Tuesday 3 May 2016

Submission of evidences of Claiming Deduction from Salary and Revised due dates of filing of TDS Returns

Income Tax (11th Amendment Rules) 2016
Notification no 30/2016 dated 29th April, 2016
Changes w.e.f 1st June, 2016
Amendment 1: Submit Evidences of Tax Saving to Employer in from 12BB.
Before the Income Tax (11th Amendment) Rules, 2016, employees are required to file self-declarations of tax savings/deductions to employer along with the evidences of such tax savings for every financial year and the employer was liable to deduct tax at sources on the estimated income of employees after considering such self-declarations of tax savings.
Now the CBDT has inserted the Rule 26C after rule 26B of the Income Tax Rules, 1962 and notified new form no. 12BB. Now Employees are required to submit evidences/particulars of tax savings to employer in Form no. 12BB.

Rule 26C of Income Tax Rules, 1962 - Furnishing of evidence of claims by employee for deduction of tax under section 192.-
(1) The assessee shall furnish to the person responsible for making payment under sub-section (1) of section 192, the evidence or the particulars of the claims referred to in sub-rule (2), in Form No.12BB for the purpose of estimating his income or computing the tax deduction at source.
(2) The assessee shall furnish the evidence or the particulars specified in column (3), of the Table below, of the claim specified in the corresponding entry in column(2) of the said Table:-

Table
Sl. No.
(1)
Nature of Claims
(2)
Evidence or Particulars
(3)
1.
House Rent Allowance
Name, address and permanent account number of the landlord/landlords where the aggregate rent paid during the previous year exceeds rupees one lakh.

2.
Leave travel concession or assistance
Evidence of expenditure.

3.
Deduction of interest under the head “Income from house property”.
Name, address and permanent account number of the lender.

4.
Deduction under Chapter VI-A.
Evidence of investment or expenditure.


Amendment 2: Revised due dates for filing of quarterly TDS returns.
The CBDT has also notified revised due dates for filing of quarterly TDS returns by persons (other than government).
Table
Sl. No.
Due date of Ending of quarter of financial year
Old Due Date
Revised Due date
1.
30th June
15th July of the financial year
31st July of the financial year
2.
30th September
15th October of the financial year
31st October of the financial year
3.
31st December
15th January of the financial year
31st January of the financial year
4.
31st March
15th May of the financial year immediately following the financial year in which the deduction is made
31st May of the financial year immediately following the financial year in which the deduction is made

Amendment 3: Change in due date of payment of TDS deducted u/s 194IA.
Any sum deducted under section 194-IA shall be paid to the credit of the Central Government within a period of thirty days seven days from the end of the month in which the deduction is made and shall be accompanied by a challan-cum-statement in Form No. 26QB.