law: The Income-Tax Act, 1961
  1[Chapter XIIDA
  Special Provisions Relating to Tax on Distributed Income of Domestic Company for Buy-Back of Shares
  115QA. Tax on distributed income to shareholders.-
  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, in addition to the income-tax chargeable in respect of the total income of a domestic company for any assessment year, any amount of distributed income by the company on buyback of shares (not being shares listed on a recognised stock exchange) from a shareholder shall be charged to tax and such company shall be liable to pay additional income-tax at the rate of twenty per cent on the distributed income.
  Explanation.-For the purposes of this section,-
  (i) "buy-back" means purchase by a company of its own shares in accordance with the provisions of 2[any law for the time being in force relating to companies];
  (ii) "distributed income" means the consideration paid by the company on buy-back of shares as reduced by 3[the amount, which was received by the company for issue of such shares, determined in the manner as may be prescribed].
  (2) Notwithstanding that no income-tax is payable by a domestic company on its total income computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the tax on the distributed income under subsection (1) shall be payable by such company.
  (3) The principal officer of the domestic company and the company shall be liable to pay the tax to the credit of the Central Government within fourteen days from the date of payment of any consideration to the shareholder on buy-back of shares referred to in sub-section (1).
  (4) The tax on the distributed income by the company shall be treated as the final payment of tax in respect of the said income and no further credit therefor shall be claimed by the company or by any other person in respect of the amount of tax so paid.
  (5) No deduction under any other provision of this Act shall be allowed to the company or a shareholder in respect of the income which has been charged to tax under sub-section (1) or the tax thereon.
  1. Ins. by Act 17 of 2013, s. 31 (w.e.f. 1-6-2013).
  2. Subs. by Act 28 of 2016, s. 58, for "section 77A of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of1956)" (w.e.f. 1-6-2016).
  3. Subs. by s. 58, ibid., for "the amount, which was received by the company for issue of such shares, determined in the manner as may be prescribed" (1-6-2016).
  115QB. Interest payable for non-payment of tax by company.-
  Where the principal officer of the domestic company and the company fails to pay the whole or any part of the tax on the distributed income referred to in sub-section (1) of section 115QA, within the time allowed under sub-section (3) of that section, he or it shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of one per cent for every month or part thereof on the amount of such tax for the period beginning on the date immediately after the last date on which such tax was payable and ending with the date on which the tax is actually paid.
  115QC. When company is deemed to be assessee in default.-
  If any principal officer of a domestic company and the company does not pay tax on distributed income in accordance with the provisions of section 115QA, then, he or it shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of the amount of tax payable by him or it and all the provisions of this Act for the collection and recovery of income-tax shall apply.]
  1[Chapter XIIE
  Special Provisions Relating to Tax on Distributed Income
  115R. Tax on distributed income to unit holders.-
  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act and section 32 of the Unit Trust of India Act, 1963 (52 of 1963), 2[any amount of income distributed on or before the 31st day of March, 2002 by the Unit Trust of India to its unit holders] shall be chargeable to tax and the Unit Trust of India shall be liable to pay additional income-tax on such distributed income at the rate of 3[ten per cent]:
  Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply in respect of any income distributed to a unit holder of open-ended equity oriented funds in respect of any distribution made from such fund for a period of three years commencing from the 1st day of April, 1999.
  4[(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, any amount of income distributed by the specified company or a Mutual Fund to its unit holders shall be chargeable to tax and such specified company or Mutual Fund shall be liable to pay additional income-tax on such distributed income 5[at the rate of-
  6[(i) twenty-five per cent. on income distributed to any person being an individual or a Hindu undivided family by a money market mutual fund or a liquid fund;
  (ii) thirty per cent. on income distributed to any other person by a money market mutual fund or a liquid fund;
  (iii) ten per cent. on income distributed to any person by an equity oriented fund;
  (iv) twenty-five per cent. on income distributed to any person being an individual or a Hindu undivided family by a fund other than a money market mutual fund or a liquid fund or an equity oriented fund; and
  (v) thirty per cent. on income distributed to any other person by a fund other than a money market mutual fund or a liquid fund or an equity oriented fund:]
  1[Provided that where any income is distributed by a mutual fund under an infrastructure debt fund scheme to a non-resident (not being a company) or a foreign company, the mutual fund shall be liable to pay additional income-tax at the rate of five per cent on income so distributed:]
  2[Provided further that] nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply in respect of any income distributed,-
  (a) by the Administrator of the specified undertaking, to the unit holders; or
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  4[Explanation.-For the purposes of this sub-section,-
  (i) "administrator" and "specified company" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Explanation to clause (35) of section 10;
  (ii) "infrastructure debt fund scheme" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (1) of regulation 49L of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992).]
