1)/(1F)/(1H)] Company, Co-op society, firm, corporation, exceed ` 10 crore in the should exceed ` 10

Buyer (194Q) Individual/HUF whose turnover in F.Y.2022-23 F.Y.2022-23 crore in the
> ` 1 crore (business)/ ` 50 lakh (profession) F.Y.2022-23
4. Exclusions from
the definition of
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buyer
Common Central Govt, State Govt, embassy, High commission, legation, consulate,
Exclusions from commission, trade rep. of a foreign state
206C(1)/(1F)/(1H)
Specific exclusions Public sector Co., a Local authority, Local authority,
club and Public sector co. Persons importing
Buyer in retail sale of engaged in the business goods into India or
goods purchased for of carrying passengers other notified persons
personal
consumption
Goods 206C(1) 206C(1F) 194Q 206C(1H)
TCS TCS TDS TCS
1 Alcoholic liquor for human 1%

consumption
2 Tendu leaves 5%
3 Timber obtained under forest 2.5%

lease
4 Timber obtained by any other 2.5%

mode

5 Any other forest produce not 2.5%
being timber or tendu leaves
6 Scrap 1%
7 Minerals, being coal or lignite 1%

or iron ore
If items (1) to (7) are used for Nil, by virtue N.A. Yes, if turnover of buyer Nil
manufacturing, processing or of section exceeds ` 10 crore in the
a
producing articles or things or 206C(1A) F.Y.2022-23 and value of

generation of electricity and purchases from seller in
not for trading purposes F.Y.2023-24 exceeds ` 50
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lakhs
a
a
Goods 206C(1) 206C(1F) 194Q 206C(1H)
TCS TCS TDS TCS
8 Sale of Motor Vehicle of value - 1% of sale - -

exceeding ` 10 lakhs consideration
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9 Sale of Motor Vehicle of value - - Yes, if turnover of dealer No, if dealer is required
exceeding ` 10 lakhs by exceeds ` 10 crore in the to deduct tax at source.
manufacturer to dealers/ F.Y.2022-23 and value of Yes, if dealer is not
distributers motor vehicles purchased required to deduct tax
from manufacturer in the at source and
F.Y.2023-24 exceeds ` 50 manufacturer’s
lakhs. turnover exceeds ` 10
crore in the F.Y.2022-23

and value of motor
vehicles sold to dealer
in F.Y.2023-24 exceeds
` 50 lakhs
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10 Sale of Motor Vehicle of value - - - -

not exceeding ` 10 lakhs and
aggregate value of all motor
vehicles sold by the seller to
the buyer ≤ ` 50 lakhs in the
F.Y.2023-24
Goods 206C(1) 206C(1F) 194Q 206C(1H)
TCS TCS TDS TCS
11 Sale of Motor Vehicle of value - - Yes, if turnover of buyer No, if buyer is required
not exceeding ` 10 lakhs but exceeds ` 10 crore in the to deduct tax at source.
aggregate value of all motor F.Y.2022-23. Yes, if buyer is not
vehicles sold by the seller to required to deduct TDS
the buyer > ` 50 lakhs in the and seller’s turnover
F.Y.2023-24 exceeds ` 10 crore in
the F.Y.2022-23
12 Sale of goods other than

mentioned in 1 to 11

If aggregate value of goods - - - -
sold by seller to buyer is ` 50
lakhs or less
If aggregate value of goods - - Yes, if turnover of buyer No, if buyer is required

sold by the seller to buyer is exceeds ` 10 crore in the to deduct tax at source.
more than ` 50 lakhs F.Y.2022-23. Yes, if buyer is not
required to deduct TDS

and seller’s turnover
exceeds
a
` 10 crore in the
F.Y.2022-23
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(7) Furnishing of copy of declaration within specified time

[Section 206C(1B)]
The person responsible for collecting tax under this section shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief
Commissioner or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner one copy of the
declaration referred to in sub-section (1A) on or before 7 th of the month
next following the month in which the declaration is furnished to him.
(8) TCS to be paid within prescribed time [Section 206C(3)]

Any amount collected under this section shall be paid within the prescribed
time to the credit of the Central Government or as the Board directs.
Time limit for paying tax collected to the credit of the Central
Government [Rule 37CA]
Person Period within which

collecting sums such sum should be
Circumstance
in accordance paid to the credit of
with section the Central
206C Government
(1) An office of the (i) where the tax is on the same day
Government paid without
production of an
income-tax
challan
(ii) where tax is paid on or before 7 days

accompanied by from the end of the
an income-tax month in which the
challan collection is made
(2) Collectors other within one week from

than an office of the last day of the
the Government month in which the
collection is made

a
(9) Main differences between TDS and TCS
TDS TCS
(1) TDS is tax deduction at TCS is tax collection at source.

source
(2) Person responsible for (i) Seller of certain goods is

paying is required to deduct responsible for collecting tax at
tax at source at the source at the prescribed rate
prescribed rate. from the buyer.
(ii) Person who grants licence or
lease (in respect of any parking
lot, toll plaza, mine or quarry)
is responsible for collecting tax
at source at the prescribed rate
from the licensee or lessee, as
the case may be.
(iii) Authorised dealer receiving
amount for remittance under
the LRS of the RBI or seller of
an overseas tour program
package is responsible for
collecting tax at source at the
prescribed rate from the
buyer.
(3) Generally, tax is required to Generally, tax is required to be

be deducted at the time of collected at source at the time of
credit to the account of the debiting of the amount payable by
payee or at the time of the buyer of certain goods to the
payment, whichever is account of the buyer or at the
earlier. time of receipt of such amount
However, in case of payment from the said buyer, whichever is
of salary, payment in respect earlier.
of life insurance policy etc. However, in case of sale of motor
tax is required to be vehicle of the value exceeding
deducted at the time of ` 10 lakhs and sale of goods
payment. exceeding ` 50 lakhs other than
exported goods and goods
mentioned in section 206C(1), tax

collection at source u/s 206C(1F)

and 206C(1H), respectively, is
required at the time of receipt of
sale consideration.
Note – TCS will be dealt with in detail at the Final level.
(10) Common number for TDS and TCS [Section 203A]
(i) Persons responsible for deducting tax or collecting tax at source

should apply to the Assessing Officer for the allotment of a “tax-
deduction and collection-account number”.
(ii) Section 203A(2) enlists the documents/certificates/returns/challans in

which the “tax deduction account number” or “tax collection account
number” or “tax deduction and collection account number” has to be
compulsorily quoted.
(iii) The requirement of obtaining and quoting of TAN under section 203A
shall not apply to such person, as may be notified by the Central
Government in this behalf.

