AMENDMENT IN INCOME TAX RULE 30, 31, 31A AND FORM 26Q, 26QB, 26QC AND 26QD AND INSERTION OF NEW FORM 16E AND 26QE.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)
New Delhi

Notification No. 67/2022

Income Tax

Dated: 21^st June, 2022

G.S.R. 463(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with sections 194B, 194-IA, 194R, 194S and section 206AB of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, hereby, makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement.– (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (19^th Amendment) Rules, 2022.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), (a) in rule 30, with effect from the 1^st July, 2022––

(i) after sub-rule (2C), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:––

“(2D) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2), any sum deducted under section 194S by a specified person referred to in that section shall be paid to the credit of the Central Government within a period of thirty 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. 26QE.”;

(ii) after sub-rule (6C), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:––

“(6D) Where tax deducted is to be deposited accompanied by a challan-cum-statement in Form No.26QE, the amount of tax so deducted shall be deposited to the credit of the Central Government by remitting it electronically within the time specified in sub-rule (2D) into the Reserve Bank of India or the State Bank of India or any authorised bank.”;

(b) in rule 31, after sub-rule (3C), the following sub-rule shall be inserted with effect from the 1st July, 2022, namely:–

“(3D) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (3), every person, being a specified person referred to in section 194S and responsible for deduction of tax under that section shall furnish the certificate of deduction of tax at source in Form No.16E to the payee within fifteen days from the due date for furnishing the challan-cum-statement in Form No.26QE under rule 31A after generating and downloading the same from the web portal specified by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by him.”;

(c) in rule 31A, with effect from the 1st day of July, 2022––

(i) in sub-rule (4), after clause (xvi), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:–– “(xvii) furnish particulars of amount deposited being prerequisite for releasing––

(a) winnings in terms of proviso to section 194B;

(b) benefit or perquisite in terms of first proviso to sub-section (1) of section 194R; and

(c) consideration in terms of proviso to sub-section (1) of section 194S along with the challan details such as BSR code of the bank, date of payment and challan serial number.”

(ii) after sub-rule (4C), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely,––

“(4D) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (3) of sub-rule (4), every specified person referred to in section 194S and responsible for deduction of tax under that section shall furnish to the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems), a challan-cum-statement in Form No. 26QE electronically in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified under sub-rule (5) within thirty days from the end of the month in which the deduction is made.”.

3. In the principal rules, in Appendix II, after Form No. 16D, the following Form shall be inserted with effect from the 1st July, 2022, namely,––

“Form No. 16E
[See rule 31(3D)]
Certificate under section 203 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for tax deducted at source
Certificate No.					Last updated on
Name and address of the Deductor					Name and address of the Deductee
Permanent Account Number or Aadhaar Number of the Deductor				Permanent Account Number or Aadhaar Number of the Deductee			Financial Year of deduction
Summary of Transaction(s)
S. No.		Unique Acknowledgement Number			Amount paid/credited	Date of payment/credited (dd/mm/yyyy)		Amount of tax deducted and deposited in respect of the deductee
Total (Rs.)
DETAILS OF TAX DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR WHICH CREDIT IS TO BE GIVEN TO THE DEDUCTEE
S. No.		Amount of tax deposited in respect of deductee (Rs.)			Challan Identification number (CIN)
					BSR Code of the Bank Branch	Date on which tax deposited (dd/mm/yyyy)			Challan Serial Number
1.
2.
Total (Rs.)
Verification
I, ……………. ., son/daughter of……………. in the capacity of…….. (designation) do hereby certify that a sum of (Rs.) ……………….  [Rs. ………… . (in words)] has been deducted and deposited to the credit of the Central Government. I further certify that the information given above is true, complete and correct and is based on the books of account, documents, challan-cum-statement of deduction of tax, TDS deposited and other available records.
Place			(Signature of person responsible for deduction of tax)
Date			Full name: ”.

