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Section 206AB
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....ection 206AB<br> Query (Issue) Started By: - Ethirajan Parthasarathy Dated:- 2-6-2021 Last Reply Date:- 15-7-2021 Income Tax<br>Got 3 Replies<br>Income Tax<br>Section 206AB of Income Tax Act provides for higher rate of TDS on payments to "Specified Persons". Definition of specified person spells out two cumulative conditions The aggregate of TDS/TCS in the case of deductee concerned should be &#....
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....8377; 50,000/- or more in each of the two assessment years relevant to the previous year in which tax is to be deducted. And The deductee has not filed the ITR for both of those two assessment years referred to in condition (1) above. Condition (1) is fairly simple. For AY 22-23, the deductor himself will have data for a particular deductee regarding quantum of tax deducted for AY 21-22 or 20-21....
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.... relating to two preceding previous year. As regards condition (2), the due for filing ITR for AY 21-22 is extended upto 31/1/22. My doubt is, till 31/1/22 are we to deduct tax at normal rate provided the deductee has filed his ITR for AY 20-21 and 19-20. And deduct higher rate of TDS from 1/2/22 provided the concerned deductee has not filed his ITR for AY 21-22 by 31/1/22. I request expert to ....
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....give their opinion on above points. Reply By DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN: The Reply: Section 206AB came into effect from 01.07.2021. The higher rate of tax is to be deducted, in my view, from 01.07.2021 if the specified person does not file the returns for the previous two years. Reply By DeepakArya DGA: The Reply: Dear Querist, In our humble view, section 206(AB)(3) refers to the non-complianc....
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....e during immediately 2 preceding assessment years prior to the financial year in which tax to be deducted. This means we have to only check ITR filing status for AY 2019-2020 & 2020-2021 for deducting tax during FY 2021-2022. Reply By DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN: The Reply: Yes. You are correct<br> Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing ....