1Any person, not being an individual or a Hindu undivided family, who is responsible for paying, on or after the 1st day of June, 2001, to a resident, any income by way of commission (not being insurance commission referred to in section 194D) or brokerage, shall, at the time of credit of such income to the account of the payee or at the time of payment of such income in cash or by the issue of a cheque or draft or by any other mode, whichever is earlier, deduct income-tax thereon at the rate of 2 five per cent.:
Provided that no deduction shall be made under this section in a case 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 to the account of, or to, the payee, does not exceed 3 fifteen thousand rupees:
4 Provided further that an individual or a Hindu undivided family, whose total sales, gross receipts or turnover from the business or profession carried on by him exceed the monetary limits specified under clause (a) or clause (b) of section 44AB during the financial year immediately preceding the financial year in which such commission or brokerage is credited or paid, shall be liable to deduct income-tax under this section:
5 Provided also that no deduction shall be made under this section on any commission or brokerage payable by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited to their public call office franchisees.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section,-
(i) "commission or brokerage" includes any payment received or receivable,
directly or indirectly, by a person acting on behalf of another person for
services rendered (not being professional services) or for any services in the
course of buying or selling of goods or in relation to any transaction relating
to any asset, valuable article or thing, not being securities;
(ii) the expression "professional services" means services rendered by a person in the course of carrying on a legal, medical, engineering or architectural profession or the profession of accountancy or technical consultancy or interior decoration or such other profession as is notified by the Board for the purposes of section 44AA;
(iii) the expression "securities" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (h) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956);
(iv) where any income is credited to any account, whether called "Suspense
account" or by any other name, in the books of account of the person liable to
pay such income, such crediting shall be deemed to be credit of such income to
the account of the payee and the provisions of this section shall apply
accordingly.
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1. Section 194H reinserted by Act 14 of 2001, s. 71 (w.e.f. 1-6-2001).
Earlier section 194H was omitted by Act 27 of 1999, s. 72 (w.e.f. 1-4-2000).
Amended by Act 18 of 1992, s. 74 (w.e.f. 1-6-1992) and prior its omission
section 194H was inserted by Act 49 of 1991, s. 55 (w.e.f. 1-10-1991).
2. Subs. by Act 28 of 2016, s. 79, for "ten per cent." (w.e.f. 1-6-2016).
3. Subs. by s. 79, ibid., for "five thousand rupees" (w.e.f. 1-6-2016).
4. Ins. by Act 20 of 2002, s. 76 (w.e.f. 1-6-2002).
5. Ins. by Act 22 of 2007, s. 55 (w.e.f. 1-6-2007).
Section 194DA Payment in respect of life insurance policy
Section 194E Payments to non-resident sportsmen or sports associations
Section 194EE Payments in respect of deposits under National Savings Scheme, etc
Section 194F Payments on account of repurchase of units by Mutual Fund or Unit Trust of India
Section 194G Commission, etc., on the sale of lottery tickets
Section 194H Commission or brokerage
Section 194IA Payment on transfer of certain immovable property other than agricultural land
Section 194IB Payment of rent by certain individuals or Hindu undivided family