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      Section 194A – Interest other than interest on securities

      1 February, 2025

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      Section 194A – Interest other than interest on securities

      Sub-section (1) of section 194A of the Act requires that any person, not being an individual or a Hindu undivided family, responsible for paying to a resident any interest income other than interest income on securities, shall deduct income-tax thereon at the rates in force.

      2. Sub-section (3) of section 194A of the Act states that tax may not be required to be deducted when payment of interest income is by a payer of a specific nature and does not exceed a certain specified amount. These thresholds are higher in the case of a senior citizen being the payee, as given in the third proviso to clause (i) of sub-section (3). As per proviso to sub-section (3) of section 194A of the Act, a co-operative society as referred to in clause (v) and clause (viia) of sub-section (3) shall be liable to deduct income-tax at source when the amount of interest income during the financial year is more than Rs. 50,000/- in case of payee being a senior citizen and Rs. 40,000/- in any other case.

      3. It is proposed to increase the threshold for requirement to deduct tax at source in section 194A as below –

      S. No

      Payer

      Current threshold to deduct TDS

      Proposed threshold to deduct TDS

      Current threshold to deduct TDS when payee is senior citizen

      Proposed threshold to deduct TDS when payee is senior citizen

      1.

      A banking company to which the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) applies (including any bank or banking institution, referred to in section 51 of that Act)

      Rs. 40,000/-

      Rs. 50,000/-

      Rs. 50,000/-

      Rs. 1,00,000/-

      2.

      A co-operative society engaged in carrying on the business of banking

      Rs. 40,000/-

      Rs. 50,000/-

      Rs. 50,000/-

      Rs. 1,00,000/-

      3.

      on any deposit with post office under any scheme framed by the Central Government and notified by it in this behalf

      Rs. 40,000/-

      Rs. 50,000/-

      Rs. 50,000/-

      Rs. 1,00,000/-

      4.

      Any other case

      Rs. 5,000/-

      Rs. 10,000/-

      Rs. 5,000/-

      Rs. 10,000/-

      5.

      A cooperative society referred to in clause (v) and clause (viia) of sub-section (3) of section 194A

      Rs. 40,000/-

      Rs. 50,000/-

      Rs. 50,000/-

      Rs. 1,00,000/-

      4. These amendments will take effect from the 1st day of April 2025.

      [Clause 53]

       

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