4. In the principal rules, in Appendix II, in form 26Q, with effect from the 1^st day of July, 2022 ––

(a) for the brackets, words, figures and letters “[See sections 192A, 193, 194, 194A, 194B, 194BB, 194C, 194D, 194DA, 194EE, 194F, 194G, 194H, 194-I, 194J, 194K, 194LA, 194LBA, 194LBB, 194LBC, 194N, 194-O, 194P, 194Q, 197A, 206AA, 206AB and rule 31A] ”, the following brackets, words, figures and letters, shall be substituted, namely:––

“[See sections 192A, 193, 194, 194A, 194B, 194BB, 194C, 194D, 194DA, 194EE, 194F, 194G, 194H, 194-I, 194J, 194K, 194LA, 194LBA, 194LBB, 194LBC, 194N, 194-O, 194P, 194Q, 194R, 194S, 197A, 206AA, 206AB and rule 31A] ”;

(b) for the “Annexure”, the following “Annexure” shall be substituted, namely:––

“ANNEXURE: DEDUCTEE/PAYEE WISE BREAK UP OF TDS

(Please use separate Annexure for each line-item in Table at Sl. No. 4 of main Form 26Q)

BSR Code of branch/Receipt Number of Form No. 24G
Date on which challan deposited/Transfer voucher date (dd/mm/yyyy)
Challan Serial Number / DDO Serial No. of Form No. 24G
Amount as per Challan
Total tax to be allocated among deductees/ payees as in the vertical total of Col. 421
Total interest to be allocated among the deductees/payees mentioned below

–

Name of the Deductor/Payer
TAN

–

Sl. No.

Dedu-ctee /payee refer-ence number provide d by the deduct or/payer, if availab le

Dedu-ctee/ payee code (01- Comp any 02- Other than comp any)

PAN of the deductee/ payee

Name of the deduct ee/ payee

Section code (See Note 17)

Date of payment or credit (dd/m m/ yyyy)

Amount paidor credited

Amount of cash withd-rawal in excess of Rs. 1 crore as referred to in section 194N (in cases not covered by the first proviso to section 194N)

Amount of cash withd-rawal which is in excess of Rs.20 lakh but does not exceed Rs 1 crore for cases covered by sub- clause (a) of clause (ii) of first proviso to section 194N

Amount of cash withd-rawal in excess of Rs. 1 crore for cases covered by sub-clause (b) of clause (ii) of first prov-ison to section 194N

Total tax deducte d

Total tax depo-sited

Date of deduction (dd/mm/yyyy)

Rate at which deducted

[412]

[413]

[414]

[415]

[416]

[417]

[418]

[419]

[419A]

[419B]

[419C]

[420]

[421]

[422]

[423]

1

2

3

Total

–

Reason for non- deduction / lower deduction/ Higher Deduction/ Threshold/ Transporter etc. (See notes 1 to 16)

Number of the certificate under section 197 issued by the Assessing Officer for non- deduction / lower deduction

If section code 94B-P is selected, then provide

If section code 94R-P is selected, then provide

If section code 94S-P is selected, then provide

Amount of tax deposited

BSR Code of bank

Date of payment

Challan serial number

Amount of tax deposited

BSR Code of bank

Date of payment

Challan serial number

Amount of tax deposited

BSR Code of bank

Date of payment

Challan serial number

[424]

[425]

[426A]

[426B]

[426C]

[426D]

[427A]

[427B]

[427C]

[427D]

[428A]

[428B]

[428C]

[428D]

Verification

I,…………………………………………………………………………. , hereby certify that all the particulars furnished above are correct and complete.

Place: …………………..

Date: …………………..

…………………………………………..
Signature of the person responsible for deducting tax at source
……………………………………………
Name and designation of the person responsible for deducting tax at source

Notes:

1. Write “A” if “lower deduction” or “no deduction” is on account of a certificate under section 197.

2. Write “B” if no deduction is on account of declaration under section 197A other than the cases mentioned in sub-section (1F) of section 197A.

3. Write “C” if deduction is on higher rate under section 206AA on account of non-furnishing of PAN.

4. Write “D” if no deduction or lower deduction is on account of payment made to a person or class of person on account of notification issued under sub-section (5) of section 194A.

5. Write “E” if no deduction is on account of payment being made to a person referred to in Board Circular No. 3 of 2002 dated 28th June 2002 or Board Circular No. 11 of 2002 dated 22nd November 2002 or Board Circular No. 18/2017 dated 29th May 2017.

6. Write “Y” if no deduction is on account of payment below threshold limit specified in the Income-tax Act, 1961.

7. Write “T” if no deduction is on account of deductee or payee being transporter. PAN of deductee or payee is mandatory [section 194C(6)].

8. Write “Z” if no deduction or lower deduction is on account of payment being notified under section 197A(1F).

9. Write “M” if no deduction or lower deduction is on account of notification issued under second proviso to section 194N.

10. Write “N” if no deduction or lower deduction is on account of payment made to a person referred to in the third proviso to section 194N or on account of notification issued under fourth proviso to section 194N.

