• Buying shop from NRI

Hello

I am buying a property from NRI and the shop will be owned jointly by me and my wife.
I have done agreement to sale of the property and total agreement value is 1875000. Final sales deed will be done by next month as i am expecting the Cidco NOC by next week. Till now , i have made the payment of 2,75000 to seller and had sanctioned loan of 1600000 from bank

But some days back i learned that i will have to pay the TDS under section 195. Bank has confirmed that i will have to pay TDS@20% which is around 375000. Therefore i asked bank to reduce the loan amount to 1275000

Now the question:
Me and my wife have the PAN and individual TAN (I applied it this month and received it via mail). We also know the PAN no of NRI seller

What will be next steps? below is my understanding. Please correct me if i am wrong

1) I will fill form 281 (challan) 
2) i need to fill it 2 times for me and my wife @187500 each (50% of 37500)
3) I will fill form 27Q mentioning the 2 challan nos. (Can you confirm if i need to do this one time or 2 times?)
4) I will generate the form 16 A and provide it to seller

Regards
Ravi
Asked 6 years ago in Property Tax

No that's not correct.

In case of purchasing property form NRI first you should ask a certificate from your seller which he will provide you from his AO which will mention his capital gain amount and TDS amount. You need to deduct TDS at that amount.

If he cant provide you with that then you need to deduct TDS from sellers amount on sale value and that needs to be done at 30% and not 20% as 20% is for TDS on long term capital gain amount.

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Thank you.

Naman Maloo
CA, Jaipur
4306 Answers
102 Consultations

If he can't provide the details of capital gain then as per law you must deduct tax @30% even if it qualifies for long term capital gain as you don't have any proof.

 

To be safe i would suggest you to deduct tax @30%.

Naman Maloo
CA, Jaipur
4306 Answers
102 Consultations

Yes the article is true but such capital gain should only be considered by you if he provides proof of such long term capital gain and that can be done by certificate and if he is not doing so i would suggest that you would fall under last point of 195 and thus deduct TDS @30%.

 

Although there are many articles supporting your contention but I think it would be right to deduct tax at 30% if he is not providing any proof.

 

Yes the procedure you have mentioned is correct but since both of you are deducting TDS you both need to file Form 27Q as Form 27Q is based on TAN number as since you will deposit TDS with your wifes TAN number also you need to file such form separately.

 

Naman Maloo
CA, Jaipur
4306 Answers
102 Consultations

Hi Ravi,

 

Hope you are doing well !!

 

-You need to obtain TAN and deposit the TDS u/s 195 and file the TDS returns.

 

-Form 27Q is to be filled in by each buyer for unique buyer-seller combination for respective share.

 

In the absence of certificate from seller, you need to deduct the TD on total sales value.

 

 

 

Payal Chhajed
CA, Mumbai
5189 Answers
303 Consultations

Yes, the procedure is correct except point no. 3.

 

Form 27Q is to be filled in by each buyer for unique buyer-seller combination for respective share.

Payal Chhajed
CA, Mumbai
5189 Answers
303 Consultations

Yes, it will be qualify for Long term, but if he is not providing sufficient proof for holding property then you should deduct tds@30% +Surcharge and cess As per Income tax slabs.

 

However the seller can claim refund of excess TDS paid at the time of Income Tax return.

Payal Chhajed
CA, Mumbai
5189 Answers
303 Consultations

Hi,

 

- As you are making payment to the NRI against capital gain on sale of immovable property, TDS rate would be 20.8% including cess @4% on the sale value of Rs.18,75,000.

- If both husband and wife holds 50-50% share in the property then you need to mention it clearly in the sale deed and the payment of the respective share should be made from the bank accounts of both the parties. Yes you both are required to file challan 281.

- Yes you both are required to file Form 27Q individually. 

- 2 times respectively by husband and wife.

- Yes ,you need to issue Form 16A.

 

Thanks

 

 

Vivek Kumar Arora
CA, Delhi
5034 Answers
1152 Consultations

Hello,

 

While buying property from NRI, ideally you are required to deduct TDS on the capital gain amount of the NRI but for that, the seller(NRI) will have to get a Certificate for lower deduction from the income tax officer. In case this certificate is not obtained by the NRI seller, you will be required to deduct TDS on the sale value of the property.

Since your NRI seller is not getting the certificate, you will be required to deduct TDS @20.8% of the sale value i.e. 18.75 Lacs.

 

Yes, you will be required to file Challan Form 281 for you and your wife.

You both will be required to file Form 27Q.

You will also have to issue Form 16A to the NRI seller.

 

I hope this answer satisfies your requirement.

 

Regards,

CA Hunny Badlani

Hunny Badlani
CA, Madhya Pradesh
2608 Answers
16 Consultations

Hi,

 

Yes the procedure mentioned by you is correct. In point 3, you will have to file 27Q two times...one for you and one for your wife.

Lakshita Bhandari
CA, Mumbai
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944 Consultations

Yes, it will be long term capital gains nd TDS has to be deducted on 20% of sale proceeds.

Lakshita Bhandari
CA, Mumbai
5687 Answers
944 Consultations

Hello Sir,

 

Yes, your understanding is correct about the procedure.

 

However, you will have to file 27Q for your share as well as for your wife share.

 

 

Karishma Chhajer
CA, Jodhpur
2452 Answers
29 Consultations

Hi

 

27Q to be filled two times,

else your understanding is correct.

 

 

Hope it helps

Swati Agrawal
CA, Mumbai
1146 Answers
7 Consultations

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