TAX DEDUCTED AT SOURCE (TDS)

As per this concept, a person (deductor) who is liable to make payment of specified nature to any other person (deductee) shall deduct tax at source and remit the same into the account of the Central Government. The deductee from whose income tax has been deducted at source would be entitled to get credit of the amount so deducted on the basis of Form 26AS or TDS certificate issued by the deductor.

 

·        How to pay Tax Deducted/Collected at source?

Tax deducted or collected at source shall be deposited to the credit of the Central Government by following modes:

1) Electronic mode: E-Payment is mandatory for

a) All corporate assesses; and

b) All assesses (other than company) to whom provisions of section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 are applicable.

2) Physical Mode: By furnishing the Challan 281 in the authorized bank branch.

  • Tax Rates for FY 2019-20
Section Particulars Threshold limit
192 No deduction of tax at source from salaries If net taxable income is less than the maximum amount which is not chargeable to tax (i.e. Rs. 2,50,000 for an individual other than senior citizen, Rs. 3,00,000 for Senior Citizens and Rs. 5,00,000 for Super Senior Citizens)
192A No TDS from payment of accumulated balance of provident fund account due to an employee If taxable premature withdrawal amount is less than Rs. 50,000.
193 No TDS from interest paid on debentures issued by a company in which public are substantially interested. Provided interest is paid by account payee cheque to resident individual or HUF If amount of interest paid during the financial year does not exceed Rs. 5,000
193 No TDS from interest paid on 8% Saving (Taxable) Bonds 2003 or 7.75% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2018 (applicable from A.Y 2019-20) to resident persons If amount of interest  paid or likely to be paid during the financial year does not exceed Rs. 10,000
193 No TDS from interest on 6.5% Gold bonds, 1977 or 7% Gold bonds, 1980 paid to resident individual If bonds held by other than non-resident individual (or behalf of any other person) and makes declaration to the payer that the nominal value of such bonds does not exceed Rs. 10,000 at any time during the period to which interest relates.
194 No TDS from dividend paid by Indian company by an account payee cheque to individual If aggregate amount of dividend paid or credited during the financial year does not exceed Rs. 2,500.
194A No TDS from interest other than on securities paid by a banking company or co-operative society engaged in carrying on the business of banking If amount of interest  paid or credited on time deposit during the financial year exceeds Rs 40,000  (for all type of payee)/Rs 50,000 (from 01/04/2018 if payee is resident senior citizen)

