No Sec. 194-I TDS on payment of rent to a unit located in IFSC for lease of aircraft: CBDT

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lease of aircraft; Section 194-I

Notification No. 65/2022, dated 16-06-2022

Section 194-I provides that any person, including specified individual and HUF, paying rent to a resident person in respect of plant, machinery, land, building, or furniture shall deduct tax therefrom. The tax shall be deducted if the sum paid or payable during the financial year exceeds Rs. 2,40,000.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has exempted deduction of tax at source under section 194-I on payment of lease rent or supplemental lease rent made to a unit located in the International Financial Services Center (IFSC) for the lease of an aircraft.
The exemption is available subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions such as:

    • The lessor shall furnish a statement-cum-declaration in form no. 1 to the lessee giving details of previous years relevant to the 10 consecutive assessment years for which the lessor opts for claiming deduction section 80LA.
    • The lessee shall not deduct tax on payment made or credited after the date of receipt of Form no. 1 and furnish the particulars of all the payments made to the lessor on which tax has not been deducted in the TDS statement.
    • The exemption shall be available during the said previous years relevant to the ten consecutive assessment years as declared by the lessor in Form No. 1 for which deduction under section 80LA is being opted. The lessee shall be liable to deduct tax on payment of lease rent for any other year.
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