Clause 60 - Insertion of new Chapter XII-EB- Tax on accreted income-Interest payable for non-payment of tax by trust or institution - When trust or institution is deemed to be assessee in default - Finance Bill, 2016

Insertion of new Chapter XII-EB. 60. After Chapter XII-EA of the Income-tax Act, the following Chapter shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2016, namely:- CHAPTER XII-EB SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TAX ON ACCRETED INCOME OF CERTAIN TRUSTS AND INSTITUTIONS Tax on accreted income. 115TD. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where in any previous year, a trust or institution registered under section 12AA has- (a) converted into any form which is not eligible for grant of registration under section 12AA; (b) merged with any entity other than an entity which is a trust or institution having objects similar to it and registered under section 12AA; or (c) failed to transfer upon dissolution all its assets to any other trust or institution registered under section 12AA or to any fund or institution or trust or any university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution referred to in sub-clause ( iv) or sub-clause (v) or sub-clause (vi) or sub-clause (via) of clause (23C) of section 10, within a period of twelve months from the end of the month in which the dissolution takes place, then, in addition to the income-tax chargeable in respect of the total income of such trust or institution, the accreted income of the trust or the institution as on the specified date shall be charged to tax and such trust or institution, as the case may be, shall be liable to pay additional income-tax (herein referred to as tax on accreted income) at the maximum marginal rate on the accreted income. (2) The accreted income for the purposes of sub-section (1) means the amount by which the aggregate fair market value of the total assets of the trust or the institution, as on the specified date, exceeds the total liability of such trust or institution computed in accordance with the method of valuation as may be prescribed: Provided that while computing the accreted income in respect of a case referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1), assets and liabilities, if any, related to such asset, which have been transferred to any other trust or institution registered under section 12AA or to any fund or institution or trust or any university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution referred to in sub-clause (iv) or sub-clause (v) or sub-clause (vi) or sub-clause (via) of clause (23C) of section 10, within the period specified in the said clause, shall be ignored. (3) For the purposes of sub-section (1), a trust or an institution shall be deemed to have been converted into any form not eligible for registration under section 12AA in a previous year, if,- (i) the registration granted to it under section 12AA has been cancelled; or (ii) it has adopted or undertaken modification of its objects which do not conform to the conditions of registration and it,- (a) has not applied for fresh registration under section 12AA in the said previous year; or (b) has filed application for fresh registration under section 12AA but the said application has been rejected. (4) Notwithstanding that no income-tax is payable by a trust or the institution on its total income computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the tax on the accreted income under sub-section (1) shall be payable by such trust or the institution. (5) The principal officer or the trustee of the trust or the institution, as the case may be, and the trust or the institution shall also be liable to pay the tax on accreted income to the credit of the Central Government within fourteen days from,- (i) the date on which the order cancelling the registration is received by the trust or the institution in a case referred to in clause (i) of sub-section (3); (ii) the end of the previous year in a case referred to in sub-clause (a) of clause (ii) of sub-section (3); (iii) the date on which the order rejecting the application is received by the trust or the institution in a case referred to in sub-clause (b) of clause (ii) of sub-section (3); (iv) the date of merger in a case referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1); (v) the date on which the period of twelve months referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) expires. (6) The tax on the accreted income by the trust or the institution shall be treated as the final payment of tax in respect of the said income and no further credit therefor shall be claimed by the trust or the institution or by any other person in respect of the amount of tax so paid. (7) No deduction under any other provision of this Act shall be allowed to the trust or the institution or any other person in respect of the income which has been charged to tax under sub-section (1) or the tax thereon. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section,- (i) date of conversion means,- (a) the date of the order cancelling the registration under section 12AA, in a case referred to in clause (i) of sub-section (3); or (b) the date of adoption or modification of any object, in a case referred to in clause (ii) of sub-section (3); (ii) specified date means,- (a) the date of conversion in a case falling under clause (a) of sub-section (1); (b) the date of merger in a case falling under clause (b) of sub-section (1); and (c) the date of dissolution in a case falling under clause (c) of sub-section (1). Interest payable for non-payment of tax by trust or institution. 115TE. Where the principal officer or the trustee of the trust or the institution and the trust or the institution fails to pay the whole or any part of the tax on the accreted income referred to in sub-section (1) of section 115TD, within the time allowed under sub-section (5) of that section, he or it shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of one per cent. for every month or part thereof on the amount of such tax for the period beginning on the date immediately after the last date on which such tax was payable and ending with the date on which the tax is actually paid. When trust or institution is deemed to be assessee in default 115TF. (1) If any principal officer or the trustee of the trust or the institution and the trust or the institution does not pay tax on accreted income in accordance with the provisions of section 115TD, then, he or it shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of the amount of tax payable by him or it and all the provisions of this Act for the collection and recovery of income-tax shall apply. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), in a case where the tax on accreted income is payable under the circumstances referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 115TD, the person to whom any asset forming part of the computation of accreted income under sub-section (2) thereof has been transferred, shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of such tax and interest thereon and all the provisions of this Act for the collection and recovery of income-tax shall apply: Provided that the liability of the person referred to in this sub-section shall be limited to the extent to which the asset received by him is capable of meeting the liability. .