Mera Samvidhaan All of Income-tax Act, 2025

Chapter XIX · Collection and Recovery of Tax

396Tax deducted is income received.

Section 396 · Chapter XIX · B.—Deduction and collection at source · page 474 of the Act

The following sums shall be deemed as income received for the purposes of computing the income of an assessee—

(a) sums deducted under this Chapter; and

(b) income-tax paid outside India by way of deduction in respect of which an assessee is allowed a credit against the tax payable under this Act, except tax paid under section 392(2)(a) and tax deducted as per section 393(3) (Table: Sl. No. 5).

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