• Applicability of income tax on Residents Welfare Assocaitions

I am the owner of a flat in a society which is registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960. the following are my questions with regard to the income of our association. We have two accounts in a nationalized bank one  account (current account) is used for depositing maintenance charges collected from members, receipts from letting out halls to members & outsiders, and payment of monthly  expenses like security, water etc. the other account (fixed deposit account) is used to deposit corpus fund contributed by the owners (currently it is one time contribution). I would like to know applicability of tax in respect of  
1 (a) Interest received from the current account is subject to tax (b) Interest earned by the corpus fund. Though currently the interest is re-invested as fixed interest. It will be utilized for for doing major expenditure (like white washing all the flats, constructing compound wall etc) at a later date.
2. If the interest from fixed deposit is subject to tax, is the entire interest is subject to tax or can the excess of expenditure over income (excluding this interest) be adjusted.
3. Will the basic exemption slab applicable.
4. Should the association deduct tax at source (TDS) from the payment made to its contractors
Asked 8 years ago in Income Tax

Hello Sir,

1. Current account will not fetch any interest but yes the interest earned from fixed deposits shall be chargeable to tax if the fixed deposit is in a nationalized bank. If it is in a co-operative bank then you can claim exemption for the interest component.

2. Yes, the entire interest is subject to tax.

3. The basic exemption slab for co-operative society is less than 10,000/- 10%, 10-20000 is 20% and above 20,000/- is 30%.

4. Yes, the society has to deduct TDS from the payment made to its contractors.

Trust this clarifies your query.

Feel free to call / get back in case of further clarifications.

Thanking You.

Regards,

Rohit R Sharma

BCOM, ACA, LLB-GEN, CERT. FAFP

Rohit R Sharma
CA, Mumbai
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Your reply to the queries are

1. Interest earned either from FD or Current account are subject to tax.

2. The income tax slab are same as that of individual.

3. As per section 194C association is liable to deduct TDS if single bill crosses limit of 30000 or the total payment exceeds rs 75000 in a year

Vidya Jain
CA, Kolkata
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Sorry sir but i dont have idea about its legal implications

Vishrut Rajesh Shah
CA, Ahmedabad
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