194A No TDS from interest on any deposit with a post office under Senior Citizens Saving Scheme Rules, 2004( Notified scheme) If amount of interest  paid or credited on time deposit during the financial year exceeds Rs 40,000  (for all type of payee)/Rs 50,000 (from 01/04/2018 if payee is resident senior citizen)
194A No TDS from interest other than on securities if payer is any other person other than post office or banking company or co-operative society engaged on the banking. If amount of interest paid or credited on time deposit during the financial year exceeds Rs 5,000.
194B No TDS from Lottery / Cross Word Puzzles   If amount paid during the financial year does not exceed Rs. 10,000.
194BB No TDS from winnings from horse races   If amount paid during the financial year does not exceed Rs. 10,000.
194C No TDS to contractor to resident person   a) If sum paid/credited to a contractor in a single payment does not exceed Rs. 30,000
b) If sum paid/credited  to contractor in aggregate does not exceed Rs. 1,00,000 during the financial year.
194D No TDS from insurance commission paid or payable during the financial year to resident person If amount paid or credited  during the financial year does not exceed Rs. 15,000
194DA No TDS from sum payable under a life insurance policy (including bonus) to a resident person If amount paid or payable during the financial year is less than Rs. 1 lakhs.  
194EE No TDS from payments made out of deposits under NSS If amount of payment or aggregate amount of payments in financial year is less than Rs. 2,500. In case of payment is received by legal heirs no tax shall be deducted.
194G No TDS from commission paid on sale of lottery tickets If amount of income  the financial year does not exceed Rs. 15,000
194H No TDS from payment of commission or brokerage If amount paid or credited during the financial year does not exceed Rs. 15,000. Further no tax to be deducted from commission payable by BSNL/ MTNL to their Public call office franchisees
194-I No TDS on payment of rent in respect of any land or building, furniture or fittings or plant and machinery to a resident person If amount paid or credited during the financial year does not exceed Rs. 240,000. No tax deductions shall be made under this section if rent is paid to a business trust, being a real estate investment trust, in respect of any real estate asset, referred to in section 10(23FCA), owned directly by such business trust.
194-IA No TDS on payment of consideration for purchase of an immovable property(other than agriculture land) to a resident transferor If consideration paid or payable for transfer of an immovable property is less than Rs. 50 Lakhs.
194IB No TDS on payment of rent of any land or building or both by an individual/HUF [whose books of account are not required to be audited under section 44AB to resident person.   If amount of rent does not exceed Rs. 50,000 for a month or part of a month.
194J No TDS on payment of fee for professional services, fee for technical services, royalty, any sum referred to in section 28(va) to a resident person   If amount paid or credited  during the financial year does not exceed Rs. 30,000
194LA No TDS on payment of compensation/enhanced compensation  on compulsory acquisition of immovable property (other than Agricultural Land) to a resident person If such sum amount does not exceed Rs. 2​,50,000 during a financial year.  
194M No TDS is required to be deducted on sum payable to a person with respect to contractual work, commission, brokerage or for professional services   If the aggregate amount paid or credited during the financial year does not exceed Rs. 50 lakhs.
194N No TDS is required to be deducted on the amount withdrawn in cash from any account If the aggregate amount withdrawn does not exceed Rs. 1 crore during the previous year

 

Income Tax Query-IN MY MIND

  1. The official website of Income Tax department is  www.incometaxindia.gov.in.

2 . As per Income Tax Act, Income is taxable under five heads- Salary, House Property, Business or Profession, Capital Gain and income from other Sources. It sounds so simple but in reality it involves various complexity level in their calculation.

3. Form 16 is taken from Employer is must for an Salaried Employee.

4. A Salaried Employee can file Income Tax Return by using Form 16 and adding  other Sources of Income.

5. From FY 2019-20,The standard deduction that was allowed was equivalent to Rs. 50000 for salaried employee.

6. Individual having taxable income upto Rs. 500000 to get full rebate of tax of Rs. 12500.

7. TDS threshold on interest on bank and post office deposits raised from Rs. 10000 to Rs. 40000.

8. Section 54 Capital Gains exemption now available on two house properties (once in a lifetime).

9. Form 26AS is a summary of taxes deducted on your behalf and taxes paid by you. This is provided by the Income Tax Department. It shows details of tax deducted on your behalf by deductors, details on tax deposited by taxpayers and tax refund received in the financial year. This form can be accessed from the IT Department’s website.

10. The lower your taxable income, the lower taxes you ought to pay. So be sure to claim all the tax deductions and benefits that apply to you. Section 80C of the income tax act can reduce your gross income by Rs 1.5 lakhs. There are a bunch of other deductions under Section 80 such as 80D, 80E, 80GG, 80U etc. that reduce your tax liability.

Mandatory furnishing of return of income by certain persons (Section 139)

Currently, a person (other than company or firm) is required to furnish the return of income only if his total income exceeds maximum amount not chargeable to tax, subject to certain exceptions.

Therefore, a person entering into certain high value transaction is not necessarily required to filed his return of income.

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FAQ on Income Tax Return

1.         Is it necessary to attach documents with Income tax return?

ITR forms, whether filed manually or filed electronically, do not require any documents like proof of investment, TDS certificates, etc. However, these     documents should be retained by the taxpayer and produced before the tax authorities when demanded in situations like assessment, inquiry, etc.

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