LET US RECAPITULATE
I. Tax deduction at source

Section Nature of Threshold Limit Payer Payee Rate of TDS Time of deduction
payment for deduction of
tax at source
192 Salary Basic exemption Any person Individual Average rate At the time of payment
limit responsible for (Employee) of income-tax
This is taken care paying any income
of in computation chargeable under the
of the average rate head “Salaries

of income-tax.
192A Premature Payment or Trustees of the EPF Individual 10% on At the time of payment
withdrawal aggregate payment Scheme or any (Employee) premature
from ≥ ` 50,000 authorised person taxable
Employees’ under the Scheme withdrawal
Provident Fund
193 Interest on > ` 10,000 in a F.Y., Any person Any resident 10% At the time of credit of
Securities in case of interest responsible for such income to the
on 8% Savings paying any income by account of the payee
a
(Taxable) Bonds, way of interest on or at the time of

2003/7.75% securities payment, whichever is
Savings (Taxable) earlier.
Bonds, 2018.
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a
a
tax at source
> ` 5,000 in a F.Y.,
in case of interest
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on debentures
issued by a Co. in
which the public
are substantially
interested, paid or
credited to a
resident individual
or HUF by an A/c

payee cheque
> No threshold
specified in any
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other case.
194 Dividend Amount or aggregate The Principal Officer Resident 10% Before making any
(including amount > ` 5,000 in a of a domestic shareholder payment by any mode
dividends on F.Y., in case of company in respect of any
preference dividend paid or dividend or before
shares) credited to an making any
individual shareholder distribution or
by any mode other payment of dividend.
than cash
> No threshold in
other cases
tax at source
194A Interest other Amount or Any person (other Any Resident 10% At the time of credit of
than interest aggregate amount than an individual or such income to the
on securities > ` 40,000 in a F.Y., HUF whose total account of the payee
in case of interest sales, gross receipts or at the time of
credited or paid by or turnover from payment, whichever is
– business or earlier.
(i) a banking profession do not
company; exceed ` 1 crore in
(ii) a co-operative case of business or
society engaged in ` 50 lakhs in case of

banking business; profession during the
and immediately
preceding F.Y.)
(iii) a post office on
responsible for
any deposit under
paying interest other
a notified Scheme.
than interest on
In all the above
securities.
cases, if payee is a
resident senior
citizen, tax
a
deduction limit is >

` 50,000.
> ` 5,000 in a F.Y.,
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in other cases.
a
a
tax at source
194B Winnings Amount or the The person Any Person 30% At the time of payment
from any aggregate of responsible for
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lottery, amounts > paying income by

crossword ` 10,000 in a F.Y. way of such winnings
puzzle or
card game or
other game
of any sort or
from
gambling or
betting of

any form or
nature
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194BA Winnings On the net Any person Any person 30% At the end of the F.Y.
from online winnings in a responsible for In case there is
games person’s user paying income by withdrawal from user
account as way of such winnings account during the F.Y.,
computed in from any online tax would be deducted
prescribed manner. game. at the time of such
withdrawal on net
winnings comprised in
such withdrawal. In
addition, tax would
also be deducted on
tax at source
the remaining amount
of net winnings in the
user account as
computed in
prescribed manner at
the end of the F.Y.
194BB Winnings Amount or the Book Maker or a Any Person 30% At the time of payment
from horse aggregate of person holding
race amounts > licence for horse
` 10,000 in a F.Y. racing or for

arranging for
wagering or betting
in any race course.
194C Payments to Single sum Central/State Govt., Any Resident 1% of sum At the time of credit of
Contractors credited or paid > Local authority, contractor for paid or such sum to the
` 30,000 Central/State/ carrying out credited, if the account of the

(or) Provincial Corpn., any work payee is an contractor or at the
a
The aggregate of company, firm, trust, (including Individual or time of payment,

sums credited or registered society, supply of HUF whichever is earlier.
paid to a co-operative society, labour) 2% of sum
contractor during university established paid or
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the F.Y. > under Central/State/ credited, if the

` 1,00,000 Provincial Act, payee is any
a
declared university other person.

a
tax at source
Individual/HUF under the UGC Act,
need not deduct Govt. of Foreign State
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tax where sum is or a foreign

credited or paid enterprise,
exclusively for individual/HUF whose
personal purposes total sales, gross
receipts or turnover
from business or
profession exceeds
` 1 crore in case of
business or ` 50 lakhs

in case of profession
during the
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immediately
preceding F.Y.
194D Insurance Amount or Any person Any Resident 5%, if the At the time of credit of
Commission aggregate amount responsible for payee is a such income to the
> ` 15,000 in a F.Y. paying any income by non-corporate account of the payee
way of remuneration resident or at the time of
or reward for 10%, if the payment, whichever is
soliciting or payee is a earlier.
procuring insurance domestic
business company
Section Nature Threshold Payer Payee Rate of Time of
of
payment Limit
for deduction TDS deduction
oftax at
source
194DA Any sum Amou or Any person Any 5% of At the time of
under a nt
aggregate responsible for resident the
amount of payment
Life
Insurance amount
≥ ` 1,00,000 in a paying any sum income
Policy not financial year under a LIP, comprised
fulfilling the including
the sum allocated
conditions by
way of
specified u/s bonus
10(10D)
194G Commission > ` 15,000 in a A person Any person 5% At the time of credit
on sale financial year nyresponsible for stocking, of
such income to