  5[(2A) For the purposes of determining the additional income-tax payable in accordance with subsection (2), the amount of distributed income referred therein shall be increased to such amount as would, after reduction of the additional income-tax on such increased amount at the rate specified in sub-section (2), be equal to the amount of income distributed by the Mutual Fund.]
  (3) The person responsible for making payment of the income distributed by the Unit Trust of India or a Mutual Fund and the Unit Trust of India or the Mutual Fund, as the case may be, shall be liable to pay tax to the credit of the Central Government within fourteen days from the date of distribution or payment of such income, whichever is earlier.
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  (4) No deduction under any other provision of this Act shall be allowed to the Unit Trust of India or to a Mutual Fund in respect of the income which has been charged to tax under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2).
  1. Ins. by Act 27 of 1999, s. 61 (w.e.f. 1-6-1999).
  2. Subs. by Act 20 of 2002, s. 54, for "any amount of income distributed on or before the 31st day of March, 2002 by the Unit Trust of India to its unit holders" (w.e.f. 1-4-2003).
  3. Subs. by Act 14 of 2001, s. 57, for "twenty per cent." (w.e.f. 1-6-2001), earlier substituted by Act 10 of 2000, s. 55 (w.e.f.1-6-2001).
  4. Subs. by Act 32 of 2003, s. 56, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-4-2003), Earlier amended by 20 of 2002, s. 54 (w.e.f. 1-4-2003).
  5. Subs. by Act 23 of 2004, s. 29, for "at the rate of twelve and one-half per cent." (w.e.f. 9-7-2004).
  6. Subs. by Act 13 of 2018, s. 42, for clause (i) to clause (iii) (w.e.f. 1-4-2018). Earlier it was amended by Act 17 of 2013, s. 32 (w.e.f. 1-6-2013), Act 8 of 2011, s. 21 (w.e.f. 1-6-2011) and Act 22 of 2007, s. 36 (w.e.f. 1-4-2007).
  1. Ins. by Act 17 of 2013, s. 32 (w.e.f. 1-6-2013).
  2. Subs. by s. 32, ibid., for "Provided that" (w.e.f. 1-6-2013).
  3. Clause (b) omitted by Act 13 of 2018, s. 42 (w.e.f. 1-4-2018). Earlier it was amended by Act 21 of 2006, s. 26 (w.e.f. 1-6-2006).
  4. Subs. by Act 17 of 2013, s. 32, for the Explanation (w.e.f. 1-6-2013).
  5. Ins. by Act 25 of 2014, s. 42 (w.e.f. 1-10-2014).
  6. Sub-section (3A) omitted by s. 42, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-4-2015).Earlier inserted by Act 10 of 2000, s. 55 (w.e.f. 1-6-2000).
  115S. Interest payable for non-payment of tax.-
  Where the person responsible for making payment of the income distributed by the 1[specified company as referred to in clause (h) of section 2 of the Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002 (58 of 2002) or a Mutual Fund and the specified company] or the Mutual Fund, as the case may be, fails to pay the whole or any part of the tax referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 115R, within the time allowed under sub-section (3) of that section, he or it shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of 2[one per cent.] every month or part thereof on the amount of such tax for the period beginning on the date immediately after the last date on which such tax was payable and ending with the date on which the tax is actually paid.
  1. Subs. by Act 32 of 2003, s. 57, for "Unit Trust of India or a Mutual Fund and the Unit Trust of India" (w.e.f. 1-4-2003).
