[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3,
SUB- SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
[CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES]
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 1st day of April, 2019
Income-tax
G.S.R. 279(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 139 read with section 295 of the
Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following
rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.__ (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (Second
Amendment) Rules, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of April, 2019.
2. In the Income-tax rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 12,-
(a) in sub-rule (1),-
(I) in the opening portion, for the figures "2018", the figures "2019" shall be
substituted;
(II) in clause (a), in the proviso, after item (IC), the following items shall be inserted,
namely:__
"(ID) has claimed deduction under section 57, other than deduction claimed
under clause (iia) thereof;
(IE) is a director in any company;
(IF) has held any unlisted equity share at any time during the previous year;
(IG) is assessable for the whole or any part of the income on which tax has
been deducted at source in the hands of a person other than the assesse;";
(III) in clause (ca), __
(i) in the opening portion, for the words "a Hindu undivided family or a firm, other
than a limited liability partnership firm,", the words "a Hindu undivided family,
who is a resident other than not ordinarily resident, or a firm, other than limited
liability partnership firm, which is a resident" shall be substituted;
(ii) in the proviso, for item (I), the following items shall be substituted, namely:__
"(I) has assets (including financial interest in any entity) located outside India;
(IA) has signing authority in any account located outside India;
(IB) has income from any source outside India;
(IC) has income to be apportioned in accordance with provisions of section 5A;
(ID) is a director in any company;
(IE) has held any unlisted equity share at any time during the previous year;
(IF) has total income, exceeding fifty lakh rupees;
(IG) owns more than one house property, the income of which is chargeable
under the head "Income from house property";
(IH) has any brought forward loss or loss to be carried forward under any head
of income;
(IJ) is assessable for the whole or any part of the income on which tax has been
deducted at source in the hands of a person other than the assesse;";
(IV) in clause (g), the words, brackets, figures and letters "or sub-section (4E) or sub-
section (4F)" shall be omitted;
(b) in sub-rule (3), in the Table, in column (i), against the entries at serial number 1, in
column (iii), for item (b), the following item shall be substituted, namely:__
"(b) Where total income assessable under the Act during the previous year of a
person, being an individual of the age of eighty years or more at any time
during the previous year, and who furnishes the return in Form number SAHAJ
(ITR-1) or Form number SUGAM (ITR-4).";
(c) in sub-rule (5), for the figures "2017", the figures "2018" shall be substituted.
3. In the principal rules, in Appendix II, for Forms "Form Sahaj (ITR-1), Form ITR-2, Form ITR-3,
Form Sugam (ITR-4), Form ITR-5, Form ITR-6, Form ITR-7 and Form ITR-V", the following Forms
shall, respectively, be substituted, namely;-
[Notification No. 32/2019/ F.No.370142/1/2019-TPL]
(Saurabh Gupta)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3,
Sub-section (ii) vide notification number S.O. 969(E), dated the 26th March, 1962 and last amended
by the Income-tax (First Amendment) Rules, 2019, vide notification number G.S.R. No. 76(E), dated
30th January, 2019.
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