of
lottery tickets paying any income distributing, the
account of the
by
way of purchasing payee
or at the time
commission,
remuneration or or
selling lottery of
payment, whichever
prize
(by whatever tickets is
earlier.
name
called) on lottery
tickets
194H Commission > ` 15,000 in a Any person Any 5% At the time of credit
a
or brokerage financial year (other

than an Individual resident of
such income to
or
HUF whose total the
account of the
sales, gross payee
or at the time
receipts
or turnover from of
payment, whichever
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business or is
earlier.
profession do
a
not
exceed ` 1 crore
in
a
Section Nature Threshold Limit Payer Payee Rate of Time of

of
payment for deduction TDS deduction
oftax at
source case of business
or
` 50 lakhs in case
of
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profession during the

immediately
preceding F.Y.)
responsible for
paying commission
or brokerage.
194-I Rent > ` 2,40,000 in a Any (other Any resident For P & M At the time of credit
financial year person
than an individual or
equipment- of
such income to
or the

HUF whose total 2% account of the
sales, gross receipts payee
or at the time
or turnover from For land of
payment, whichever
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business or or
building, earlier.
land is
profession carried on appurtenant
by him do not to a
exceed
` 1 crore in case building,
furniture or
of
business or fittings -10%
` 50 lakhs in case
of
immediately
preceding F.Y.)
responsible for
paying rent.
tax at source
194-IA Payment on ≥ ` 50 lakh Any person, being a Resident 1% of At the time of credit of
transfer of (Consideration for transferee (other than transferor consideration such sum to the
certain transfer or stamp a person referred to for transfer or account of the
immovable duty value) in section 194LA stamp duty transferor or at the
property responsible for value, time of payment,
other than paying compensation whichever is whichever is earlier.
agricultural for compulsory higher
land acquisition of
immovable property
other than rural
agricultural land)

194-IB Payment of > ` 50,000 for a Individual/ HUF Any Resident 5% At the time of credit of
rent by month or part of a (other than rent, for the last month
certain month Individual/HUF whose of the previous year or
individuals or total sales, gross the last month of
HUF receipts or turnover tenancy, if the property

from business or is vacated during the
profession carried on year, as the case may
a
by him exceeds ` 1 be, to the account of

crore in case of the payee or at the
business or time of payment,
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` 50 lakhs in case of whichever is earlier

a
immediately
a
tax at source
preceding F.Y.)
responsible for
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paying rent.
194J Fees for > ` 30,000 in a Any person, other Any Resident 2% - Payee At the time of credit of
professional financial year, for than an individual or engaged only such sum to the
or technical each category of HUF; in the account of the payee
services/ income. (However, However, in case of business of or at the time of
Royalty/ this limit does not fees for professional operation of payment, whichever is
Non- apply in case of or technical services call centre earlier.
compete payment made to paid or credited, 2% - In case

fees/ director of a individual/HUF, of fees for
Director’s company). whose total sales, technical
remuneration gross receipts or services or
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turnover from royalty, where

business or such royalty is
profession exceeds ` in the nature
1 crore in case of of consider-
business or ` 50 lakhs ation for sale,
in case of profession distribution or
during the exhibition of
immediately cinemato-
preceding F.Y., is graphic films
liable to deduct tax 10% - Other
u/s 194J, except payments
tax at source
where fees for
professional services
is credited or paid
exclusively for his
personal purposes.
194K Income on Amount or Any person Any resident 10% At the time of credit of
units other aggregate amount responsible for such sum to the
than in the > ` 5,000 in a F.Y. paying any income in account of the payee
nature of respect of units of a or at the time of
capital gains mutual payment, whichever is

fund/Administrator of earlier.
the specified
undertaking/
specified company
194LA Compensatio Amount or Any person Any Resident 10% At the time of payment
n on aggregate amount responsible for

acquisition of > ` 2,50,000 in a paying any sum in
a
certain F.Y. the nature of

immovable compensation or
property enhanced
other than compensation on
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agricultural compulsory
land situated acquisition of
a
in India immovable property

a
tax at source
194M - Payments > ` 50,00,000 in a Individual or HUF Any Resident 5% At the time of credit of
to financial year other than those who such sum or at the
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Contractors are required to time of payment,

- Commission deduct tax at source whichever is earlier.
or brokerage under section 194C
- Fees for or 194H or 194J
professional
services
194N Cash > ` 3 crore if the - a banking company Any person @2% of such At the time of payment
withdrawals recipient is a co- or any bank or sum of such sum

operative society banking institution In case the
> ` 1 crore in case - a co-operative recipient has
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of others society engaged in not filed ROI

carrying on the for all the 3
business of banking immediately
or preceding
- a post office P.Y.s, for
who is responsible for which time
paying any sum, limit u/s
being the amount or 139(1) has
the aggregate of expired, such
amounts, as the case sum shall be
may be, in cash the amt or
agg. of amts,
tax at source
exceeding ` 1 crore/ in cash > ` 20
` 3 crore in case the lakh during
recipient is a the P.Y.
cooperative society, TDS
during the previous - @2% of the
year, to any person sum, where
from one or more cash
accounts maintained withdrawal >
by the recipient ` 20 lakhs but
≤ ` 1 crore/
` 3 crore in

case the
recipient is a
co-operative
society
- @5% of the
sum, where
cash withdrawal
> ` 1 crore/
a
` 3 crore in case
the recipient is
a co-operative
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society
a
a
tax at source
194P Pension Basic exemption Notified specified Specified Rates in force,
(along with limit bank senior citizen where the
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interest on [` 3,00,000 (in case i.e., An individual has

