Section 51 of CGST Act, 2017 Tax deduction at source
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The below post explains about Tax deduction at source under section 51 of CGST Act,2017.
Section 51 of CGST Act, 2017 explains Tax deduction at source as below: (The amendments if any will also be updated here soon).
The extract of Section 51 of CGST Act,2017 quoted below:
51 Tax deduction at source
51. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the Government
may mandate,––
(a) a department or establishment of the Central Government or State
Government; or
(b) local authority; or
(c) Governmental agencies; or
(d) such persons or category of persons as may be notified by the Government
on the recommendations of the Council,
(hereafter in this section referred to as “the deductor”), to deduct tax at the rate of one per
cent. from the payment made or credited to the supplier (hereafter in this section referred to
as “the deductee”) of taxable goods or services or both, where the total value of such supply,
under a contract, exceeds two lakh and fifty thousand rupees:
Provided that no deduction shall be made if the location of the supplier and the place
of supply is in a State or Union territory which is different from the State or as the case may
be, Union territory of registration of the recipient.
Explanation.––For the purpose of deduction of tax specified above, the value of
supply shall be taken as the amount excluding the central tax, State tax, Union territory tax,
integrated tax and cess indicated in the invoice.
(2) The amount deducted as tax under this section shall be paid to the Government by
the deductor within ten days after the end of the month in which such deduction is made, in
such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) The deductor shall furnish to the deductee a certificate mentioning therein the
contract value, rate of deduction, amount deducted, amount paid to the Government and
such other particulars in such manner as may be prescribed.
(4) If any deductor fails to furnish to the deductee the certificate, after deducting the
tax at source, within five days of crediting the amount so deducted to the Government, the
deductor shall pay, by way of a late fee, a sum of one hundred rupees per day from the day
after the expiry of such five day period until the failure is rectified, subject to a maximum
amount of five thousand rupees.
(5) The deductee shall claim credit, in his electronic cash ledger, of the tax deducted
and reflected in the return of the deductor furnished under sub-section (3) of section 39, in
such manner as may be prescribed.
(6) If any deductor fails to pay to the Government the amount deducted as tax under
sub-section (1), he shall pay interest in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of
section 50, in addition to the amount of tax deducted.
(7) The determination of the amount in default under this section shall be made in the
manner specified in section 73 or section74.
(8) The refund to the deductor or the deductee arising on account of excess or erroneous
deduction shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of section 54:
Provided that no refund to the deductor shall be granted, if the amount deducted
has been credited to the electronic cash ledger of the deductee.
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