CA firm near me, CA in Kalyani nagar, CA in Pune, CA in Koregaon ParkPosted by Jitesh on March 7th, 2019 It is a primary responsibility of the buyer to make sure that before purchasing a property from a resident or a nonresident, an appropriate amount of TDS as applicable as per Income Tax act is deducted and paid to the government well within time. As per Income Tax Act, TDS at the rate of 1% of the sale value is to be deducted by the buyer where the value of the property sold by a resident seller is Rs 50 lakhs or above. The scenario changes when the seller of the property is a non-resident Indian. Income Tax Act has an altogether separate section for this case. As there is a lot of confusion on tax applicability on selling of property by a resident and a non-resident Indian, we in this article shall cover the complex part of the transaction involving a non-resident seller. Therefore, any person being NRI who wants to sell a property in India would be interested to know as to what will be the tax implications upon selling the property which located in India and what are the provisions that helps in tax savings and other procedures that needs to be compiled so as to be compliant with the procedures and the provisions of the Act. TDS Rates on the sale of Immovable property in India by a non-resident Indian
Deduct TDS under section 195 as per below-mentioned table – applicable for FY 2018-19 onwards
When the seller opts for this option the following points are to be noted
2. Option II-Apply for a certificate for deducting TDS at a lower rate. In this option, an NRI can apply for a lower TDS deduction certificate from Jurisdictional Assessing Officer in Income Tax department for allowing the residential buyer to deduct tax at a rate lower than TDS Rates as mentioned above. In this application, a TDS rate shall be arrived at by calculating the capital gains. This certificate shall be issued by the Assessing Officer within 30 working. After this certificate is received by the NRI seller, the buyer can deduct TDS at the agreed rate and deposit the same with the government and file a TDS return. When the seller opts for this option the following points are to be noted
The penalty for non Compliances with the above-mentioned provisionAs mentioned earlier, the primary responsibility of deducting TDS and depositing the same with the government is of the buyer. Therefore when the above provision has not complied, the penalty shall be imposed on the buyer. Late filing feeUnder Section 234E, the buyer will have to pay a fine of Rs 200 per day (two hundred) until TDS return is filed. This penalty shall be levied for every day of delay until the fine amount is equal to the amount of TDS. Interest
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