Monday 13 February 2017

Mandatory quoting of PAN under Tax collection at source (TCS) – New Section 206CC inserted – Budget 2017.

New Section 206CC is proposed to be inserted to provide the following:-
Ø Non- furnish PAN number under TCS (Tax collection at source) by collectee to collector will attract a higher rate of tax at the twice the rate mentioned in the relevant section or at the rate of five percent whichever is higher.
Ø Mandatory quoting of PAN number in declaration filed under section 206C(1A)(Section 206: Profits and gains from the business of trading in alcoholic liquor, forest produce, scrap, etc) (Declaration filed by resident of india that the specified goods are to be utilized for purposes of manufacturing, processing or producing articles or things or for the purposes of generation of power and not for trading purposes, for exemption from tax collected at source ). In case of invalid declaration, the collector shall collect the tax at source at higher rate at the twice the rate mentioned in the relevant section or at the rate of five percent whichever is higher.
Ø Certificate for collection of tax at lower at (Section 206C(9)) shall not be granted unless it contains the permanent Account number of the applicant.
Ø the collector knows about the correct PAN of the collectee it is also proposed to provide for mandatory quoting of PAN of the collectee by both the collector and the collectee in all correspondence, bills and vouchers exchanged between them.
Ø that the collectee shall furnish his Permanent Account Number to the collector who shall indicate the same in all its correspondence, bills, vouchers and other documents which are sent to collectee.
Ø where the Permanent Account Number provided by the collectee is invalid or it does not belong to the collectee, then it shall be deemed that Permanent Account Number has not been furnished to the collector.
Ø to exempt the non-resident who does not have permanent establishment in India from the provisions of this proposed section 206CC of the Act.

It will be applicable form 1st April,2017.

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