(1)INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS GETS EXEMTION UNDER SECTION 80CCF. LIMIT OF INVESTMENT IS 20000/- RIGHT ? (2) WHAT ABOUT INTEREST RECD ON IT ? IS IT TAXABLE OR EXEMPTED ? THANKS ANCKOORA.
12 February 2011
The interest on Bonds will be subject to deduction of tax at source at the rates prevailing from time to time under the provisions of the Income Tax Act or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof. As per the current provisions of the Income Tax Act, on payment to all categories of resident Bondholders, tax will not be deducted at source from interest on Bonds, if such interest does not exceed Rs. 2,500 in a financial year. As per clause (ix) of Section 193 of the Income Tax Act, no income tax is required to be withheld on any interest payable on any security issued by a company, where such security is in dematerialized form and is listed on a recognized stock exchange in India in accordance with the Securities Contracts Regulation Act, 1956, as amended, and the rules notified there under. Accordingly, no income tax will be deducted at source from the interest on Bonds held in dematerialized form. In case of Bonds held in a physical form no tax may be withheld in case the interest does not exceed Rs. 2,500. However, such interest is taxable income in the hands of resident Bondholders. If interest on Bonds exceeds the prescribed limit of Rs. 2,500 in case of resident individual Bondholders, to ensure non-deduction or lower deduction of tax at source, as the case may be, the Bondholders are required to furnish either (a) a declaration (in duplicate) in the prescribed form i.e. Form 15G which may be given by all Bondholders other than companies, firms and nonresidents subject to provisions of section 197A of the Income Tax Act; or (b) a certificate, from the assessing officer of the Bondholder, in the prescribed form under section 197 of the Income Tax Act which may be obtained by the Bondholders. Senior citizens, who are 65 or more years of age at any time during the financial year, can submit a self-declaration in the prescribed Form 15H for non-deduction of tax at source in accordance with the provisions of section 197A even if the aggregate income credited or paid or likely to be credited or paid exceeds the maximum limit for the financial year. These certificates may be submitted to the Company or to such person at such address as may be notified by us from time to time, quoting the name of the sole or first Bondholder, Bondholder number and the distinctive number(s) of the Bond(s) held, at least one month prior to the interest payment date. Tax exemption certificate or document, if any, must be lodged at the office of the Registrar prior to the Record Date or as specifically required. Tax applicable on coupon will be deducted at source on accrual thereof in the Company's books and / or on payment thereof, in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act and / or any other statutory modification, re-enactment or notification as the case may be. A tax deduction certificate will be issued for the amount of tax so deducted on annual basis.
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