¹⁴[Interest other than "Interest on securities".

194A. ¹⁵(1) Any person, not being an individual or a Hindu undivided family, who is responsible for paying to a resident any income by way of interest other than income chargeable under the head "Interest on securities", shall, at the time of credit of such income to the account of the payee or at the time of payment thereof in cash or by issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier, deduct income-tax thereon at the rates in force :

Provided that no such deduction shall be made in a case where the person (not being a company or a registered firm) entitled to receive such income furnishes to the person responsible for making the payment—

(a) an affidavit, or

(b) a statement in writing,

declaring that his estimated total income assessable for the assessment year next following the financial year in which the income is credited or paid will be less than the minimum liable to income-tax.

¹⁶(2) The statement in writing referred to in sub-section (1) shall also contain such other particulars as may be prescribed, be verified in the prescribed manner, ¹⁷[be signed in the presence of—

(a) a Member of Parliament or a State Legislature ; or

(b) a Member of a District Council or a Metropolitan Council, a Municipal Corporation or Municipal Committee ; or

(c) a Gazetted Officer of the Central or State Government; or

(d) an officer of any banking company (including a co-operative bank) of the rank of sub-agent, agent or manager,

and bear an attestation by such member or officer to the effect that the person who has signed the statement is known to him.]

(3) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply—

¹⁸[(i) where the amount of such income or, as the case may be, the aggregate of the amounts of such income credited or paid or likely to be credited or paid during the financial year by the person referred to in sub-section (1) to the account of, or to, the payee, does not exceed one thousand rupees ;]

(ii) to such income credited or paid before the 1st day of October, 1967 ;

(iii) to such income credited or paid to—

(a) any banking company to which the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), applies, or any co-operative society engaged in carrying on the business of banking (including a co-operative land mortgage bank), or

(b) any financial corporation established by or under a Central, State or Provincial Act, or

(c) the Life Insurance Corporation of India established under the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), or

(d) the Unit Trust of India established under the Unit Trust of India Act, 1963 (52 of 1963), or

(e) any company or co-operative society carrying on the business of insurance, or

(f) such other institution, association or body ¹⁹[or class of institutions, associations or bodies] which the Central Government may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, notify²⁰ in this behalf in the Official Gazette ;

¹⁹[(iv) to such income credited or paid by a firm to a partner of the firm ;

(v) to such income credited or paid by a co-operative society ²¹[to a member thereof or] to any other co-operative society ;]

²²[(vi) to such income credited or paid in respect of deposits under any scheme framed by the Central Government and notified²³ by it in this behalf in the Official Gazette ;

(vii) to such income credited or paid in respect of deposits with a banking company to which the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), applies (including any bank or banking institution referred to in section 51 of that Act, or with a co-operative society engaged in carrying on the business of banking (including a co-operative land mortgage bank or a co-operative land development bank) ;]

²⁴[(viii) to such income credited or paid by the Central Government under any provision of this Act or the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (11 of 1922), or the Estate Duty Act, 1953 (34 of 1953), or the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), or the Gift-tax Act, 1958 (18 of 1958), or the Super Profits Tax Act, 1963 (14 of 1963), or the Companies (Profits) Surtax Act, 1964 (7 of 1964), or the Interest-tax Act, 1974 (45 of 1974).]

²⁴[(4) The person responsible for making the payment referred to in sub-section (1) may, at the time of making any deduction, increase or reduce the amount to be deducted under this section for the purpose of adjusting any excess or deficiency arising out of any previous deduction or failure to deduct during the financial year.]

Explanation : In this section, "Gazetted Officer" includes a Tehsildar or a Mamlatdar of a Taluka or Tehsil or any other officer performing functions similar to those of a Tehsildar or Mamlatdar.

[As amended by the Taxation Laws (amendment) Act, 1984]