MM TAX CLUB

Accounting & Tax Consultancy Firm

Central Government relaxes provision of section 194A of Income Tax Act for Scheduled tribe in view of section 10(26) of the Act.

TDS on Interest _ mmtaxclub

Central government vide press release and notification number 110/2021 dated 17-09-2021 exempted TDS on interest, other than interest on securities, u/s 194A of the income tax act, for the member of scheduled tribe residing in specified area as referred in section 10(26) of the Act.

The relaxations are given subject to the conditions as specified in notification, content of the full press release can be read as under;

 The Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(1F) of section 197A of the Income-tax Act, 1961(“the Act”) notified that no deduction of tax shall be made on the following payment under section 194A of the Act, namely payment in the nature of interest, other than interest on securities, made by a Scheduled Bank (hereinafter the ‘payer’) located in a specified area to a member of Scheduled Tribe  (hereinafter the ‘receiver’) residing in any specified area as referred to in s.10(26) of the Act, subject to the following conditions:

  1. the payer satisfies itself that the receiver is a member of Scheduled Tribe residing in any specified area, and the payment as referred above is accruing or arising to the receiver as referred to in section 10(26) of the Act, during the previous year relevant for the assessment year in which the payment is made, by obtaining necessary documentary evidences in support of the same;
  2. the payer reports the above payment in the statements of deduction of tax as referred to in sub-section (3) of section 200 of the Act;
  3. the payment made or aggregate of payments made during the previous year does not exceed twenty lakh rupees.

           For the purposes of the said notification, ‘Scheduled Bank’ means a bank included in the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act,1934.

Notification no. 110/2021 dated 17th September, 2021 can be accessed from here.

Add Comments


Enter Name :
Email :
Message :
Comments

No Comments..