  2. Subs. by Act 54 of 2003, s. 5, for "one and one-fourth per cent." (w.e.f. 8-9-2003).
  115T. Unit Trust of India or Mutual Fund to be an assessee in default.-
  If any person responsible for making payment of the income distributed by the 1[specified company as referred to in clause (h) of section 2 of the Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002 (58 of 2002) or a Mutual Fund and the specified company] or the Mutual Fund, as the case may be, does not pay tax, as is referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 115R, then, he or it shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of the amount of tax payable by him or it and all the provisions of this Act for the collection and recovery of income-tax shall apply.
  Explanation.-For the purposes of this Chapter,-
  (a) "Mutual Fund" means a Mutual Fund specified under clause (23D) of section 10;
  3[(b) "equity oriented fund" means a fund referred to in clause (a) of the Explanation to section 112A and the Unit Scheme, 1964 made by the Unit Trust of India;']
  (c) "Unit Trust of India" means the Unit Trust of India established under the Unit Trust of India Act, 1963 (52 of 1963);
  4[(d) "money market mutual fund" means a money market mutual fund as defined in sub-clause (p) of clause (2) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996;
  (e) "liquid fund" means a scheme or plan of a mutual fund which is classified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India as a liquid fund in accordance with the guidelines issued by it in this behalf under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) or regulations made thereunder.]
  3. Subs. by Act 13 of 2018, s. 43, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 1-4-2018). Earlier it was amended by Act 21 of 2006, s. 27 (w.e.f. 1-6-2006).
  4. Ins. by Act 22 of 2007, s. 37 (w.e.f. 1-4-2007).
  1[Chapter XIIEA
  Special Provisions Relating to Tax on Distributed Income by Securitisation Trusts
  115TA. Tax on distributed income to investors.-
  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of the Act, any amount of income distributed by the securitisation trust to its investors shall be chargeable to tax and such securitisation trust shall be liable to pay additional income-tax on such distributed income at the rate of-
  (i) twenty-five per cent. on income distributed to any person being an individual or a Hindu undivided family;
  (ii) thirty per cent. on income distributed to any other person:
  Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply in respect of any income distributed by the securitisation trust to any person in whose case income, irrespective of its nature and source, is not chargeable to tax under the Act.
  (2) The person responsible for making payment of the income distributed by the securitisation trust shall be liable to pay tax to the credit of the Central Government within fourteen days from the date of distribution or payment of such income, whichever is earlier.
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  (4) No deduction under any other provisions of this Act shall be allowed to the securitisation trust in respect of the income which has been charged to tax under sub-section (1).
  3[(5) Nothing contained in this section shall apply in respect of any income distributed by a securitisation trust to its investors on or after the 1st day of June, 2016.]
  1. Ins. by Act 17 of 2013, s. 33 (w.e.f. 1-6-2013).
  2. Sub-section (3) omitted by Act 25 of 2014, s. 43 (w.e.f. 1-4-2015).
  3. Ins. by Act 28 of 2016, s. 59 (w.e.f. 1-6-2016).
  115TB. Interest payable for non-payment of tax.-
  Where the person responsible for making payment of the income distributed by the securitisation trust and the securitisation trust fails to pay the whole or any part of the tax referred to in sub-section (1) of section 115TA, within the time allowed under sub-section (2) of that section, he or it shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of one per cent. every month or part thereof on the amount of such tax for the period beginning on the date immediately after the last date on which such tax was payable and ending with the date on which the tax is actually paid.
  115TC. Securitisation trust to be assessee in default.-
  If any person responsible for making payment of the income distributed by the securitisation trust and the securitisation trust does not pay tax, as referred to in sub-section (1) of section 115TA, then, he or it shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of the amount of tax payable by him or it and all the provisions of this Act for the collection and recovery of income-tax shall apply.
  4[115TCA. Tax on income from securitisation trusts.-
  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any income accruing or arising to, or received by, a person, being an investor of a securitisation trust, out of investments made in the securitisation trust, shall be chargeable to income-tax in the same manner as if it were the income accruing or arising to, or received by, such person, had the investments by the securitisation trust been made directly by him.
  (2) The income paid or credited by the securitisation trust shall be deemed to be of the same nature and in the same proportion in the hands of the person referred to in sub-section (1), as if it had been received by, or had accrued or arisen to, the securitisation trust during the previous year.
  (3) The income accruing or arising to, or received by, the securitisation trust, during a previous year, if not paid or credited to the person referred to in sub-section (1), shall be deemed to have been credited to the account of the said person on the last day of the previous year in the same proportion in which such person would have been entitled to receive the income had it been paid in the previous year.
