Amendment of section 194C
43. In section 194C of the Income-tax Act , in sub-section (6), with effect from the 1st day of June, 2015, for the words “on furnishing of”, the words “where such contractor owns ten or less goods carriages at any time during the previous year and furnishes a declaration to that effect along with” shall be substituted.
Notes on Clauses:
Clause 43 of the Bill seeks to amend section 194C of the Income-tax Act relating to payments to contractors.
Under the existing provisions contained in sub-section (6) of the aforesaid section, no deduction shall be made from any sum credited or paid or likely to be credited or paid during the previous year to the account of a contractor during the course of business of plying, hiring or leasing goods carriages, on furnishing of his Permanent Account Number, to the person paying or crediting such sum.
It is proposed to amend sub-section (6) of the said section so as to provide that no deduction shall be made from any sum credited or paid or likely to be credited or paid during the previous year to the account of a contractor during the course of business of plying, hiring or leasing goods carriages, where such contractor owns ten or less than ten goods carriages at any time during the previous year and furnishes a declaration to that effect along with his Permanent Account Number, to the person paying or crediting such sum.
This amendment will take effect from 1st June, 2015.