bank specified senior individual, exercised the
account) citizen pays tax being a option of
under default tax resident in shifting out of
regime u/s India, who the default tax
115BAC), - is of the regime.
` 3,00,000 / age of 75
` 5,00,000, as the years or more Rates

case may be, if at any time specified in
specified senior during the PY; section
citizen has - is having 115BAC,
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exercised the pension where the

option of shifting income and individual
out of the default no other pays tax
tax regime income except under the
providing u/s interest default tax
115BAC] [i.e., total income regime.
income after giving received or
effect to the receivable
deduction from any
allowable under account
Chapter VI-A, if any maintained by
tax at source
allowable should such
exceed the basic individual in
exemption limit. the same
Further, in case the specified bank
individual is in which he is
entitled to rebate receiving his
u/s 87A from tax pension
payable, then the income; and
same should be - has
given effect to] furnished a

declaration to
the specified
bank.
194Q Purchase of > ` 50 lakhs in a Buyer, who is Any resident 0.1% of sum At the time of credit of
goods previous year responsible for exceeding such sum to the
paying any sum to ` 50 lakhs account of the seller or
any resident for at the time of payment,

purchase of goods. whichever is earlier.
Buyer means a
a
person whose total

sales, gross receipts
or turnover from
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business exceeds ` 10
crores during the FY
a
a
tax at source
immediately
preceding the FY in
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which the purchase

of goods is carried
out.
194R Any benefit Value or aggregate Any person (other Any resident 10% of value Before providing such
or perquisite, of value of benefit than an individual or or aggre. of benefit or perquisite
whether or perquisite > HUF whose total value of such
convertible ` 20,000 in a sales, gross receipts benefit or
into money financial year or turnover do not perquisite

or not, exceed ` 1 crore in
arising from case of business or
business or ` 50 lakhs in case of
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the exercise profession during the

of a immediately
profession preceding F.Y.)
The responsible for
provisions providing to a
would apply resident, any benefit
to any or perquisite.
benefit or In case of a company,
perquisite, “person responsible
whether in for paying” means
cash or in the company itself
tax at source
kind or partly including the
in cash and Principal Officer
partly in kind. thereof.
Notes –
(1) Section 206AA requires furnishing of PAN by the deductee to the deductor, failing which the deductor has to
deduct tax at the higher of the following rates, namely, -
(i) at the rate specified in the relevant provision of the Income-tax Act, 1961; or
(ii) at the rate or rates in force; or

(iii) at the rate of 20% and in case of section 194-Q, 5%
(2) Section 206AB requires tax to be deducted at source under the provisions of this Chapter on any sum or income or
amount paid, or payable or credited, by a person to a specified person, at higher of the following rates –
(i) at twice the rate prescribed in the relevant provision of the Act;
(ii) at twice the rate or rates in force i.e., the rate mentioned in the Finance Act; or
(iii) at 5%
However, section 206AB is not applicable in case of tax deductible at source under sections 192, 192A, 194B,
a
194BA, 194BB, 194-IA, 194-IB, 194M11 or 194N.

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or section 194LBC (this section will be dealt with at the Final level)
a
a
Meaning of “specified person” – A person who has not furnished the return of income for the assessment year
relevant to the previous year immediately preceding the financial year in which tax is required to be deducted, for
which the time limit for furnishing the return of income under section 139(1) has expired, and the aggregate of tax
deducted at source and tax collected at source in his case is ` 50,000 or more in the said previous year.
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However, the specified person would not include -

- a non-resident who does not have a permanent establishment in India; or
- a person who is not required to furnish the return of income for the assessment year relevant to the said
previous year and is notified by the Central Government in this behalf.
(3) In case the provisions of section 206AA are also applicable to the specified person, in addition to the provisions of
this section, then, tax is required to be deducted at higher of the two rates provided in section 206AA and section
206AB.

(4) The threshold limit given in column (3) of the table is with respect to each payee.
INCOME TAX LAW
ADVANCE TAX, TDS AND TCS 7.121
II Advance Payment of Tax

Liability for payment of advance tax [Sections 207 & 208]
Tax shall be payable in advance during any financial year in respect of the total
income (TI) of the assessee which would be chargeable to tax for the A.Y.
immediately following that financial year.
Advance tax is payable during a F.Y. in every case where the amount of such tax
payable by the assessee during the year is ` 10,000 or more.
However, an individual resident in India of the age of 60 years or more at any
time during the previous year, who does not have any income chargeable
under the head “Profits and gains of business or profession” (PGBP), is not
liable to pay advance tax.
Instalments of advance tax and due dates [Section 211]
Advance tax payment schedule for corporates and non-corporates (other
than an assessee computing profits on presumptive basis under section
44AD or section 44ADA) – Four instalments
Due date of instalment Amount payable
On or before 15th June Not less than 15% of advance tax liability.
On or before 15 th Not less than 45% of advance tax liability (-)
September amount paid in earlier instalment.
On or before 15 th Not less than 75% of advance tax liability (-)
December amount paid in earlier instalment or instalments.
On or before 15th March The whole amount of advance tax liability (-)
amount paid in earlier instalment or instalments.
Advance tax payment by assessees computing profits on presumptive
basis under section 44AD(1) or section 44ADA(1)
An eligible assessee, computing profits or gains of business or profession on
presumptive basis in respect of eligible business referred to in section 44AD(1)
or in respect of eligible profession referred to in section 44ADA(1), shall be
required to pay advance tax of the whole amount on or before 15th March of
the F.Y.
However, any amount paid by way of advance tax on or before 31st March shall
also be treated as advance tax paid during the F.Y. ending on that day.
Interest for defaults in payment of advance tax [Section 234B]
(1) Interest u/s 234B is attracted for non-payment of advance tax or payment
of advance tax of an amount less than 90% of assessed tax.

