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This notification specifies that no tax deduction shall be made on lease rent or supplemental lease rent payments for aircraft, made by a lessee to a lessor being a Unit located in an International Financial Services Centre, under section 393(1)[Table S.No. 2] of the Income-tax Act, 2025.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), Central Board of Direct Taxes, issued Notification S.O. 3609(E) on July 3, 2026, exercising powers conferred by section 400(1) read with section 147 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 (30 of 2025). This notification specifies that no deduction of tax shall be made under section 393(1)[Table S.No. 2] of the said Act on payments of lease rent or supplemental lease rent made by a lessee to a lessor, where the lessor is a Unit located in an International Financial Services Centre, for the lease of an aircraft. For this relaxation to apply, the lessor must furnish a statement-cum-declaration in Form No. 1(N) (annexed to the notification) to the lessee, detailing twenty consecutive tax years for which the lessor opts for deduction under section 147. This statement must be furnished and verified annually. The lessee, upon receiving this form, shall not deduct tax on subsequent payments to the lessor and must furnish particulars of such payments in the statement of tax deduction referred to in section 397(3)(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025, read with rule 219 of the Income-tax Rules, 2026. The relaxation is valid for the declared twenty consecutive tax years, after which the lessee is liable to deduct tax. The Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or Director General of Income-tax (Systems) is responsible for laying down procedures, formats, and standards for data handling and security. The notification defines "aircraft" as per Schedule VI (Note 3) of the Income-tax Act, 2025, and "International Financial Services Centre" and "Unit" as per section 2(q) and section 2(zc), respectively, of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005). This notification is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2026. Form No. 1(N) requires details such as Name, PAN, Unit Name/Address, Contact, Email ID, Tax Year, and details of permission/registration obtained under relevant acts like the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, or the International Financial Services Centre Authority Act, 2019.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-03072026-274064 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3474] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2026/ASHADHA 12, 1948 5002 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 3rd July, 2026 S.O. 3609(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by section 400(1) read with section 147 of the Income- tax Act, 2025 (30 of 2025) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government hereby specifies that no deduction of tax shall be made under section 393(1)[Table S.No. 2] of the said Act on payment in the nature of lease rent or supplemental lease rent, as the case may be, made by a person (hereafter referred to as the lessee) to a person being a Unit located in International Financial Services Centre (hereinafter referred to as the lessor) for lease of an aircraft subject to the following, namely:- 1. (1) The lessor shall (a) furnish a statement-cum-declaration in Form No. 1(N) annexed to this notification (hereinafter referred to as the said form) to the lessee giving details of twenty consecutive tax years for which the lessor opts for claiming deduction under section 147 of the said Act; and (b) such statement-cum-declaration shall be furnished and verified in the manner specified in the said Form, for each tax year out of twenty consecutive tax years for which the lessor opts for claiming deduction under section 147 of the said Act; (2) The lessee shall — (a) not deduct tax on payment made or credited to lessor after the date of receipt of copy of statement- cum-declaration in the said Form from the lessor; and (b) furnish the particulars of all the payments made to lessor on which tax has not been deducted in view of this notification in the statement of deduction of tax referred to in of section 397(3)(b) of the said Act read with rule 219 of the Income-tax Rules, 2026. 2. The above relaxation shall be available to the lessor during the said twenty consecutive tax years as declared by the lessor in the said Form, for which deduction under section 147 is being opted and the lessee shall be liable to deduct tax on payment of lease rent for any other year. 3. The Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the Director General of Income-tax (Systems), as the case may be, shall lay down procedures, formats and standards for ensuring secure capture and transmission of data and uploading of documents and they shall also be responsible for evolving and implementing appropriate security, archival and retrieval policies. Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification,— a. "aircraft" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in Schedule VI (Note 3) of the said Act; b. "International Financial Services Centre" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (q) of section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005); and с. "Unit" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 2(zc) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005). 4. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2026. FORM No. 1(N) Statement-cum-Declaration to be furnished by a unit engaged in the business of leasing of aircraft located in International Financial Services Centre to the Lessee PART-A +---+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 1.| Name | (refer Note 1) | +---+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 2.| PAN | | +---+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 3.| Name of the unit located in IFSC | (refer Note 1) | +---+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 4.| Address of the unit located in IFSC | (refer Note 2) | +---+-------------------------------------+------------+-------------+ | 5.| Contact number | Country | Number | | | | Code | | +---+-------------------------------------+------------+-------------+ | 6.| Email ID | | +---+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 7.| Tax year | YYYY-YY | +---+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+ PART-B 8. For the purposes of determining "relevant tax year", the details of permission or registration obtained (i) Permission or Registration Obtained under (select one) section 23(1)(a) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949); or the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992); or the International Financial Services Centre Authority Act, 2019 (50 of 2019); or any other relevant law as mentioned in section 147 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 (30 of 2025). (ii) Authority (iii) Date dd/mm/yyyy (iv) Reference number 9. Period for which the deduction is opted to be claimed: (i) From tax year : (ii) To Tax year : 10. Initial tax year for which deduction was claimed YYYY-YY Statement-cum-Declaration I ................(name of the declarant) having Permanent Account Number ...............in capacity as ................of ................(name of the payee), do hereby declare that the above-mentioned Unit is engaged in the business of ........................ and is eligible for deduction under section 147 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 (30 of 2025). I further declare that the above-mentioned International Financial Services Centre Unit has opted to claim the said deduction for the period from the tax year...........to the tax year......... I further declare that the above mentioned Unit continues to be a unit working in International Financial Services Centre and continues to be engaged in the business of .................during the tax year .....................in which this statement- cum- declaration is being submitted. Verification I..................in capacity as.........of..................(name of the payee) do hereby certify that all the particulars furnished above are correct and complete. Place: Signature of the declarant Date: Name: Designation: [To be signed by a person competent to sign the return of income as provided in section 265 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 (30 of 2025)]. Note:-1. The name shall be provided in full. Note:-2. The address shall contain (i) Country/Region, (ii) Flat/Door/Building, (iii) Road/Street/ Block/Sector, (iv) PIN/ZIP Code, (v) Post Office, (vi) Area/locality, (vii) District, (viii) State Note:-3. Some of the information in the form would be pre-filled to the extent possible. [F. No. 74/2026/F.No. 275/16/2026-IT(B)] RAJENDRA KUMAR MEENA, Under Secy. Explanatory Memorandum: It is hereby certified that no person is being adversely affected by giving retrospective effect to this notification.

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