URGENT TDS on Provisions

Tax has to be deducted on amount payable or paid which ever is earlier.

yes. what sundarajan has said is correct..

yes. what sundarajan has said is correct..

TDS shall deducted at the time of expenditure crediting to the party account or payment made to the party wichever is earlier, but not on creation of provisions. Provision creates for known expenditure, at the time creation of provision there is no question of tds.

Please refer to Explanation ii to Section 194 I which says " Where any income is credited to any account whether called suspense account of by any other name in the books of account of the person liable to pay such income such credit shall be deemed to be credit of such income to the account of the payee and the provisions of this section shall apply accordingly".

TDS has to be deducted.