Notification No. 21/2021 [F.No. 370142/5/2021-TPL] / GSR 242(E)


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The Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued Notification No. 21/2021, introducing the Income-tax (7th Amendment) Rules, 2021. These amendments, effective from April 1, 2021, modify rule 12 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962. Key changes include updates to figures related to assessment years and the introduction of new conditions for tax deduction and deferral under specific sections. Additionally, forms in Appendix-II have been revised.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 31st March, 2021

G.S.R. 242(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by section 139 read with section 295 of the Income-tax
Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend Incometax Rules, 1962, namely:- 
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (7th Amendment) Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of April, 2021.

2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 12, in sub-rule (1), ––

(a) in the opening portion, for the figure “2020”, the figure “2021” shall be substituted;

(b) in clause (a), in the proviso,––
(i) in sub-clause (v), the word “or” shall be omitted;
(ii) after sub-clause (vi), the following sub-clauses shall be inserted, namely:––
“(VII) is a person in whose case tax has been deducted under section 194N; or
(VIII) is a person in whose case payment or deduction of tax has been deferred under sub-section (2) of
section 191 or sub-section (1C) of section 192;”;

(c) in clause (ca), in the proviso, after sub-clause (V), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(VI) has income of the nature specified in clause (vi) of sub-section (2) of section 17 on which tax is payable or deductible, as the case may be, under sub-section (2) of section 191 or sub-section (1C) of section 192;.”

3. In the principal rules, in Appendix-II, for Forms SAHAJ ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-3, SUGAM ITR-4, ITR-5, ITR-6, ITR-7 and ITR-V the following Forms shall, respectively, be substituted, namely:—

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FAQ :

These rules come into force with effect from the 1st day of April, 2021.

Rule 12 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 has been amended.

New conditions have been inserted for persons in whose case tax has been deducted under section 194N, or where payment or deduction of tax has been deferred under sub-section (2) of section 191 or sub-section (1C) of section 192.

Yes, the forms in Appendix-II, including ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-3, ITR-4, ITR-5, ITR-6, ITR-7, and ITR-V, have been substituted with revised versions.

 

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