(2) The interest liability would be 1% per month or part of the month from
1st April following the F.Y. upto the date of determination of total income
under section 143(1) and where regular assessment is made, upto the date
of such regular assessment.
(3) Such interest is calculated on the amount of difference between the
assessed tax and the advance tax paid.
(4) “Assessed tax” means the tax on total income determined u/s 143(1) less
TDS & TCS, any relief of tax allowed u/s 89, any tax credit allowed to be
set off in accordance with the provisions of section 115JD, in case the
assessee exercises the option of shifting out of the default tax regime
provided under section 115BAC(1A).
Tax on the total income determined under section 143(1) shall not include
the additional income-tax, if any, payable u/s 140B.
(5) Where self-assessment tax is paid by the assessee u/s 140A or otherwise,
interest shall be calculated upto the date of payment of such tax and
reduced by the interest, if any, paid u/s 140A towards the interest
chargeable under this section. Thereafter, interest shall be calculated at
1% on the amount by which the tax so paid together with the advance tax
paid falls short of the assessed tax.
Interest for deferment of advance tax [Section 234C]
(1) Manner of computation of interest u/s 234C for deferment of
advance tax by corporate and non-corporate assessees:
In case an assessee, other than an assessee who declares profits and gains
in accordance with the provisions of section 44AD(1) or section 44ADA(1),
who is liable to pay advance tax u/s 208 has failed to pay such tax or the
advance tax paid by such assessee on its current income on or before the
dates specified in column (1) below is less than the specified percentage
[given in column (2) below] of tax due on returned income, then simple
interest@1% per month for the period specified in column (4) on the
amount of shortfall, as per column (3) is leviable u/s 234C.
Specified Specified Shortfall in advance tax Period
date %
(1) (2) (3) (4)
15th June 15% 15% of tax due on returned 3 months
to 15th June

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15th 45% 45% of tax due on returned 3 months

September income (-) advance tax paid up
to 15th September
15th 75% 75% of tax due on returned 3 months
December income (-) advance tax paid up
to 15th December
15th March 100% 100% of tax due on returned 1 month
to 15th March
Note – However, if the advance tax paid by the assessee on the current
income, on or before 15th June or 15th September, is not less than 12% or
36% of the tax due on the returned income, respectively, then, the
assessee shall not be liable to pay any interest on the amount of the
shortfall on those dates.
Tax due on returned income = Tax chargeable on total income declared
in the return of income – TDS – TCS - any relief of tax allowed u/s 89 - any
tax credit allowed to be set off in accordance with the provisions of
section 115JD, in case the assessee exercises the option of shifting out of
the default tax regime provided under section 115BAC(1A).
(2) Computation of interest under section 234C in case of an assessee
who declares profits and gains in accordance with the provisions of
section 44AD(1) or section 44ADA(1):
In case an assessee who declares profits and gains in accordance with the
provisions of section 44AD(1) or section 44ADA(1), who is liable to pay
advance tax u/s 208 has failed to pay such tax or the advance tax paid by
the assessee on its current income on or before 15th March is less than
the tax due on the returned income, then, the assessee shall be liable to
pay simple interest at the rate of 1% on the amount of the shortfall from
the tax due on the returned income.
(3) Non-applicability of interest under section 234C in certain cases:
Interest under section 234C shall not be leviable in respect of any shortfall
in payment of tax due on returned income, where such shortfall is on
account of under-estimate or failure to estimate –
(i) the amount of capital gains;
(ii) income of nature referred to in section 2(24)(ix) i.e., winnings from
lotteries, crossword puzzles etc.;

(iii) income under the head “Profits and gains of business or profession”
in cases where the income accrues or arises under the said head for
the first time.
(iv) the amount of dividend income other than deemed dividend referred
u/s 2(22)(e).
However, the assessee should have paid the whole of the amount of tax
payable in respect of such income referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), as the
case may be, had such income been a part of the total income, as part of
the remaining instalments of advance tax which are due or where no such
instalments are due, by 31st March of the financial year.
Tax Collection at source [Section 206C]
(1) Sale of certain goods [Section 206C(1)] - Sellers of certain goods are
required to collect tax from the buyers at the specified rates. The specified
percentage for collection of tax at source is as follows:
Nature of Goods Percentage
(i) Alcoholic liquor for human consumption 1%
(ii) Tendu leaves 5%
(iii) Timber obtained under a forest lease 2.5%
(iv) Timber obtained by any mode other than (iii) 2.5%
(v) Any other forest produce not being timber or 2.5%
tendu leaves
(vi) Scrap 1%
(vii) Minerals, being coal or lignite or iron ore 1%
The tax should be collected at the time of debiting of the amount payable
by the buyer to his account or at the time of receipt of such amount from
the buyer, whichever is earlier.
However, no collection of tax shall be made in the case of a resident
buyer, if such buyer furnishes a declaration in writing in duplicate to the
effect that goods are to be utilised for the purpose of manufacturing,
processing or producing articles or things or for the purposes of
generation of power and not for trading purposes [Section 206C(1A)].
(2) Lease or a licence of parking lot, toll plaza or mine or a quarry
[Section 206C(1C)] - Every person who grants a lease or a licence or
enters into a contract or otherwise transfers any right or interest in any
- parking lot or
- toll plaza or
- a mine or a quarry