11. Write “O” if no deduction is as per the provisions of sub-section (2A) of section 194LBA.

12. Write “P” if no deduction is on account of payment of dividend made to a business trust referred to in clause (d) of second proviso to section 194 or in view of any notification issued under clause (e) of the second proviso to section 194.

13. Write “Q” if no deduction in view of payment made to an entity referred to in clause (x) of sub -section (3) of section 194A.

14. Write “S” if no deduction is in view of the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 194Q.

15. Write “T” if the deduction is on higher rate in view of section 206AB for non-filing of return of income.

16. List of section codes is as under:

Section	Nature of Payment	Section Code
192A	Payment of accumulated balance due to an employee	192A
193	Interest on securities	193
194	dividend	194
194A	Interest other than interest on securities	94A
194B	Winnings from lotteries and crossword puzzles	94B
Proviso to section 194B	Winnings from lotteries and crossword puzzles where consideration is made in kind or cash is not sufficient to meet the tax liability and tax has been paid before such winnings are released	94B-P
194BB	Winnings from horse race	4BB
194C	Payment of contractors and sub-contractors	94C
194D	Insurance Commission	94D
194DA	Payment in respect of life insurance policy	4DA
194EE	Payments in respect of deposits under National Savings Schemes	4EE
194F	Payments on account of repurchase of Units by Mutual Funds or UTIs	94F
194G	Commission, prize etc., on sale of lottery tickets	94G
194H	Commission or Brokerage	94H
194-I(a)	Rent	4-IA
194-I (b)	Rent	4-IB
194J(a)	Fees for Technical Services (not being professional service), royalty for sale, distribution or exhibition of cinematographic films and call center (@2%)	94J-A
194J(b)	Fee for professional service or royalty etc. (@10%)	94J-B
194K	Income in respect of units	94K
194LA	Payment of Compensation on acquisition of certain immovable property	4LA
194LBA(a)	Certain income in the form of interest from units of a business trust to a resident unit holder	4BA1
194LBA(b)	Certain income in the form of dividend from units of a business trust to a resident unit holder	4BA2
194LB	Income in respect of units of investment fund	LBB
194LBC	Income in respect of investment in securitization trust	LBC
194N	Payment of certain amounts in cash	94N
First proviso to section194N	Payment of certain amounts in cash to non-filers	94N-F
194-O	Payment of certain sums by e-commerce operator to e-commerce participant	94O
194P	Deduction of tax in case of specified senior citizens	94P
194Q	Payment of certain sums for purchase of goods	94Q
194R	Benefits or perquisites of business or profession*	94R
First Proviso to sub-section (1) of section 194R	Benefits or perquisites of business or profession where such benefit is provided in kind or where part in cash is not sufficient to meet tax liability and tax required to be deducted is paid before such benefit is released*	94R-P
194S	Payment of consideration for transfer of virtual digital asset by persons other than specified persons*	94S
Proviso to sub- section (1) of section 194S	Payment for transfer of virtual digital asset where payment is in kind or in exchange of another virtual digital asset and tax required to be deducted is paid before such payment is released*	94S-P

* Note:–– In relation to section 194R and section 194S, the changes shall come into effect from 1st July, 2022.”.

5. In the principal rules, in Appendix II, for Form 26QB, the following Form shall be substituted, namely,––

“Form No. 26QB
[See section 194-IA, rule 30 and rule 31A]
Challan-cum-statement of deduction of tax under section 194-IA

Financial Year

–

Major Head Code*

Minor Head Code*

Permanent Account Number or Aadhaar Number of Transferee /Payer/Buyer

Category of Permanent Account Number*

Status of PAN*

Full Name of Transferee/Payer/Buyer

Complete Address of Transferee/Payer/Buyer

PIN

Mobile No.

Email ID

Whether more than one transferee/payer/buyer (Yes/No)

Permanent Account Number or Aadhaar Number of Transferor /Payee/Seller

Category of Permanent Account Number*

Status of PAN*

Full Name of Transferor/Payee/Seller

Complete Address of Transferor/Payee/Seller

PIN

Mobile No.

Email ID

Whether more than one Transferor/Payee/Seller (Yes/No)

Complete Address of Property transferred

PIN

Date of agreement/ booking**

Total Value of Consideration (amount in Rs.)

Payment in installment or lumpsum

Whether TDS is deducted at Higher rate as per section 206AB (Yes/No)***

Whether it is last instalment?

