TDS deduction under section 194A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in case of Senior Citizens F. No. Pr. DGIT(S)/CPC(TDS)/Notification/2018-19 Government of India Ministry of Finance Central Board of Direct Taxes Directorate of Income-tax (Systems) New Delhi Notification No. 06 /2018 New Delhi, 06th December, 2018 Subject: –  TDS deduction under section 194A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in case of Senior Citizens – reg. It has been brought to the notice of CBDT that in case of Senior Citizens, some TDS deductors/Banks are making TDS deductions even when the amount of income does not exceed fifty thousand rupees. The same is not in accordance with the law as the Income-tax Act provides that no tax deduction at source under section 194A shall be made in the case of Senior Citizens where the amount of such income or, the aggregate of the amounts of such income credited or paid during the financial year does not exceed fifty thousand rupees. (Please refer to the third proviso to ...

SR.CITIZEN SAVINGS SCHEME F.No 79-01/2016-SB Government of India Ministry of Communications Department of Posts DakBhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001 Date: 29.06.2018 To All Heads of Circles/Regions Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi. Subject –   Deduction of TDS in respect of Senior Citizens who have Invested In Sr.Citizen Savings Scheme regarding. Sir / Madam, I am directed to say that Government of India has amended Suction 194A of Income Tax Act 1961 through Finance Act 2018 and Inserted below new Proviso below Sub Section 3 of Section 194A:- [Provided also that in case of payee being a senior citizen, the provisions of sub-clause (a), sub-clause (b), and sub-clause (c) shall have effect as if for tho words “ten thousand rupees”, tho words ‘fifty thousand rupees” had been substituted. Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause, “ senior citizen ” means an Individual resident In India who is of the age of shay years or more at any time during the r...