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to another person (other than a public sector company) for the use of
such parking lot or toll plaza or mine or quarry for the purposes of
business. The tax shall be collected as provided, from the licensee or
lessee of any such licence, contract or lease of the specified nature, at the
rate of 2%, at the time of debiting of the amount payable by the licensee
or lessee to his account or at the time of receipt of such amount from the
licensee or lessee, whichever is earlier
(3) Sale of motor vehicle of value exceeding ` 10 lakhs [Section
206C(1F)] - Every person, being a seller, who receives any amount as
consideration for sale of a motor vehicle of the value exceeding ` 10
lakhs, shall, at the time of receipt of such amount, collect tax from the
buyer@1% of the sale consideration.
(4) Remittance under LRS of RBI or purchase of an overseas tour package
[Section 206C(1G)] - Every person,
- being an authorized dealer, who receives amount under the
Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) of the RBI for remittance from
a buyer, being a person remitting such amount,
- being seller of an overseas tour programme package who receives
any amount from the buyer who purchases the package
has to collect tax at the time of debiting of the amount payable by the
buyer or at the time of receipt of such amount from the said buyer by any
mode, whichever is earlier.
Rate of TCS in case of collection by an authorized dealer/ seller of an
overseas tour programme package
S. Amount and purpose of remittance Rate of Rate of
No. TCS TCS
upto on or after
30.9.2023 1.10.2023
(i) Where the amount is for purchase of 5% of such 5% till ` 7
an overseas tour programme package amount lakhs,
(without 20% thereafter
any
threshold
limit)

(ii) (a) Where the amount is remitted for Nil (No tax Nil (No tax
the purpose of education or to be to be
medical treatment; and collected collected at
(b) the amount or aggregate of the at source) source)
amounts being remitted by a
financial year
(iii) (a) Where the amount is remitted for Nil Nil
the purpose other than (No tax to (No tax to
mentioned in (ii) above; and be be
(b) the amount or aggregate of the collected collected
amounts being remitted by a at source) at source)
financial year
(iv) (a) where the amount is remitted for 5% of the 5% of the

the purpose of education or amt or amt or agg.
medical treatment; and agg. of of amts in
(b) the amount or aggregate of the amts in excess of
amounts in excess of ` 7 lakhs is excess of ` 7 lakh
remitted by the buyer in a ` 7 lakh
financial year
(v) (a) where the amount is remitted for 5% of the 20% of the
the purpose other than mentioned amt or amt or
in (iv) above; and agg. of agg. of
(b) the amount or aggregate of the amts in amts in
amounts in excess of ` 7 lakhs is excess of excess of
remitted by the buyer in a ` 7 lakh ` 7 lakh
financial year
(vi) (a) where the amount being remitted 0.5% of 0.5% of the
out is a loan obtained from any the amt or amt or agg.
financial institution as defined in agg. of of amts in
section 80E, for the purpose of amts in excess of
pursuing any education; and excess of ` 7 lakh
(b) the amount or aggregate of the ` 7 lakh
amounts in excess of ` 7 lakhs is
remitted by the buyer in a
financial year

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Cases where no tax is to be collected

(i) No TCS by the authorized dealer on an amount in respect of
which the sum has been collected by the seller
(ii) No TCS, if the buyer is liable to deduct tax at source under any
other provision of the Act and has deducted such tax
(iii) No TCS, if the buyer is the Central Government, a State
Government, an embassy, a High Commission, a legation, a
commission, a consulate, the trade representation of a foreign
State, a local authority or any other person notified by the Central
Government, subject to fulfillment of conditions stipulated
thereunder.
Accordingly, the CBDT has, vide notification no. 99/2022 dated
17.8.2022, notified that the provisions of section 206C(1G) would
not apply to a person (being a buyer) who is a non-resident in
terms of section 6 and does not have a permanent establishment
in India.
(5) Sale of goods of value exceeding ` 50 lakh [Section 206C(1H)] - Every
person, being a seller, who receives any amount as consideration for sale
of goods of the value exceeding ` 50 lakhs in a previous year, other than
exported goods or goods covered in (a)/(c)/(d)], is required to collect tax
at source, at the time of receipt of such amount, @0.1% of the sale
consideration exceeding ` 50 lakhs.
However, tax is not required to be collected if the buyer is liable to deduct
tax at source under any other provision of the Act on the goods
purchased by him from the seller and has deducted such tax.
(6) In case of non-furnishing of PAN [PAN or Aadhaar number in case of
section 206C(1H)] by the collectee to the collector, tax is required to be
collected at the higher of –
(i) twice the rate specified in the relevant provisions of the Act; or
(ii) at 5% [1%, in case tax is required to be collected at source u/s
206C(1H)]. [Section 206CC]
However, the maximum the rate of TCS under this section shall not exceed 20%.
The provisions of section 206CC do not apply to a non-resident who does
not have a permanent establishment in India.
(7) Section 206CCA requires tax to be collected at source on any sum or
amount received by a person from a specified person, at higher of the
following rates –

(a) at twice the rate specified in the relevant provision of the Act;
(b) at 5%
However, the maximum the rate of TCS under this section shall not exceed
20%.
In case the provisions of section 206CC are also applicable to the specified
person, in addition to the provisions of section 206CCA, then, tax is
required to be collected at higher of the two rates provided in section
206CC and section 206CCA.
Meaning of “specified person” – A person who has not furnished the
collected, for which the time limit for furnishing the return of income
under section 139(1) has expired, and the aggregate of tax deducted at
source and tax collected at source in his case is ` 50,000 or more in the
said previous year.
However, the specified person would not include
- a non-resident who does not have a permanent establishment in
India ; or
- a person who is not required to furnish the return of income for the
assessment year relevant to the said previous year and is notified by
the Central Government in this behalf.

