Under section 194LC of the Income Tax Act, 5% TDS is deductible on interest payments made to non-resident individuals/companies.
In Tally.ERP 9, if PAN for the deductee is not specified in the party ledger, 20% TDS would be deducted.
In adherence to the amendments made to Finance Act 2013, w.e.f 1.6.2013, tax will be deducted at the rate of 5% for the Nature of Payment Income From Foreign Currency, Bonds Or Shares of Indian Company irrespective of PAN being specified in the party ledger.
Such transactions can be recorded in Tally.ERP 9 using the Journal Voucher, Purchase Voucher, or the Credit Note.
In this illustration, Journal Voucher is used.
Example:
ABC Company paid Rs. 50,000 by way of interest on shares, to Phoenix Media on 6.6.2013.Phoenix Media's PAN is not available with ABC Company.
Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info. > Ledgers > Create
Enter Interest paid U/s 194LC as the Ledger Name.
Select the group Indirect Expenses from the List of Groups
Set Inventory values are affected to No
Set Is TDS Applicable to Yes
Select Income From Foreign Currency, Bonds Or Shares of Indian Company in Default Nature of Payment field
Press Enter to save
Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info. > Ledgers > Create
Enter TDS – Interest Payment U/s 194LC as the Ledger Name.
Select Duties & Taxes from the List of Groups in the Under field.
In Type of Duty /Tax field select TDS from the Types of Duty/Tax list
In Nature of Payment field, select Income From Foreign Currency, Bonds Or Shares of Indian Company
Press Enter to save
Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info. > Ledgers > Create
Enter Phoenix Media as the Ledger Name.
Select Sundry Creditors from the List of Groups in the Under field
Set Maintain balances bill-by-bill to Yes
Enter the Default Credit Period, if required.
Set Is TDS Deductable to Yes
In the field Deductee Type, select Individual/HUF - Non Resident from the List of Deductee Types
Enter Address, State and PIN Code under Mailing Details
Enter PAN, if available. Here, Phoenix Media has not provided ABC Company with their PAN.
Note: From Rel 4.8 an option to provide Bank Details is provided in the Ledger Master.
Press Enter to save
Press F2 and change the date to 06-6-2013
Select Interest paid U/s 194LC in the Debit field
Enter 50,000 in the Amount field
In the TDS Nature of Payment Details screen, accept the default details.
Select Phoenix Media in the Credit field
In TDS Details Screen
Select New Ref in Type of Ref field
In the Name field, accept the default TDS reference number. Here, it is Jrnl /1-1
In Nature of Payment field select Income From Foreign Currency, Bonds Or Shares of Indian Company from the List of Nature of Payment(s).
Note: For transactions recorded with a date prior to 1.6.2013, if PAN is not specified in the party master, on selection of TDS Nature of Payment, TDS will be deducted at 20%. Tally.ERP 9 displays the warning message stating that TDS is deducted at higher rate i.e. 20% if PAN is not furnished.
Select TDS – Interest Payment U/s 194LC in the TDS Duty Ledger field
Set Deduct Now to Yes to deduct the income tax in the same voucher.
The TDS Amount field displays the Tax amount deducted at source
The Payable Amount field displays the amount payable to the Party, minus the TDS amount.
Payable Amount as calculated in the TDS Details screen will be filled in the Party’s Amount (Credit) field.
In Bill–wise Details screen
Select New Ref in Type of Ref field
In the Name field enter the Bill name PM01
Skip Due Date or Credit Days field
Accept the default amount allocation, and the Dr/Cr selection. Tally.ERP 9 automatically displays the Bill amount as the credit amount in the Voucher Creation screen.
In Type of Ref field, select New Ref and enter bill name PM01
Skip Due Date or Credit Days field and accept the default amount allocation and Dr/Cr. By default Tally.ERP 9 displays the Tax amount in the amount field as the debit balance, in the Voucher Creation screen.
In the Credit field select TDS – Interest Payment U/s 194LC from the List of Ledger Accounts and Rs. 2,575 (50,000 – 47,425) is displayed automatically in the amount field.
Enter Narration, if required
Press Enter to save.
The transaction will be reflected in TDS Computation report.
Hence, TDS has been deducted at normal rate (5%), though PAN has not been specified for Phoenix Media.
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