Section-395 : Certificates

1. Section-395 as per act

1. Where tax is required to be deducted on any income or sum under this Chapter, then subject to the rules made under this Act,—
   
   
   1. the payee may make an application before the Assessing Officer for deduction of tax at a lower rate; and
   2. the Assessing Officer on being satisfied that the total income of the payee justifies a lower deduction, shall issue a certificate as appropriate; and
   3. when a certificate is issued under clause (b), the person responsible for paying the income or amount shall deduct the tax at the rate specified in such certificate till its validity.
2. 1. The person responsible for paying to a non-resident any sum chargeable under this Act (other than salary), may make an application to the Assessing Officer in such form and manner as prescribed, where he considers that the whole of such sum would not be chargeable in the case of the recipient;
   2. the application under clause (a) shall be for determination of the appropriate proportion of the sum chargeable to tax, by the Assessing Officer in the manner as prescribed; and
   3. when the determination is made by the Assessing Officer as per clause (b), the tax shall be deducted under section 393(2)(Table: Sl. No. 17) only on that proportion of sum which is chargeable to tax under the Act.
3. Where tax is required to be collected on any amount under this Chapter, then subject to the rules made under this Act,––
   
   
   1. the buyer or licensee or lessee may make an application before the Assessing Officer for collection of tax at a lower rate; and;
   2. the Assessing Officer on being satisfied that the total income of the buyer or licensee or lessee justifies a lower collection, shall issue a certificate as may be appropriate; and
   3. when a certificate is issued under clause (b), the person responsible for collecting tax shall collect it at the rates specified in such certificate till its validity.
4. 1. Every person deducting or collecting tax shall issue a certificate to the deductee or collectee, as the case may be, specifying––
      
      
      1. the amount of tax that has been deducted or collected;
      2. the rate at which tax has been deducted or collected; and
      3. any other particulars, as prescribed,

      within such period as prescribed.

   2. An employer referred to in section 392(2)(a) shall issue a certificate to the employee, in respect of whose income payment of tax has been made by the employer, that the tax has been paid to the Central Government, and specify––
      
      
      1. the amount of tax so paid;
      2. the rate at which tax has been paid; and
      3. any other particulars, as prescribed,

      within such period, as prescribed.

5. The assessing officer may cancel the certificate granted under subsection (1) or (3) after giving reasonable opportunity to the applicant.

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