Tax collection at source: consolidated TCS framework aligns rates, preserves declaration exemptions and prevents double collection.
Clause 394 consolidates TCS rules into a table specifying liable collectors, receipt categories, tiered rates and timing (earlier of debit or payment), retains a declaration based exemption for residents using goods for manufacturing/processing/production or power generation with prescribed duplicate filings and reporting, incorporates anti overlap safeguards preventing double collection on remittance and tour package transactions, and adopts existing definitions for forest produce while omitting certain granular definitions and the lower/nil TCS certificate mechanism pending further rulemaking.