Section 194LA - Payment of compensation on acquisition of certain immovable property - Income-tax Act, 1961

1 [Payment of compensation on acquisition of certain immova ble property . 194LA. Any person responsible for paying to a resident any sum, being in the nature of compensation or the enhanced compen sation or the consideration or the enhanced consideration on account of compulsory acquisition, under any law for the time being in force, of any immovable property (other than agricultur al land), shall, at the time of payment of such sum in cash or by issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier, deduct an amount equal to ten per cent of such sum as income-tax thereon: Provided that no deduction shall be made under this section where the amount of such payment or, as the case may be, the aggregate amount of such payments to a resident during the financial year does not exceed 3 [ two lakh and fifty thousand rupees ]. 4 [ Provided further that no deduction shall be made under this section where such payment is made in respect of any award or agreement which has been exempted from levy of income-tax under section 96 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. . (30 of 2013.) ] Explanation. -For the purposes of this section,- ( i ) agricultural land means agricultural land in India including land situate in any area referred to in items ( a ) and ( b ) of sub-clause ( iii ) of clause ( 14 ) of section 2; ( ii ) immovable property means any land (other than agri cultural land) or any building or part of a building.] --------------------- Notes :- 1. Inserted by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004, w.e.f. 1-10-2004. 2. Substituted vide Finance Act, 2012, w.e.f. 01-07-2012, before it was read as:- one hundred thousand rupees 3. Substituted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2016 w.e.f. 1st day of June, 2016 before it was read as, 2 [ two hundred thousand rupees ] 4. Inserted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2017 w.e.f. 1st day of April, 2017