  (4) The person responsible for crediting or making payment of the income on behalf of securitisation trust and the securitisation trust shall furnish, within such period, as may be prescribed, to the person who is liable to tax in respect of such income and to the prescribed income-tax authority, a statement in such form and verified in such manner, giving details of the nature of the income paid or credited during the previous year and such other relevant details, as may be prescribed.
  (5) Any income which has been included in the total income of the person referred to in sub-section (1), in a previous year, on account of it having accrued or arisen in the said previous year, shall not be included in the total income of such person in the previous year in which such income is actually paid to him by the securitisation trust.
  Explanation.-For the purposes of this Chapter,-
  (a) "investor" means a person who is holder of any securitised debt instrument or securities 1[or security receipt] issued by the securitisation trust;
  (b) "securities" means debt securities issued by a Special Purpose Vehicle as referred to in the guidelines on securitisation of standard assets issued by the Reserve Bank of India;
  (c) "securitised debt instrument" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (s) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Public Offer and Listing of Securitised Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2008 made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) and the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956);
  (d) "securitisation trust" means a trust, being a-
   (i) "special purpose distinct entity" as defined in clause (u) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Public Offer and Listing of Securitised Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2008 made under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) and the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956), and regulated under the said regulations; or
  (ii) "Special Purpose Vehicle" as defined in, and regulated by, the guidelines on securitisation of standard assets issued by the Reserve Bank of India; 1[or]
  1[(iii) trust set-up by a securitisation company or a reconstruction company formed, for the purposes of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002), or in pursuance of any guidelines or directions issued for the said purposes by the Reserve Bank of India,] which fulfils such conditions, as may be prescribed.]
  1[(e) "security receipt" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (zg) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002).]
  4. Ins. by s. 61, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-4-2017).
  1. Ins. by Act 28 of 2016, s. 60 (w.e.f. 1-6-2016).
  1[Chapter XIIEB
  Special Provisions Relating to Tax on Accreted Income of Certain Trusts And Institutions
  115TD.Tax on accreted income.-
  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where in any previous year, a trust or institution registered under section 12AA has-
  (a) converted into any form which is not eligible for grant of registration under section 12AA;
  (b) merged with any entity other than an entity which is a trust or institution having objects similar to it and registered under section 12AA; or
  (c) failed to transfer upon dissolution all its assets to any other trust or institution registered under section 12AA or to any fund or institution or trust or any university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution referred to in sub-clause (iv) or sub-clause (v) or sub-clause (vi) or sub-clause (via) of clause (23C) of section 10, within a period of twelve months from the end of the month in which the dissolution takes place, then, in addition to the income-tax chargeable in respect of the total income of such trust or institution, the accreted income of the trust or the institution as on the specified date shall be charged to tax and such trust or institution, as the case may be, shall be liable to pay additional income-tax (herein referred to as tax on accreted income) at the maximum marginal rate on the accreted income.
  (2) The accreted income for the purposes of sub-section (1) means the amount by which the aggregate fair market value of the total assets of the trust or the institution, as on the specified date, exceeds the total liability of such trust or institution computed in accordance with the method of valuation as may be prescribed:
  Provided that so much of the accreted income as is attributable to the following asset and liability, if any, related to such asset shall be ignored for the purposes of sub-section (1), namely:-
  (i) any asset which is established to have been directly acquired by the trust or institution out of its income of the nature referred to in clause (1) of section 10;
  (ii) any asset acquired by the trust or institution during the period beginning from the date of its creation or establishment and ending on the date from which the registration under section 12AA became effective, if the trust or institution has not been allowed any benefit of section 11 and 12 during the said period:
  Provided further that where due to the first proviso to sub-section (2) of section 12A, the benefit of section 11 and 12 have been allowed to the trust or the institution in respect of any previous year or years beginning prior to the date from which the registration under section 12AA is effective, then, for the purposes of clause (ii) of the first proviso, the registration shall be deemed to have become effective from the first day of the earliest previous year:
  Provided also that while computing the accreted income in respect of a case referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1), assets and liabilities, if any, related to such asset, which have been transferred to any other trust or institution registered under section 12AA or to any fund or institution or trust or any university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution referred to in subclause (iv) or sub-clause (v) or sub-clause (vi) or sub-clause (via) of clause (23C) of section 10, within the period specified in the said clause, shall be ignored.
