TDS on life insurance income: withholding will target the income component to align taxable reporting and reconciliation.

The amendment requires withholding tax to be deducted on the income component of non-exempt life insurance payouts rather than on the gross payout, to facilitate automatic matching of deductor TDS returns with recipients' tax returns because the payer can ascertain the premium paid by the policyholder, and specifies a commencement date for the change.

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