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TDS · effective 1 April 2026

Section 206C under the
Income-tax Act, 2025

Tax collection at source (TCS)

Income-tax Act, 1961
206C
Income-tax Act, 2025
394
ConfirmedTaken from the ICAI Direct Taxes Committee concordance and independently checked against the bare statutory text of the Income-tax Act, 2025.

Topic

Tax collection at source (TCS) — TDS provisions under the Income-tax Act, 2025 (Act 30 of 2025).

What carried over

The substance of this provision was not changed by the re-write. What moved is the citation.

All TCS obligations are now a single table in s.394(1) (Sl. No. 1 = alcoholic liquor at 1%, etc.), with the collection trigger (debit to buyer/licensee/lessee account or receipt, whichever earlier) preserved. TCS declarations are s.394(2); TCS certificates s.395; processing of TCS statements (old 206CB) s.399; consequences of failure (old 206C(6A)/(7)) s.398; no-PAN higher collection (old 206CC) s.397(2)(b)(ii).

Source

ICAI concordance row '394 | Collection of tax at source | 206C'; verified against bare text of s.394(1) and its 'TAX COLLECTION AT SOURCE' Table.

Open the source document →

CBDT publishes its own correspondence utility on incometaxindia.gov.in and that is the authority. Spot-check anything high-stakes there before you rely on it.

Still cite section 206C for
Income earned up to 31 March 2026 — that is FY 2025-26, Assessment Year 2026-27, governed by the Income-tax Act, 1961 even though you file it during 2026.
Cite 394 for
Income earned from 1 April 2026 — Tax Year 2026-27 onwards, governed by the Income-tax Act, 2025. Tax deducted on payments made on or after 1 April 2026 must be reported under the new section 393 table references and new challan/return codes. Quoting a legacy section such as 194C or 194J triggers validation failure.
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