Tax Consultation (US and India)
2970 Points
Joined September 2011
Although S.145 gives an option to an assessee to maintain the books of accounts on either cash basis or mercantile basis in respenct of income from PGBP and Income from other sources but theres another provision, S.198 according to which "All sums deducted in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Chapter shall, for the purpose of computing the income of an assessee, be deemed to be income received "
Hence personally, whenever there is tax deduction from the interest income , I advice to treat income on mercantile basis only. On FD's normally tax would be deducted by the depositee on mercantile system because as per S.194 A , tax is to be deducted at time of credit of interest income or payment thereof (whichever is earlier)
S.194A(1)Any person, not being an individual or a Hindu undivided family, who is responsible for paying to a resident any income by way of interest other than income by way of interest on securities, shall, at the time of credit of such income to the account of the payee or at the time of payment thereof in cash or by issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier.......