  (3) For the purposes of sub-section (1), a trust or an institution shall be deemed to have been converted into any form not eligible for registration under section 12AA in a previous year, if,-
  (i) the registration granted to it under section 12AA has been cancelled; or
  (ii) it has adopted or undertaken modification of its objects which do not conform to the conditions of registration and it,-
  (a) has not applied for fresh registration under section 12AA in the said previous year; or
  (b) has filed application for fresh registration under section 12AA but the said application has been rejected.
  (4) Notwithstanding that no income-tax is payable by a trust or the institution on its total income computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the tax on the accreted income under sub-section (1) shall be payable by such trust or the institution.
  (5) The principal officer or the trustee of the trust or the institution, as the case may be, and the trust or the institution shall also be liable to pay the tax on accreted income to the credit of the Central Government within fourteen days from,-
  (i) the date on which,-
  (a) the period for filing appeal under section 253 against the order cancelling the registration expires and no appeal has been filed by the trust or the institution; or
  (b) the order in any appeal, confirming the cancellation of the registration, is received by the trust or institution, in a case referred to in clause (i) of sub-section (3);
  (ii) the end of the previous year in a case referred to in sub-clause (a) of clause (ii) of sub-section (3);
  (iii) the date on which,-
  (a) the period for filing appeal under section 253 against the order rejecting the application expires and no appeal has been filed by the trust or the institution; or
  (b) the order in any appeal, confirming the cancellation of the application, is received by the trust or institution, in a case referred to in sub-clause (b) of clause (ii) of sub-section (3);
  (iv) the date of merger in a case referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1);
  (v) the date on which the period of twelve months referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) expires.
  (6) The tax on the accreted income by the trust or the institution shall be treated as the final payment of tax in respect of the said income and no further credit therefor shall be claimed by the trust or the institution or by any other person in respect of the amount of tax so paid.
  (7) No deduction under any other provision of this Act shall be allowed to the trust or the institution or any other person in respect of the income which has been charged to tax under sub-section (1) or the tax thereon.
  Explanation.-For the purposes of this section,-
  (i) "date of conversion" means,-
  (a) the date of the order cancelling the registration under section 12AA, in a case referred to in clause (i) of sub-section (3); or
  (b) the date of adoption or modification of any object, in a case referred to in clause (ii) of sub-section (3);
  (ii) "specified date" means,-
  (a) the date of conversion in a case falling under clause (a) of sub-section (1);
  (b) the date of merger in a case falling under clause (b) of sub-section (1); and (c) the date of dissolution in a case falling under clause (c) of sub-section (1);
  (iii) registration under section 12AA shall include any registration obtained under section 12A as it stood before its amendment by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1996 (33 of 1996).
  1. Ins. by Act 28 of 2016, s. 62 (w.e.f. 1-6-2016).
  115TE. Interest payable for non-payment of tax by trust or institution.-
  Where the principal officer or the trustee of the trust or the institution and the trust or the institution fails to pay the whole or any part of the tax on the accreted income referred to in sub-section (1) of section 115TD, within the time allowed under sub-section (5) of that section, he or it shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of one per cent for every month or part thereof on the amount of such tax for the period beginning on the date immediately after the last date on which such tax was payable and ending with the date on which the tax is actually paid.
  115TF.When trust or institution is deemed to be assessee in default.-
  (1) If any principal officer or the trustee of the trust or the institution and the trust or the institution does not pay tax on accreted income in accordance with the provisions of section 115TD, then, he or it shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of the amount of tax payable by him or it and all the provisions of this Act for the collection and recovery of income-tax shall apply.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), in a case where the tax on accreted income is payable under the circumstances referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 115TD, the person to whom any asset forming part of the computation of accreted income under sub-section (2) thereof has been transferred, shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of such tax and interest thereon and all the provisions of this Act for the collection and recovery of income-tax shall apply:
  Provided that the liability of the person referred to in this sub-section shall be limited to the extent to which the asset received by him is capable of meeting the liability.]