About Tax Deducted at Source (TDS)
TDS stands for tax deducted at source. As per the Income Tax Act, any company or person making a payment is required to deduct tax at source if the payment exceeds certain threshold limits. TDS has to be deducted at the rates prescribed by the tax department.
The company or person that makes the payment after deducting TDS is called a deductor and the company or person receiving the payment is called the deductee. It is the deductor’s responsibility to deduct TDS before making the payment and deposit the same with the government. TDS is deducted irrespective of the mode of payment–cash, cheque or credit–and is linked to the PAN of the deductor and deducted.
TDS is deducted on the following types of payments:
- Salaries
- Interest payments by banks
- Commission payments
- Rent payments
- Consultation fees
- Professional fees
However, individuals are not required to deduct TDS when they make rent payments or pay fees to professionals like lawyers and doctors.
TDS is one kind of advance tax. It is tax that is to be deposited with the government periodically and the onus of the doing the same on time lies with the deductor. For the deductee, the deducted TDS can be claimed in the form of a tax refund after they file their Income Tax Retrun.
TDS
TDS stands for Tax Deducted at Source. The following tables list the various TDS rates applicable to resident and non-resident Indians as well as domestic and international companies in India. Any person paying income is responsible to deduct tax at source and needs to deposit this tax within the time stipulated.
COVID 19 and TDS Rates
The government has provided relief in the TDS rates for the period 14.05.2020 to 31.03.2021, due to the pandemic and resultant lockdown affecting all sectors of the economy. The relief is limited to the TDS rates only and not for the rates where tax needs to be deducted or collected at a higher rate.
The benefit of revision applies to only Resident Indians. Hence, Non residents cannot claim benefits of the same.
Various TDS Rates according to the following:
- TDS Rates Applicable for Resident of India
- TDS Rates Applicable for Non-Resident of India (NRIs)
- TDS Rates Applicable for a Domestic Company
- TDS Rates Applicable for a company other than Domestic Company