Income-tax (16th Amendment) Rules, 2020. - 43/2020 - Income Tax

MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) NOTIFICATION NO. 43/2020 New Delhi, the 3rd July, 2020 INCOME-TAX G.S.R. 429(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 194A , 194J, 194K , 194LBA , 194N , 194-O , 197A and 200 read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes, hereby, makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement . (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (16th Amendment) Rules, 2020. (2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 31A , in sub-rule (4), -- (a) in clause (viii), after the words not deducted , the words or deducted at lower rate shall be inserted; (b) for clause (ix) the following shall be substituted from the 1st day of July, 2020, namely:- (ix) furnish particulars of amount paid or credited on which tax was not deducted or deducted at lower rate in view of the notification issued under second proviso to section 194N or in view of the exemption provided in third proviso to section 194N or in view of the notification issued under fourth proviso to section 194N ; (c) after clause (ix), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-- (x) furnish particulars of amount paid or credited on which tax was not deducted or deducted at lower rate in view of the notification issued under sub-section (5) of section 194A. (xi) furnish particulars of amount paid or credited on which tax was not deducted under sub-section (2A) of section 194LBA. (xii) furnish particulars of amount paid or credited on which tax was not deducted in view of clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1D) of section 197A. (xiii) furnish particulars of amount paid or credited on which tax was not deducted in view of the exemption provided to persons referred to in Board Circular No. 3 of 2002 dated 28th June 2002 or Board Circular No. 11 of 2002 dated 22nd November 2002 or Board Circular No. 18 of 2017 dated 29th May 2017. 3. In the principal rules , in Appendix II, (I) in form 26Q (a) for the brackets, words, figures and letters [See sections 192A, 193, 194, 194A, 194B, 194BB, 194C, 194D, 194DA, 194EE, 194F, 194G, 194H, 194-I, 194J, 194LA, 194LBA, 194LBB, 194LBC, 194N and rule 31A] the following brackets, words, figures and letters [See sections 192A, 193, 194, 194A, 194B, 194BB, 194C, 194D, 194DA, 194EE, 194F, 194G, 194H, 194-I, 194J, 194K, 194LA, 194LBA, 194LBB, 194LBC, 194N, 194-O, 197A and rule 31A] shall be substituted; (b) for the Annexure , the following Annexure shall be substituted, namely :- [ANNEXURE: DEDUCTEE/PAYEE WISE BREAK UP OF TDS (Please use separate Annexure for each line-item in Table at Sl. No. 4 of main Form 26Q) Details of amount paid/credited during the quarter ended .. (dd/mm/yyyy) and of tax deducted at source Name of the Deductor/Payer TAN BSR Code of branch/Receipt Number of Form No. 24G Date on which challan deposited/Transfer voucher date (dd/mm/yyyy) Challan Serial Number / DDO Serial No. of Form No. 24G Amount as per Challan Total tax to be allocated among deductees/payees as in the vertical total of Col. 421 Total interest to be allocated among the deductees/payees mentioned below Sl. No. Deductee /payee reference number provided by the deductor/payer, if available Deductee/ payee code (01-Company 02-Other than company) PAN of the deductee/ payee Name of the deductee/ payee Section code (See Note 12) Date of payment or credit (dd/mm/ yyyy) Amount paid or credited [412] [413] [414] [415] [416] [417] [418] [419] 1 2 3 Total Amount of cash withdrawal in excess of ₹ 1 crore as referred to in section 194N (in cases not covered by the first proviso to section 194N) Amount of cash withdrawal which is in excess of ₹ 20 lakhs but does not exceed ₹ 1 crore for cases covered by sub-clause (a) of clause (ii) of first proviso to section 194N Amount of cash withdrawal which is in excess of ₹ 1 crore for cases covered by sub-clause (b) of clause (ii) of first proviso to section 194N Total tax deducted Total tax deposited Date of deduction (dd/mm/yyyy Rate at which deducted Reason for non-deduction/ lower deduction/ Higher Deduction/ Threshold/ Transporter etc. (See notes 1 to 11) Number of the certificate under section 197 issued by the Assessing Officer for non-deduction/ lower deduction [419A] [419B] [419C] [420] [421] [422] [423] [424] [425] Verification I, ........................................................................... , hereby certify that all the particulars furnished above are correct and complete. Place: .. .. Signature of the person responsible for deducting tax at source Date: .. . .. Name and designation of the person responsible for deducting tax at source Notes: 1. Write A if lower deduction or no deduction is on account of a certificate under section 197. 