Union Budget 2024-25 (Full) + FINANCE (No.2) Bill, 2024

Section 206C of the Act provides for the collection of tax at source on business of trading in alcoholic liquor, forest produce, scrap etc.

2. Representations have been received that there can be entities whose income is exempt from taxation and are not required to furnish returns of income. However, they face difficulty as tax is being collected on transactions carried out by them. They state that there is no provision in the Act for them to be exempted from the TCS provisions.

3. It is therefore proposed to provide that no collection of tax shall be made or that collection of tax shall be made at such lower rate in respect of specified transaction, from such person or class of persons, including institution, association or body or class of institutions, associations or bodies, as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette, in this behalf.

4. The amendment will take effect from 1st day of October 2024.

[Clause 70]

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Union Budget 2024-25 (Full) + FINANCE (No.2) Bill, 2024

TCS exemption to allow no or lower collection from notified exempt persons, easing compliance for tax exempt entities. The Central Government is empowered to notify, in the Official Gazette, persons or classes of persons-including institutions, associations or bodies-for whom no TCS shall be collected or for whom TCS shall be collected at a lower rate in respect of specified transactions; this addresses cases where entities with tax-exempt income and no return-filing obligation nonetheless face TCS, and the amendment prescribes a prospective commencement for the relief.