Yes………… No……

Total amount paid/ credited in previous installments, if any (in Rs.) (A)

Amount paid/ credited currently (B)

Total Stamp duty value of the Property (in Rs.) (C)

Amount on which TDS to be deducted (D) (see note 1)

Date of payment/ credit**

Rate at which deducted (see note 2)

Amount of tax deducted at source (see note 3)

Date of Deduction**

Whether stamp duty value is higher than sale consideration

Date of Deposit**

Mode of payment

Simultaneously e-tax payment

e-tax payment on subsequent date

Details of payment of tax deducted at source (amount in Rs.)

TDS (Income Tax)(Credit of tax to the deductee shall be given for this amount

Interest

Fee

Total Payment

Total payment in words (in Rs.)

Crores

Lakhs

Thousands

Hundreds

Tens

Units

Unique Acknowledgement no. (generated by TIN)

*To be updated automatically

**In dd/mm/yyyy format

*** From 1st April, 2022, provisions of section 206AB are not applicable in case of tax deduction under section 194-IA.

Notes:

1. (a) In case of installment, where it is not last installment, (A+B);

(b) in any other case (i.e., last installment or lump sum payment), (A+B) or (C), whichever is higher.

2. Tax to be deducted at higher rates in case provisions of section 206AB is applicable. ***

3. (a) In case of installment, where it is not last installment, TDS on (A+B) as reduced by the TDS in earlier instalments, if any;

(b) In any other case (i.e., last installment or lump sum payment), TDS on (A+B) or (C), whichever is higher, as reduced by TDS paid on earlier instalments, if any.”.

6. In the principal rules, in Appendix II, for Form 26QC, the following Form shall be substituted, namely:––

“FORM NO. 26QC
[See section 194-IB, rule 30(2B) and (6B) and rule 31A(4B)]
Challan-cum-statement of deduction of tax under section 194-IB

*To be updated automatically

**In dd/mm/yyyy format.

***Against period of tenancy, the number of months the property is rented for the financial year may be mentioned.

****From 1st April, 2022, provisions of section 206AB are not applicable in case of deduction under section 194-IB.

Note: Tax to be deducted at higher rates in case provisions of section 206AB is applicable. ****”.

7. In the principal rules, in Appendix II, for Form 26QD, the following Form shall be substituted, namely,––

Form No.26QD

[See section 194M, rule 30(2C), rule 30(6C) and rule 31A (4C)]
Challan-cum-statement of deduction of tax under section 194M

* To be updated automatically

** In dd/mm/yyyy format.

*** From 1st April, 2022, provisions of section 206AB are not applicable in case of deduction under section 194M.

Note: Tax to be deducted at higher rates in case provisions of section 206AB is applicable. ***”.

8. In the principal rules, in Appendix II, after Form 26QD, the following Form shall be inserted with effect from 1st July, 2022, namely:––

“Form No. 26QE

[See section 194S, rule 30 (2D) and (6D) and rule 31A(4) and (4D)]
Challan-cum-statement of deduction of tax under section 194S by specified persons

“Form No. 26QE

[See section 194S, rule 30 (2D) and (6D) and rule 31A(4) and (4D)]
Challan-cum-statement of deduction of tax under section 194S by specified persons

Financial Year

–

Major Head Code*

Minor Head Code*

Permanent Account Number or Aadhaar Number of deductee

Category of Permanent Account Number*

Status of PAN*

Full Name of deductee

Complete Address of deductee

PIN

Mobile No.

Email ID

Permanent Account Number or Aadhaar Number of deductor

Category of Permanent Account Number*

Status of PAN*

Full Name of deductor

Complete Address of deductor

PIN

Mobile No.

Email ID

Date of transfer of Virtual digital asset (VDA)

Total Value of Consideration (amount in Rs.)

Whether payment made in kind or in exchange of another VDA

YES NO

If yes, then provide

Challan identification number

BSR code of bank branch

Date on which tax deposited

Challan serial number

Amount of tax paid (in Rs.)

Amount paid/ credited either in cash or kind or in exchange of another VDA (in Rs.)

Date of payment/ credit**

Rate at which deducted

Amount of tax deducted at source

Date of Deduction**

Date of Deposit**

Mode of payment

Simultaneously e-tax payment

e-tax payment on subsequent date

Details of payment of tax deducted at source (amount in Rs.)

TDS (Income Tax)(Credit of tax to the deductee shall be given for this amount)

Interest

Fee

Total Payment

Total payment in words (in Rs.)

Crores

Lakhs

Thousands

Hundreds

Tens

Units

Unique Acknowledgement no. (generated by TIN)

*To be updated automatically
**In dd/mm/yyyy format”.

[Notification No. 67/2022/F. No. 370142/23/2022-TPL]

ANKIT JAIN, Under Secy.