The finance Bill, 2020 has brought a major amendment to section 44AB of the income tax act an extract of which stands as follows, 23. In section 44AB of the Income-tax Act,–– (A) in clause (a),–– (i) the word “or” occurring at the end shall be omitted; (ii) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:–– […]
The issue that arises is to determine whether Preference dividend falls under the definition of dividend u/s 2(22). DDT u/s 115-O shall be deducted only when the dividend distributed falls u/s 2(22). In case preference dividend is not covered u/s 2(22), TDS u/s 194 is required to be deducted. 1. Attention is to be given […]