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1. Ashwin doing manufacture and wholesale trade furnishes you the following
information:
Total turnover for the financial year -
Particulars `
2022-23 1,05,00,000
2023-24 95,00,000
Examine whether tax deduction at source provisions are attracted for the
below said expenses incurred during the financial year 2023-24:
Particulars `
Interest paid to UCO Bank on 15.8.2023 41,000
Contract payment to Raj (2 contracts of ` 12,000 each) on 24,000
12.12.2023
Shop rent paid (one payee) on 21.1.2024 2,50,000
Commission paid to Balu on 15.3.2024 7,000
2. Compute the amount of tax deduction at source on the following payments

made by M/s S Ltd. during the financial year 2023-24 as per the provisions of
the Income-tax Act, 1961.
S. Date Nature of Payment

No.
(i) 1-10-2023 Payment of ` 2,00,000 to Mr. R, a transporter who
owns 8 goods carriages throughout the previous year
and furnishes a declaration to this effect alongwith his
PAN.
(ii) 1-11-2023 Payment of fee for technical services of ` 25,000 and
Royalty of ` 20,000 to Mr. Shyam who is having PAN.
(iii) 30-06-2023 Payment of ` 25,000 to M/s X Ltd. for repair of
building.

(iv) 01-01-2024 Payment of ` 2,00,000 made to Mr. A for purchase of

diaries made according to specifications of
M/s S Ltd. However, no material was supplied for such
diaries to Mr. A by M/s S Ltd or its associates.
(v) 01-01-2024 Payment of ` 2,30,000 made to Mr. Bharat for
compulsory acquisition of his house as per law of the
State Government.
(vi) 01-02-2024 Payment of commission of ` 14,000 to Mr. Y.
3. Examine the applicability of TDS provisions and TDS amount in the following
cases:
(a) Rent paid for hire of machinery by B Ltd. to Mr. Raman ` 2,60,000 on
27.9.2023.
(b) Fee paid on 1.12.2023 to Dr. Srivatsan by Sundar (HUF) ` 35,000 for
surgery performed on a member of the family.
(c) ABC and Co. Ltd. paid ` 19,000 to one of its Directors as sitting fees on
01-01-2023.
4. Examine the applicability of tax deduction at source provisions, the rate and
amount of tax deduction in the following cases for the F.Y. 2023-24:
(1) Payment made by a company to Mr. Ram, sub-contractor, ` 3,00,000 with
outstanding balance of ` 1,20,000 shown in the books as on 31.3.2024.
(2) Winning from horse race ` 1,50,000 paid to Mr. Shyam, an Indian
resident.
(3) ` 2,00,000 paid to Mr. A, a resident individual, on 22-02-2024 by the
State of Uttar Pradesh on compulsory acquisition of his urban land.
5. Briefly discuss the provisions relating to payment of advance tax on
income arising from capital gains and casual income.
ANSWERS
1. As the turnover of business carried on by Ashwin for F.Y. 2022-23, has
exceeded ` 1 crore, he has to comply with the tax deduction provisions
during the financial year 2023-24, subject to, the exemptions provided for
under the relevant sections for applicability of TDS provisions.

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Interest paid to UCO Bank

TDS under section 194A is not attracted in respect of interest paid to a
banking company.
Contract payment of ` 24,000 to Raj for 2 contracts of ` 12,000 each
TDS provisions under section 194C would not be attracted if the amount
paid to a contractor does not exceed ` 30,000 in a single payment or
` 1,00,000 in the aggregate during the financial year. Therefore, TDS
provisions under section 194C are not attracted in this case.
Shop Rent paid to one payee – Tax has to be deducted@10% under

section 194-I as the annual rental payment exceeds ` 2,40,000.
Commission paid to Balu – No, tax has to be deducted under section 194H
in this case as the commission does not exceed ` 15,000.
2. (i) No tax is required to be deducted at source under section 194C by
M/s S Ltd. on payment to transporter Mr. R, since he satisfies the
following conditions:
(1) He owns ten or less goods carriages at any time during the
previous year.
(2) He is engaged in the business of plying, hiring or leasing goods

carriages;
(3) He has furnished a declaration to this effect along with his PAN.
(ii) As per section 194J, liability to deduct tax is attracted only in case the
payment made as fees for technical services and royalty, individually,
exceeds ` 30,000 during the financial year. In the given case, since, the
individual payments for fee of technical services i.e., ` 25,000 and
royalty ` 20,000 is less than ` 30,000 each, there is no liability to
deduct tax at source. It is assumed that no other payment towards
fees for technical services and royalty were made during the year to
Mr. Shyam.
(iii) Provisions of section 194C are not attracted in this case, since the
payment for repair of building on 30.06.2023 to M/s X Ltd. is less than
the threshold limit of ` 30,000.

(iv) According to section 194C, the definition of “work” does not include
the manufacturing or supply of product according to the specification
by customer in case the material is purchased from a person other
than the customer or associate of such customer.
Therefore, there is no liability to deduct tax at source in respect of
payment of ` 2,00,000 to Mr. A, since the contract is a contract for
‘sale’.
(v) As per section 194LA, any person responsible for payment to a
resident, any sum in the nature of compensation or consideration on
account of compulsory acquisition under any law, of any immovable
property, is responsible for deduction of tax at source if such payment
or the aggregate amount of such payments to the resident during the
financial year exceeds ` 2,50,000.
In the given case, no liability to deduct tax at source is attracted as the
payment made does not exceed ` 2,50,000.
(vi) As per section 194H, tax is deductible at source if the amount of
commission or brokerage or the aggregate of the amounts of
commission or brokerage credited or paid during the financial year
exceeds ` 15,000.
Since the commission payment made to Mr. Y does not exceed
` 15,000, the provisions of section 194H are not attracted.
3. (a) Since the rent paid for hire of machinery by B. Ltd. to Mr. Raman
exceeds ` 2,40,000, the provisions of section 194-I for deduction of tax
at source are attracted.
The rate applicable for deduction of tax at source under section 194-I
on rent paid for hire of plant and machinery is 2%, assuming that
Mr. Raman had furnished his permanent account number to B Ltd.
Therefore, the amount of tax to be deducted at source:
= ` 2,60,000 x 2% = ` 5,200.
Note: In case Mr. Raman does not furnish his permanent account
number to B Ltd., tax shall be deducted @ 20% on ` 2,60,000, by
virtue of provisions of section 206AA.

