New Tax Regime, Income Tax Rules notified; Rule 21AGA and Form 10IEA to opt Old Tax Regime notified by CBDT

The Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) has amended Income Tax Rules as per New Tax Regime and notifies Rule 21AGA and Form 10IEA to opt for Old Tax Regime via issuing Notification.

The Notification Stated as, “In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (i) and (iii) of sub-section (2), second proviso to sub-section (3) and sub-section (6) of section 115BAC, sub- clause (iii) of clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 115BAE read with section 295 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.”

These rules may be called the Income-tax (Tenth Amendment) Rules, 2023. Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereafter referred to as the principal rules),—

(a) in rule 2BB, for sub-rule (3), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) and (2), an employee, being an assessee, –

(i) who has exercised option under sub-section (5) of section 115BAC; or

(ii) whose income is chargeable to tax under sub-section (1A) of section 115BAC, shall be entitled to exemption only in respect of the allowances mentioned in sub-clauses (a) to (c) of sub-rule (1) and at serial no. 11 of the Table below sub-rule (2) to the extent and subject to the conditions, if any, specified therein.”;

(b) in rule 3, in sub-rule (7), in clause (iii), for the second proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

“Provided further that the provisions of the first proviso in respect of free food and non-alcoholic beverage provided by the employer through paid voucher shall not apply to an employee, being an assessee, who has exercised an option under sub-section (5) of section 115BAC or whose income is chargeable to tax under sub-section (1A) of section 115BAC.”;

(c) in rule 5, in sub-rule (1) –

(a) for the first proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: –

“Provided that the allowance under clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 32 in respect of depreciation of any block of assets shall not exceed forty per cent. of the written down value of such block of assets in case of –

(i) a domestic company which has exercised option under sub-section (4) of section 115BA, or under sub-section (5) of section 115BAA, or under sub-section (7) of section 115BAB; or

(ii) an individual or a Hindu undivided family which has exercised option under sub-section (5) of section 115BAC; or

(iia) an individual or a Hindu undivided family, or an association of persons (other than a co-operative society) or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or an artificial juridical person referred to in sub-clause (vii) of clause (31) of section 2 whose income is chargeable to tax under sub-section (1A) of section 115BAC; or

(iii) a co-operative society resident in India which has exercised option under subsection (5) of section 115BAD; or

(iv) a co-operative society resident in India which has exercised option under subsection (5) of section 115BAE:”;

(b) in the third proviso, for the words, figures and letters “for the purposes of section 115BAC”, the words, figures, letters and brackets “for the purposes of section 115BAC [as it stood immediately before its amendment by the Finance Act, 2023]” shall be substituted;

(c) after the third proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided also that, where income is chargeable to tax under sub-section (1A) of section 115BAC, the written down value of the block of asset as on the 1st day of April, 2023 shall be increased by such depreciation which is attributable to clause (iia) of sub-section (1) of section 32 and which is not allowed to be set off under sub-clause (a) of clause (ii) of sub-section (2) of section 115BAC if both the following conditions are satisfied, namely: –

(i) the assessee has not exercised option under sub-section (5) for any previous year relevant to the assessment year beginning on or before the 1st day of April, 2023; and

(ii) there is a depreciation allowance in respect of a block of assets which has not been given full effect to prior to the assessment year beginning on the 1st day of April, 2024, and is attributable to the provisions of clause (iia) of sub-section (1) of section 32.”;

(d) after rule 21AG, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-

“21AGA. Exercise of option under sub-section (6) of section 115BAC.-

(1) The option to be exercised in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (6) of section 115BAC by a person, being an individual or Hindu undivided family, or an association of persons (other than a co-operative society) or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or an artificial juridical person referred to in sub-clause (vii) of clause (31) of section 2, for any previous year relevant to the assessment year beginning on or after the 1st day of April, 2024, shall be, –

(a) in Form No. 10-IEA on or before the due date specified under sub-section (1) of section 139 for furnishing the return of income for such assessment year, in the case of a person having income from business or profession;

(b) in the return of income to be furnished under sub-section (1) of section 139 for such assessment year, in the case of a person not having income from business or profession as referred to in clause (i).

(2) The withdrawal of option under the proviso to sub-section (6) of section 115BAC shall also be in Form No. 10-IEA.

(3) Form No. 10-IEA shall be furnished electronically either under digital signature or electronic verification code.

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