Income Tax Return: You May Have to Pay Double TDS, if do not File it by June 30

 








Some taxpayers might have to pay Tax Deducted At Source (TDS) at higher rates, starting from July. If a taxpayer has not filed TDS in the last two years and TDS deducted each year exceeds of Rs 50,000, the Income Tax department will charge more while filing the income tax returns (ITR) from July 1. “In Budget 2021, a new section 206AB was introduced to deduct TDS at a higher rate on cases with certain nature of income. Where the return of income not filed for the previous two years and TDS deducted in each year exceeds Rs 50,000," said Abhishek Soni, co-founder and chief executive officer, Tax2win. The rate of TDS will be higher of the below limits a) Twice the rate specified under the relevant section/provision or b) Twice the rate/rates in force or c) Rate of five per cent, Soni explained.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadlines to file income tax returns for the financial year 2021. The last date of filing Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) for the fourth quarter of financial year 2020-21 has been extended to June 30, according to the circular. Earlier, the due of filing the TDS was May 31.

This is a major relief for the TDS deductors since these returns involve lot of records and data to be reported correctly,” Sujit Bangar, founder, Taxbuddy.com mentioned. Accordingly, the due date of issuance of Form 16 has also been extended to July 15 from June 15.

Vivek Jalan, partner, Tax Connect Advisory Services LLP said that the new income tax return e-filing portal may have a new facility to check whether the individual has filed earlier returns or not. “Under new section 206AB, for specified persons who have not filed ITRs for last two years, a higher TDS has to be deducted by the payer. It is expected that for for deductor to check whether the deductee has filed its last two ITRs or not, the new tax portal is going to have a new facility," Jalan said.

In absence of such a facility, it may not be possible to implement the new Section 206AB. It is important to note that to check GSTR compliance the GST Portal already has this kind of feature. Now for ITR, the income tax portal is also expected to have this feature," he further added.

However, the newly implemented Section 206AB will not be applicable for TDS deducted under Section 192 for salary or withdrawal from Provident Funds under Section 192A. TDS on winning from the card game, crossword, lottery, puzzle or any other games and horse race under Section 194B or 194BB will not come under the purview of new section. It will not be applicable for TDS on cash withdrawal over Rs 1 crore under Section 194N and income against investment in the securitisation trust under Section 194LBC. “If you are deducting TDS on salary income (192), lottery (194B), horse race (194BB), PF (192A), trust income(194LBC), and cash withdrawals (194N), then provisions of this section will not apply. Also, the same is not applicable for NRI’s, who does not have any permanent establishment in India," said Abhishek Soni.

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