Section 206AA | Mandatory Requirement of Furnishing PAN

206AA. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, any person entitled to receive any sum or income or amount, on which tax is deductible under Chapter XVIIB (hereafter referred to as deductee) shall furnish his Permanent Account Number to the person responsible for deducting such tax (hereafter referred to as deductor), failing which tax shall be deducted at the higher of the following rates, namely: -

• at the rate specified in the relevant provision of this Act; or
• at the rate or rates in force; or
• at the rate of twenty percent:

[Provided that where the tax is required to be deducted under section 194-O, the provisions of clause (iii) shall apply as if for the words "twenty percent", the words "five percent" had been substituted.]

• No declaration under sub-section (1) or sub-section (1A) or sub-section (1C) of section 197A shall be valid unless the person furnishes his Permanent Account Number in such declaration.
• In case any declaration becomes invalid under sub-section (2), the deductor shall deduct the tax at source in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1).
• No certificate under section 197 shall be granted unless the application made under that section contains the Permanent Account Number of the applicant.
• The deductee shall furnish his Permanent Account Number to the deductor and both shall indicate the same in all the correspondence, bills, vouchers and other documents which are sent to each other.
• Where the Permanent Account Number provided to the deductor is invalid or does not belong to the deductee, it shall be deemed that the deductee has not furnished his Permanent Account Number to the deductor and the provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply accordingly.
• The provisions of this section shall not apply to a non-resident, not being a company, or to a foreign company, in respect of—
  • payment of interest on long-term bonds as referred to in section 194LC; and
  • any other payment subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.

1) What is Section 206AA?

Section 206AA has been inserted to provide that any person whose receipts are subject to deduction of tax at source i.e. the deductee, shall mandatorily furnish his PAN to the deductor failing which the deductor shall deduct tax at source at higher of the following rates –

1. applicable rate of TDS or
2. at the rate of 20%

2) Additional points related to Section 206AA

No certificate under section 197 will be granted by the Assessing Officer unless the application contains the PAN of the applicant.

Tax is required to be deducted at the rates (as suggested under this section) also in cases where the deductee files a declaration in Form 15G or 15H (under section 197A) but does not provide his PAN.

If the PAN provided to the deductor is invalid or it does not belong to the deductee,it shall be deemed that the deductee has not furnished his PAN to the deductor. Accordingly, tax would be deductible at the highest of the two rates specified above.

Both the deductor and the deductee have to compulsorily quote the PAN of the deductee in all correspondence, bills, vouchers and other documents exchanged between them.

These provisions will also apply to non-residents or foreign company where tax is deductible on payments or credits made to them. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to a non-resident or to a foreign company, in respect of -

• Payment of interest on long-term bonds as referred to in section 194LC; and
• Any other payment subject to such conditions as may be

3) Relaxation from deduction of tax at a higher rate under section 206AA

Accordingly, the CBDT has, vide this notification, inserted Rule 37BC to provide that the provisions of section 206AA shall not apply to a non-corporate non-resident, or to a foreign company not having PAN in respect of payments in the nature of interest, royalty, fees for technical services and payments on transfer of any capital asset, if the deductee furnishes the following details and documents to the deductor:

• Name, e-mail id, contact number;
• address in the country or specified territory outside India of which the deductee is a resident;
• a certificate of his being resident in any country or specified territory outside India from the Government of that country or specified territory, if the law of that country or specified territory provides for issuance of such certificate;
• Tax Identification Number of the deductee in the country or specified territory of his residence. In case no such number is available, then a unique number on the basis of which the deductee is identified by the Government of that country or specified territory of which he claims to be a resident.