Income-tax (13th Amendment) Rules, 2017 - 48/2017 - Income Tax

MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) NOTIFICATION NO. 48/2017 New Delhi, the 8th June, 2017 INCOME-TAX G.S.R. 561(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with section 194-IB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 , the Central Board of Direct Taxes, hereby, makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962 , namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (13 th Amendment) Rules, 2017. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 30 , - (a) after sub-rule (2A), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- (2B) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2), any sum deducted under section 194-IB shall be paid to the credit of the Central Government within a period of thirty days from the end of the month in which the deduction is made and shall be accompanied by a challan-cum-statement in Form No. 26QC. ; (b) after sub-rule (6A), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- (6B) Where tax deducted is to be deposited accompanied by a challan-cum-statement in Form No.26QC, the amount of tax so deducted shall be deposited to the credit of the Central Government by remitting it electronically within the time specified in sub-rule (2B) into the Reserve Bank of India or the State Bank of India or any authorized bank. . 3. In the principal rules , in rule 31 , after sub-rule (3A), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- (3B) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (3), every person responsible for deduction of tax under section 194-IB shall furnish the certificate of deduction of tax at source in Form No.16C to the payee within fifteen days from the due date for furnishing the challan-cum-statement in Form No.26QC under rule 31A after generating and downloading the same from the web portal specified by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems)or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by him. 4. In the principal rules , in rule 31A , after sub-rule (4A), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- (4B) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (3) or sub-rule (4), every person responsible for deduction of tax under section 194-IB shall furnish to the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or Director General of Income-tax (System) or the person authorised by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) a challan-cum-statement in Form No.26QC electronically in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified under sub-rule (5) within thirty days from the end of the month in which the deduction is made. 5. In the principal rules ,- (a) after Form No.16B , the following Form shall be inserted, namely:- [F. No. 370 142/16/2017-TPL] LAKSHMI NARAYANAN, Under Secy. (Tax Policy and Legislation) Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide notification number S.O. 969 (E), dated the 26th March, 1962 and last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 557(E), dated 07/06/2017 .