Section 206AA - Requirement to furnish Permanent Account Number - Income-tax Act, 1961

1 [Requirement to furnish Permanent Account Number. 206AA. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, any person entitled to receive any sum or income or amount, on which tax is deductible under Chapter XVIIB (hereafter referred to as deductee) shall furnish his Permanent Account Number to the person responsible for deducting such tax (hereafter referred to as deductor), failing which tax shall be deducted at the higher of the following rates, namely:- (i) at the rate specified in the relevant provision of this Act; or (ii) at the rate or rates in force; or (iii) at the rate of twenty per cent. 5 [Provided that where the tax is required to be deducted under section 194-O, the provisions of clause (iii) shall apply as if for the words twenty per cent. , the words five per cent. had been substituted. ] 6 [Provided further that where the tax is required to be deducted under section 194Q, the provisions of clause (iii) shall apply as if for the words twenty per cent. , the words five per cent. had been substituted. ] (2) No declaration under sub-section (1) or sub-section (1A) or sub-section (1C) of section 197A shall be valid unless the person furnishes his Permanent Account Number in such declaration. (3) In case any declaration becomes invalid under sub-section (2), the deductor shall deduct the tax at source in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1). (4) No certificate under section 197 shall be granted unless the application made under that section contains the Permanent Account Number of the applicant. (5) The deductee shall furnish his Permanent Account Number to the deductor and both shall indicate the same in all the correspondence, bills, vouchers and other documents which are sent to each other. (6) Where the Permanent Account Number provided to the deductor is invalid or does not belong to the deductee, it shall be deemed that the deductee has not furnished his Permanent Account Number to the deductor and the provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply accordingly. ] 4 [ (7) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, in respect of- (i) payment of interest on long-term bonds as referred to in section 194LC; and (ii) any other payment subject to such conditions as may be prescribed. ] ******************** Notes: 1 . Inserted vide Finance (No.2) Act, 2009, w.e.f. 1-4-2010 2. Inserted vide Finance Act, 2013, w.e.f. 1st day of June, 2013 3. Omitted vide THE FINANCE (No. 2) ACT, 2014 w.e.f. 1st day of October, 2014 , before it was read as, infrastructure 4. Substituted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2016 w.e.f. 1st day of June, 2016, before it was read as 2 [ (7) The provisions of this section shall not apply in respect of payment of interest, on long-term 3 [***] bonds, as referred to in section 194LC, to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company. ] 5. Inserted vide Finance Act, 2020 dated 27-03-2020 w.e.f. 01-04-2020 6. Inserted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2021 dated 28-03-2021 w.e.f. 01-07-2021