2. Write B if no deduction is on account of declaration under section 197A other than the cases mentioned in sub-section (1F) of section 197A. 3. Write C if deduction is on higher rate on account of non-furnishing of PAN by the deductee/payee. 4. Write D if no deduction or lower deduction is on account of payment made to a person or class of person on accont of notification issued under sub-section (5) of section 194A. 5. Write E if no deduction is on account of payment being made to a person referred to in Board Circular no. 3 of 2002 dated 28th June, 2002 or Board Circular no. 11 of 2002 dated 22nd November, 2002 or Board Circular no. 18 of 2017 dated 28th May, 2017. 6. Write Y if no deduction is on account of payment below threshold limit specified in the Income-tax Act, 1961. 7. Write T if no deduction is on account of deductee/payee being transporter. PAN of deductee/payee is mandatory [section 194C (6)]. 8. Write Z if no deduction or lower deduction is on account of payment being notified under section 197A (1F). 9. Write M if no deduction or lower deduction is on account of notification issued under second proviso to section 194N.* 10. Write N if no deduction or lower deduction is on account of payment made to a person referred to in the third proviso to section 194N or on account of notification issued under the fourth proviso to section 194N.* 11. Write O if no deduction is as per the provisions of sub-section (2A) of section 194LBA. 12. List of section codes is as under: Section Nature of Payment Section Code 192A Payment of accumulated balance due to an employee 192A 193 Interest on securities 193 194 Dividend 194 194A Interest other than interest on securities 94A 194B Winnings from lotteries and crossword puzzles 94B 194BB Winnings from horse race 4BB 194C Payment of contractors and sub-contractors 94C 194D Insurance Commission 94D 194DA Payment in respect of life insurance policy 4DA 194EE Payments in respect of deposits under National Savings Schemes 4EE 194F Payments on account of repurchase of Units by Mutual Funds or UTIs 94F 194G Commission, prize etc., on sale of lottery tickets 94G 194H Commission or Brokerage 94H 194-I(a) Rent 4-IA 194-I (b) Rent 4-IB 194J(a) Fees for Technical Services(not being professional services), royalty for sale, distribution or exhibition of cinematographic films and call centre (@2%) 94J-A 194J (b) Fee for professional service or royalty etc. (@10%) 94J-B 194K Income in respects of units. 94K 194LA Payment of Compensation on acquisition of certain immovable property 4LA 194LBA(a) Certain income in the form of interest from units of a business trust to a residential unit holder 4BA1 194LBA(b) Certain income in the form of dividend from units of a business trust to a resident unit holder 4BA2 194LB Income in respect of units of investment fund LBB 194LBC Income in respect of investment in securitization trust LBC 194N Payment of certain amounts in cash 94N 194N First proviso* Payment of certain amounts in cash to non-filers 94N-F #194-O Payment of certain sums by e-commerce operator to e-commerce participant 94O (II) in form 27Q -- (a) for the brackets, words, figures and letters [See sections 194E, 194LB, [194LBA, 194LBB, 194LBC], 194LC, 195, 196A, 196B, 196C, 196D, and rule 31A] the brackets, words, figures and letters [See section 194E, 194LB, [194LBA, 194LBB, 194LBC], 194LC, 194N, 195, 196A, 196B, 196C, 196D, 197A and rule 31A] shall be substituted; (b) for the Annexure the following Annexure shall be substituted, namely:-- [ANNEXURE: DEDUCTEE WISE BREAK UP OF TDS] (Please use separate Annexure for each line item in Table at Sl. No. 04 of main Form 27Q) Details of amount paid/credited during the quarter ended (dd/mm/yyyy) and of tax deducted at source Name of the Deductor/Payer TAN BSR Code of branch/Receipt Number of Form No. 24G Date on which challan deposited/Transfer voucher date (dd/mm/yyyy) Challan Serial Number/DDO Serial No. of Form No. 24G Amount as per Challan Total TDS to be allocated among deductees as in the vertical total of Col. 726 Total interest to be allocated among the deductees mentioned below Sl. No. Deductee reference number provided by the deductor, if available Deductee code (01- Company 02-Other than company) [Permanen t Account Number or Aadhaar Number] of the deductee [see note 9] Name of the deductee Sectio n code (See Note 8) Date of payment or credit (dd/mm /yyyy) Amount of cash