Section 196B - Income from units - Income-tax Act, 1961

1 [Income from units. 196B. 2 [Where any income in respect of units referred to in section 115AB or by way of long-term capital gains arising from the transfer of such units is payable to an Offshore Fund], the person responsible for making the payment shall, 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 the issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier, deduct income-tax thereon 3 [ at the rate of (a) ten per cent. in respect of income from units referred to in clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 115AB; (b) ten per cent. in respect of long-term capital gains arising from transfer of units referred to in section 115AB, which takes place before the 23rd day of July, 2024; (c) twelve and one-half per cent. in respect of long-term capital gains arising from transfer of units referred to in section 115AB, which takes place on or after the 23rd day of July, 2024. ] ] -------------------- Notes :- 1. Inserted by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1991, w.e.f. 1-10-1991. 2. Substituted for Where any income is payable in respect of units referred to in section 115AB to an Offshore Fund by the Finance Act, 1993, w.e.f. 1-6-1993. 3. Substituted vide Section 63 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024 dated 16-08-2024 w.e.f. 23-07-2024 before it was read as, at the rate of ten per cent.