The Finance Bill, 2015, received consent from the President on 14 May 2015. The changes proposed in the bill have been accepted and some of these are effective from 1st June, 2015. Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) on Recurring Deposits Interest is one of these. Let us see the effect of these changes:
To control the evasion of Income tax, it was proposed to apply TDS on various investment avenues, and for the purpose, an amendment was proposed in the section 194A of the Income tax Act, 1961. Till now, Recurring Deposit (RD) were not the part of “time deposits” as defined in section 194A of Income Tax Act, 1961; So, no Tax was deducted on the payment of interest on RDs. However, as per the new amendment, RDs are also considered as “time deposits” as defined in the section, and interest earned on RDs will attract TDS. Continue reading “TDS on Recurring Deposits”
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