Background
Recently, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a Notification amending Income-tax Rules, 1962 (the Rules) with respect to Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) and Tax Collected at Source (TCS). The amended rules introduce Form 12BB using which the employees could declare relevant details to the employer to estimate tax deduction at source after considering tax savings made by the employees. The CBDT has also amended the due date of payment of TDS under Section 194-IA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act), due date for filing TDS returns, rules with respect to TDS/TCS book adjustment statement in the case of government office, etc. These amendments will come into effect from 1 June 2016. The amendments are summarised as follows:
Introduction of Form 12BB
The new Form 12BB is a self-declaration by the employee for the following claims for tax savings under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) and the relevant evidence or particulars for each such claim:
| Nature of claim | Evidence or particulars |
| House Rent Allowance (HRA)
| Name of the landlord Address of the landlord Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the landlord (in case rent paid during the year exceeds INR1,00,000) Amount paid and evidence thereof |
| Leave travel concessions or assistance (LTC or LTA) | Amount claimed Evidence of expenditure incurred |
| Deduction of interest on borrowing | Interest payable/paid to the lender Name of the lender Address of the lender PAN of the lender – Financial institutions (if available) – Employer (if available) – Others |
| Deduction under Chapter VI-A | Amounts claimed and evidence in respect of each of the following: Section 80C, 80CCC and 80CCD of the Act – Section 80C of the Act – Section 80CCC of the Act – Section 80CCD of the |
| Other sections (e.g. 80E, 80G, 80TTA, etc.) under Chapter VIA |
Revised due date for submission of TDS
Due dates for submission of TDS returns have revised as under:
| Date of ending of quarter of Financial Year (FY) | Current due date | Revised due date |
| 30 June | 15 July of the FY | 31 July of the FY |
| 30 September | 15 October of the FY | 31 October of the FY |
| 31 December | 15 January of the FY | 31 January of the FY |
| 31 March
| 15 May of the FY immediately following the FY in which the deduction is made | 31 May of the FY immediately following the FY in which the deduction is made
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Time limit for payment of TDS on sale of immovable property
The time limit for payment of TDS under Section 194-IA of the Act (in respect of the sale of immovable property) has been extended to 30 days from earlier seven days.
TDS/TCS book adjustment statement
- Currently, in the case of a government office, where tax has been paid to the credit of central government without production of a challan, the officer to whom the deductor reports the tax so deducted and who is responsible for crediting such sum to the credit of the central government, shall submit Form No. 24G (TDS/TCS book adjustment statement) within 10 days from the end of the month to the agency authorised by Director General of Income-tax (Systems) in respect of tax deducted by deductors and reported to him for that month. Further, he/she shall intimate the book identification number generated by the agency to each of the deductors in respect of whom the sum deducted has been credited.
As per the amended rule, TDS/TCS book adjustment statement shall be submitted to the agency authorised by the Principal Director of Income-tax (Systems). The amended rule revises the time limit for submission of such TDS/TCS book adjustment statement. The revised time limit is specified as under:
| Month for which TDS/TCS book adjustment statement required to be submitted in Form No. 24G | Current time limit | Revised time limit |
| For the month of March | 10 April | 30 April |
| For any other month | Within 10 days from the end of the month | Within 15 days from the end of the month |
- TDS/TCS book adjustment statement shall be furnished in the following manner:
- Electronically under digital signature in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified under the rules
- Electronically along with the verification of the statement in Form 27A or verified through an electronic process in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified in the rules.
- Currently, the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) is responsible for specifying the procedures, formats, and standards for ensuring secure capture and transmission of data, and shall also be responsible for the dayto-day administration in relation to furnishing of the intimation and verification of the statements. However, as per the amended rules, the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) will be responsible to specify the same.
Payment of accumulated balance due to an employee
Currently, payment of accumulated balance due to an employee was not forming part of the quarterly statement of deduction of tax in respect of payment other than salary (i.e. Form No. 26Q). However, as per the amended rules, the payment of accumulated balance due to an employee shall form part of the quarterly statement of deduction of tax in respect of payment other than salary.
Similarly, the payment of accumulated balance due to an employee was not forming part of the quarterly statement of deduction of tax in respect of payment other than salary made to a non-resident (Form No. 27Q). The amended rules provide that the payment of accumulated balance due to an employee shall form part of the quarterly statement of deduction of tax in respect of payment other than salary made to a non-resident.
House Rent Allowance/Income from house property
As per the amended rules, in the case of house rent allowance claim, the name and PAN of the landlord are required to be disclosed in the quarterly statement of deduction of tax (Form No. 24Q) in respect of salary if aggregate payment during the previous year exceeds INR1 lakh.
Further, in the case of deduction of interest under the head Income from House property’, the name and PAN of the lender is required to be disclosed in the quarterly statement of deduction of tax in respect of salary.
I WANTED TO KNOW THE DATE WHEN FOR THE FIRST TIME e-T.D.S WAS INTRODECED & SECONDLY QUOTING OF RIGHT P.A.N WAS TO THE EXTEND OF 60% THEN IT WAS RAISED TO 75% THEREAFTER IT WAS RAISED TO 90% & FINALLY IT IS 100%
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