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(b) As per the provisions of section 194J, a Hindu Undivided Family is

required to deduct tax at source on fees paid for professional services
only if the total sales, gross receipts or turnover form the business or
profession exceed ` 1 crore in case of business or ` 50 lakhs in case of
profession, as the case may be, in the financial year preceding the
current financial year and such payment made for professional
services is not exclusively for the personal purpose of any member of
Hindu Undivided Family.
Section 194M, provides for deduction of tax at source by a HUF (which
is not required to deduct tax at source under section 194J) in respect
of fees for professional service if such sum or aggregate of such sum
exceeds ` 50 lakhs during the financial year.
In the given case, the fees for professional service to Dr. Srivatsan is
paid on 1.12.2023 for a personal purpose, therefore, section 194J is
not attracted. Section 194M would have been attracted, if the
payment or aggregate of payments exceeded ` 50 lakhs in the
P.Y.2023-24. However, since the payment does not exceed ` 50 lakh in
this case, there is no liability to deduct tax at source under section
194M also.
(c) Section 194J provides for deduction of tax at source @10% from any
sum paid by way of any remuneration or fees or commission, by
whatever name called, to a resident director, which is not in the nature
of salary on which tax is deductible under section 192. The threshold
limit of ` 30,000 upto which the provisions of tax deduction at source
are not attracted in respect of every other payment covered under
section 194J is, however, not applicable in respect of sum paid to a
director.
Therefore, tax@10% has to be deducted at source under section 194J
in respect of the sum of ` 19,000 paid by ABC Ltd. to its director.
Therefore, the amount of tax to be deducted at source:
= ` 19,000 x 10% = ` 1,900
4. (1) Provisions of tax deduction at source under section 194C are attracted
in respect of payment by a company to a sub-contractor. Under
section 194C, tax is deductible at the time of credit or payment,
whichever is earlier @ 1% in case the payment is made to an
individual.

Since the aggregate amount credited or paid during the year is

` 4,20,000, tax is deductible @ 1% on ` 4,20,000.
Tax to be deducted = ` 4,20,000 x 1% = ` 4,200
(2) Under section 194BB, tax is to be deducted at source, if the winnings
from horse races exceed ` 10,000. The rate of deduction of tax at
source is 30%.
Hence, tax to be deducted = ` 1,50,000 x 30% = ` 45,000.
(3) As per section 194LA, any person responsible for payment to a
resident, any sum in the nature of compensation or consideration on
account of compulsory acquisition under any law, of any immovable
property, is required to deduct tax at source, if such payment or the
aggregate amount of such payments to the resident during the
financial year exceeds ` 2,50,000.
In the given case, there is no liability to deduct tax at source as the
payment made to Mr. A does not exceed ` 2,50,000.
5. The proviso to section 234C contains the provisions for payment of advance
tax in case of capital gains and casual income.
Advance tax is payable by an assessee on his/its total income, which
includes capital gains and casual income like income from lotteries,
crossword puzzles, etc.
Since it is not possible for the assessee to estimate his capital gains, or
income from lotteries etc., it has been provided that if any such income
arises after the due date for any instalment, then, the entire amount of the
tax payable (after considering tax deducted at source) on such capital gains
or casual income should be paid in the remaining instalments of advance
tax, which are due.
Where no such instalment is due, the entire tax should be paid by 31st
March of the relevant financial year.
No interest liability on late payment would arise if the entire tax liability is so paid.
Note: In case of casual income the entire tax liability is fully deductible at
source @30% under section 194B, 194BA and 194BB. Therefore, advance tax
liability would arise only if the surcharge, if any, and health and education
cess@4% in respect thereof, along with tax liability in respect of other income,
if any, is 10,000 or more.


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CHAPTER a

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 examine the consequences of failure to deduct tax at

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Tax deduction Tax collection

Deduction of tax at Liability to pay Collection of tax

Certificate of Computation of TCS for non-

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1. DEDUCTION OF TAX AT SOURCE AND

(3) Payment of advance tax

2. DIRECT PAYMENT [SECTION 191]

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(i) who is required to deduct tax at source; or

3. DEDUCTION OF TAX AT SOURCE

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If intimation is not made by the employee, it would be presumed that

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Tax Liability 75,400

Balance to be deducted from salary = ` 64,090

(v) In cases where an assessee is employed simultaneously under more

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option of shifting out of the default tax regime provided under

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(1) estimating income of the assessee; or

S. Nature of Claim Evidence or particulars

1. House Rent Allowance Name, address and PAN of the

2. Leave Travel Concession Evidence of expenditure

3. Deduction of interest Name, address and PAN of the lender

4. Deduction under Evidence of investment or

3.2 Interest on securities [Section 193]

(i) interest on any security of the Central Government or a State

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(ii) interest on debentures or other securities for money issued by or on

(i) on National Development Bonds;

Accordingly, the Central Government has, vide Notification No. 27

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(ii) “Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited 54EC Capital Gains

(iv) on any security of the Central Government or a State Government

3.3 Interest other than interest on securities [Section 194A]

(1) Applicability of TDS under section 194A

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exceed ` 1 crore in case of business and ` 50 lakhs in case of profession

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(3) Rate of TDS

(4) Non-applicability of TDS under section 194A

(i) banking company;

The limit will be calculated with respect to income credited or paid by

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each branch), where such banking company or co-operative society or

Section 206A requires every banking company or co-operative society

- the payment should be of any income not exceeding ` 40,000,

- such income should be by way of interest (other than interest on

(b) Interest paid or credited by a firm to any of its partners;

(d) Interest income credited or paid in respect of deposits (other than

(f) Interest income credited or paid in respect of -

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deduct tax at source on payment of interest on time deposit to its

Thus, such co-operative society is required to deduct tax under

(c) in respect of deposits with a co-operative bank other than a co-