withdrawal in excess of ₹ 1 core as referred to in section 194N (in cases not covered by the first proviso to section 194N)* Amount of cash withdrawal which is in excess of ₹ 20 lakhs but does not exceed ₹ 1 crore for cases covered by sub-clause (a) of clause (ii) of first proviso to section 194N* [714] [715] [716] [717] [718] [719] [720] [720A] [720B] 1 2 3 Total Amount of cash withdrawal which is in excess of ₹ 1 crore for cases covered by sub-clause (b) of clause (ii) of first proviso to section 194N * Amount paid or credited Tax Surcharge Education Cess Total tax deducted [722+ 723 + 724] Total tax deposited Date of deduction (dd/mm /yyyy) Rate at which deducted [720C] [721] [722] [723] [724] [725] [726] [727] [728] Reason for non-deduction/ lower deduction/ grossing up/ Higher Deduction (See notes 1 to 3) Number of the certificate issued by the Assessing Officer for non-deduction/ lower deduction Whether the rate of TDS is as per IT Act (a) DTAA (b) Nature of Remittance Unique Acknowle- dgement of the corres- ponding Form No. 15CA, if available Country to which remittance is made Email ID of deductee Contact number of deducted Address of deductee in country of residence Tax Identi- fication Number/ Unique identi- fication number of deductee [729] [730] [731] [732] [733] [734] 735 736 737 738 Verification I, ............................................................................................................................., hereby certify that all the particulars furnished above are correct and complete. .................................................................................................... ................................. Place: .............................. Signature of the person responsible for deducting tax at source Date: .................................................................................. .. ...................................................................... Name and designation of the person responsible for deducting tax at source Notes: 1. Write A if lower deduction or no deduction is on account of a certificate under section 197. 2. Write C if grossing up has been done. 3. Write D if deduction is on higher rate on account of non-furnishing of [Permanent Account Number or Aadhaar Number] by the deductee. 4. Write O if no deduction is in view of sub-section (2A) of section 194LBA. 5. Write M if no deduction or lower deduction is on account of notification issued under second provison to section 194N.* 6. Write N if no deduction or lower deduction is on account of payment made to a person referred to in the third proviso to section 194N or on account of notification issued under the fourth proviso to section 194N.* 7. Write G if no deduction is in view of clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1D) of section 197A. 8. List of section codes is as under: Section Nature of Payment Section Code 192A Payment of accumulated balance due to an employee 192A 194E Payments to non-resident Sportsmen/Sport Associations 94E 194LB Income by way of interest from infrastructure debt fund 4LB 194LBA(a) Income referred to in section 10(23FC)(a) from units of a business trust LBA1 194LBA (b) Income referred to in section 10(23FC)(b) from units of a business trust LBA2 194LBA(c) Income referred to in section 10(23FCA) from units of a business trust LBA3 194LBB Income in respect of units of investment fund LBB 194LBC Income in respect of investment in securitisation trust LBC] 194LC Income by way of interest from Indian company 4LC 194LD Income by way of interest on certain bonds and Government securities. 4LD 194N Payment of certain amounts in cash 94N 194N First Proviso* Payment of certain amount in cash to non-filers. 94N-F 195 Other sums payable to a non-resident 195 196A Income in respect of units of Non-Residents 96A 196B Payments in respect of Units to an Offshore Fund 96B 196C Income from Foreign Currency Bonds or shares of Indian Company payable to Non-Resident 96C 196D Income of foreign institutional investors from securities 96D 9. In case of deductees covered under rule 37BC, Permanent Account Number or Aadhaar Number NOT AVAILABLE should be mentioned. *in relation to section 194N, the changes shall come into effect from 1st July, 2020. #in relation to section 194-O, the changes shall come into effect from 1st October, 2020. [F. No. 370142/11/2020-TPL] ANKIT JAIN, Under Secy. (Tax Policy and Legislation Division) Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 969 (E), dated the 26th March, 1962 and were last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 423 (E), dated 30.06.2020 .