• Will there be tax applicable after the loan is disbursed by the bank.

I am purchasing an a apartment which is costing 41 lakhs. However I have applied for a loan of 50 lakhs so that the surplus money can be used for the house furnishing and for clearing few of my existing debts. The seller has agreed that he will give me a cheque for the balance 9 lakhs but claims that they will deduct around 50000 as tax will be deducted at his end on the 9 lakhs cheque that he is going to give me. 
Is this true that tax will be deducted from his side after receiving the cheque from the bank? Also in order to be on a safer side what measures can I take to make sure that I get this 9 lakhs from the seller without any problem.
Asked 5 years ago in Property Law
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Any person purchasing immovable property of Rs. 50 lac or more is required to deduct tax @1% from the payment made to seller. You will deduct TDS and not seller.

Don`t make such forge deal. NO surety, he will pay you 9 lacs. If sale amount entered in sale deed is rs. 50 lacs, than you cannot fore him to return 9 lacs. And such kind of agreement is illegal.

No support of law.

Further you have to pay extra stamp duty on 9 lacs.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
23083 Answers
31 Consultations

Yes or No, its totally depends upon the Index figure of Capital Gain or Loss after the selling amount. Here we will require his date of purchase of flat and today's registration date of sell of the flat.

Than later the Index figure can be counted and how much tax will be applicable that will known to you.

Secondly if he has invested in property before this selling transaction that from last one year till next 2 years he can save the tax from it.

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
13008 Answers
267 Consultations

For the purpose of TDS, payment made for acquisition of immovable property would also include other charges incidental to the purchase of the property.

Such charges include club membership fee, car parking fee, electricity and water facility fee, maintenance fee, and advance fee.

 

2)The TDS is to be deducted @ 1% of the total sale consideration. However, TDS needs to be deducted @ 20%, if the deductee does not furnish PAN. No tax is deductible where the consideration paid or payable for the transfer of an immovable property is less than Rs 50 lakh.

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99851 Answers
8148 Consultations

You may have to compromise with the seller on this because he has to suffer the tax on the outgo of the huge amount without any reason. 

Alternately you can avail bank loan only to the extent of sale consideration amount and can borrow the additional amount from local sources. 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
90055 Answers
2499 Consultations

1. Let the seller give you a DD for Rs. 8,50,000/-on the day of registration of the property for Rs. 50 Lakhs.

2. For a property costing Rs. 50 Lakhs and above, you have to deduct 1% of the sale consideration and the remaining amount only you have to pay to the seller. This 1% is towards Income Tax, as per rule u/s. 194 1A. 

3. One percent of Rs. 50 Lakhs is Rs.50,000/- and this is the money he is asking from you regarding the Income Tax U/s. 194 1A.

4.  Normally the seller has to bear this 1% towards Income Tax. However, since you are not registering the property for Rs 50 Lakhs and only registering the property for Rs. 41 Lakhs, the seller is asking from you.

5. At the time of registering the property itself, you have to produce challan for having paid 1% of the sale consideration, since it's Rs.50 Lakhs. In such a case, you need not pay the seller Rs. 50,000/-, since you would have already paid this amount to Income Tax U/s. 194 1A from your pocket.

Shashidhar S. Sastry
Advocate, Bangalore
5624 Answers
339 Consultations

He needs deduct the applicable TDS as the income tax regulations. 

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34569 Answers
249 Consultations

- As per Section 194-IA , when a buyer buys immovable property i.e. a building or part of a building or any land other than agricultural land , costing more than Rs 50 lakhs, he has to deduct tax at source (TDS) when he pays the seller. 

- Further , the buyer has to deduct TDS@1% of the total sale consideration and not the seller. 

- Further , No. TDS is required to be deducted if sale consideration is less than Rs 50 lacs, and TDS should be  paid on the entire sale amount.

- Hence, you should apply for a loan amount less than 50 lac i.e 49.5 lac to save the tax on your end.

- Further, the seller is not sure about the rules of income tax , you should aware him that this 50,000 , the buyer will have to deduct and not the seller from the amount of Rs.50 lac. 

- For the extra amount, you should  take an undertaking from the seller , and better take a post dated cheque for the said extra amount , and return the same at the time of receiving extra amount from him . 

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
15821 Answers
242 Consultations

I don't think he will return you the amount. He will take it as he cannot be indicted for it as he can say that he sold you the apartment in 50 lakhs.

He doesn't have to pay any tax for this and he is taking his cut for this service.

You should take a separate loan for it.

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
14114 Answers
65 Consultations

Get an registered agreement done with him about giving you the 9 lakhs cheque, yes tax will be deducted on his side

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
5365 Answers
4 Consultations

1. Section 194-IA postulates that when sale consideration of an immovable property exceeds Rs.50 lakhs, the buyer has to deduct tax at source @ 1 % of the total sale consideration.

2. No TDS is to be deducted if sale consideration is less than Rs 50 laKHS, and TDS is payable on the entire sale amount.

3. You should have applied for loan amount under 50 lakhs.

4. TDS mentioned above has to be deducted by the buyer, not seller.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
30840 Answers
981 Consultations

1. It will be a double jeopardy for you:
a) You will be liable for loan of 50 lakhs
b) You will be liable for 100% Income Tax on 9 lakhs which will receive from seller
c) IF investigation takes place, THEN you as Loan receiver will be held liable for prosecution for Cheating the Bank.
d) IF seller does not pay you THEN you have no legal option against him, since he will claim he has received the money for furniture & fixtures attached to the flat.

2. Hence, you are advised to avoid such short cuts and avoid getting entangled in legal issues.

Hemant Agarwal
Advocate, Mumbai
5612 Answers
25 Consultations

1. Yes capital gain tax will be applicable to him as sale consideration shall be shown as 50 lakh or above so for him he has to pay tax on complete amount. Make sure you receive the amount before handing over bank demand draft as after that he can deny same showing it as sale consideration, you will have no ground to contest in court also then.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

The bank would release the loan amount through a cheque drawn in favor of the seller and the bank's representative would come to the registrar office at the time of registration. so better take post dated cheques of surplus amount from seller and the TDS is to be deducted. 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19335 Answers
32 Consultations

1. Yes it is true that seller have to pay taxes on the consideration recieved from selling the property.

2. You should make a separate agreement for return of money from seller but dont show it as sales consideration show it as some other type of consideration.

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10686 Answers
7 Consultations

Yes tax will be levied upon the seller.

Garima Anil Mehrotra
Advocate, Mumbai
514 Answers
1 Consultation

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