INCOME-TAX (TWENTIETH AMENDMENT) RULES, 2015 – INSERTION OF RULE 12CB & FORM NO.64C & FORM NO.64D

NOTIFICATION NO.SO 3357(E) [NO.92/2015 (F.NO.142/22/2015-TPL], DATED 11-12-2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with sub-section (7) of section 115UB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:—

1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (20th Amendment) Rules, 2015.

(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, after rule 12CA, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:—

“Statement under sub-section (7) of section 115UB.

12CB.(1) The statement of income paid or credited by an investment fund to its unit holder shall be furnished by the person responsible for crediting or making payment of the income on behalf of an investment fund and the investment fund to the—

(i)		unit holder by 30th day of June of the financial year following the previous year during which the income is paid or credited in Form No. 64C, duly verified by the person paying or crediting the income on behalf of the investment fund in the manner indicated therein; and
(ii)		Principal Commissioner or the Commissioner of Income-tax within whose jurisdiction the Principal office of the investment fund is situated by 30th day of November of the financial year following the previous year during which the income is paid or credited, electronically under digital signature, in Form No. 64D duly verified by an accountant in the manner indicated therein.

(2) The Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or Director General of Income-tax (Systems), as the case may be, shall specify the procedure for filing of Form No. 64D and shall also be responsible for evolving and implementing appropriate security, archival and retrieval policies in relation to the statements of income paid or credited so furnished under this rule.”

3. In Appendix-II, after the Form No. 64B, the following Forms shall be inserted, namely:—

“FORM NO. 64C [See rule 12CB (1)(i)]

 

FORM NO. 64D [See Rule 12CB (1)(ii)]