1. What is the date when the Finance Bill became Finance Act 2009?
19-08-2009
2. In which cases surcharge on TDS rates is NOT applicable?
- On all payment to residents
- On all payment to non-corporate non-residents
- On all payments to foreign corporate if total payment is less than 1 Crore
3. In which cases surcharge on TDS rates is applicable?
- On all payments to foreign corporate if total payment is more than 1 Crore
4. In which cases Education Cess, Secondary and Higher Education Cess is NOT applicable?
- On all payments to residents except salaries payment
5. In which cases Education Cess, Secondary and Higher Education Cess is applicable?
- On salaries
- On all payment to non-residents and foreign companies
6. What is the effective date for above changes in applicability of surcharge and education cess?
- These changes are applicable on the passing of Finance Bill. This date is 19-08-2009. However there are different views on applicability date. One view is that since these changes are for the full financial year, one can take benefit of Section 294 of the income tax Act and start applying this rate from the date of presentation of finance bill.
Note:
- In our view also the same is applicable from 01.04.2009
Please ask your tax consultant for more clarifications.
| Status | Payment | Surcharge | Cess | |
| Resident | Corporate | Other than Salaries | N | N |
| Resident | Non-corporate | Other than Salaries | N | N |
| Resident | Non- Corporate | Salaries | N | Y |
| Non-Resident | Corporate | <= 1 crore | N | Y |
| Non-Resident | Corporate | > 1 crore | Y | Y |
| Non-Resident | Non- Corporate | N | Y | |
7. There has been change in TDS Rates for 94C- Contractual Payments and 94I- rental payments. What is the effective date for the same?
- These changes are applicable from 01-10-2009.
8. Apart from the above, is there any other change in the TDS Rates?
- Yes. The maximum rate of TDS is normalised to 10% in most cases. Please refer to the TDS Rate Chart for FY 2009-10 (check TDS Rate & download Chart)
9. What about penal rate of 20% where valid PAN is not given?
- This provision is applicable from 01-04-2010. Till such time even if valid PAN is not given, normal rate will be applied.
9. What is your source of above information?
- Applicability of surcharge is mentioned in Clause (5), (6), (7) and (8) in Chapter II of the Finance (No 2) Act, 2009.
- Applicability of Education Cess: Clause (11). Applicability of Secondary and Higher Education Cess: Clause (12).
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